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^IIE  greatest  of  English  historians,  Macaui.ay,  and  one  of  the  most  brilliant  writers  ot 
the  present  century,  has  said:  '-The  history  of  a  country  is  best  told  in  a  record  of  the 
lives  of  its  people."  In  conformity  with  this  idea  the  Portkait  and  Biographical 
Allium  of  this  county  has  been  prepared.  Instead  of  going  to  must}'  records,  and 
taking  therefrom  dry  statistical  matter  that  can  be  appreciated  by  but  few,  our 
corps  of  writers  have  gone  to  the  people,  the  men  and  women  who  have,  by  their 
enteri)rise  and  industry,  brought  the  county  to  a  rank  second  to  none  among  those 
comprising  this  great  and  noble  State,  and  from  their  lips  have  the  story  of  their  life 
struggles.  No  more  interesting  or  instructive  matter  could  be  presented  to  an  intelli- 
gent public.  In  this  volume  will  be  found  a  record  of  many  whose  lives  are  worthy  the 
imitation  of  coming  generations.  It  tells  how  some,  commencing  life  in  poverty,  by 
industry  and  economy  have  accumulated  wealth.  It  tells  how  others,  with  limited 
advantages  for  securing  an  education,  have  become  learned  men  and  women,  with  an 
influence  extending  throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land.  It  tells  of  men  who 
have  risen  from  the  lower  wnlJvs  of  life  to  eminence  as  statesmen,  and  whose  names  have 
become  famous.  It  tells  of  those  in  every  walk  in  life  who  have  striven  to  succeed,  and 
records  how  that  success  has  usually  crowned  their  efforts.  It  tells  also  of  many,  very 
many,  who,  not  seeking  the  applause  of  the  world,  have  pursued  "the  even  tenor  of  their  way,'"  content 
to  have  it  said  of  them  as  Christ  said  of  the  woman  performing  a  deed  of  mercy — "they  have  done  what 
they  could."  It  tells  how  that  many  in  the  pride  and  strengtii  of  young  manhood  left  the  plow  and  the 
anvil,  the  lawyer's  office  and  the  counting-rooin,  left  every  trade  and  profession,  and  at  their  country's 
call  went  forth  valiantly  "to  do  or  die,"  and  how  througli  their  efforts  the  Union  was  restored  and  peace 
once  more  reigned  in  the  land.  In  the  life  of  every  man  and  of  every  woman  is  a  lesson  that  should  not 
be  lost  upon  those  who  follow  after. 

Coming  generations  will  appreciate  this  volume  and  preserve  it  as  a  sacred  treasure,  from  the  fact 
that  it  contains  so  much  that  would  never  find  its  way  into  public  records,  and  which  would  otherwise  be 
inaccessible.  Great  care  has  been  taken  in  the  compilation  of  the  work  and  every  opportunity  possible 
given  to  those  represented  to  insure  correctness  in  what  lias  been  written,  and  the  publishers  flatter  them- 
selves that  they  give  to  their  readers  a  work  with  few  errors  of  consequence.  In  addition  to  the  biograph- 
ical sketches,  portraits  of  a  number  of  representative  citizens  are  given. 

The  faces  of  some,  and  biographical  sketches  of  man3S  will  be  missed  in  this  volume.  For  this  the 
publishers  are  not  to  blame.  Not  having  a  proper  conception  of  the  work,  some  refused  to  give  the 
information  necessary  to  compile  a  sketch,  while  others  were  indifferent.  Occasionally  some  member  of 
the  familjr  would  oppose  the  enterprise,  and  on  account  of  such  opposition  the  support  of  the  interested 
one  would  be  withheld.  In  a  few  instances  men  could  never  be  found,  though  repeated  calls  were  made 
at  their  residence  or  place  of  business. 

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HE  Father  of  our  Country  was 
_  born  in  Westmorland  Co.,  Va., 
Feb.  22,  1732.  His  parents 
were  Augustine  and  Mary 
(Ball)  Washington.  The  family 
to  which  he  belonged  has  not 
been  satisfactorily  traced  in 
England.  His  great-grand- 
father, John  Washington,  em- 
igrated to  Virginia  about  1657, 
and  became  a  prosperous 
planter.  He  had  two  sons, 
Lawrence  and  John.  The 
former  married  Mildred  Warner 
and  had  three  children,  John, 
Augustine  and  Mildred.  Augus- 
tine, the  father  of  George,  first 
married  Jane  Butler,  who  bore 
him  four  children,  two  of  whom, 
Lawrence  and  Augustine,  reached 
maturity.  Of  six  children  by  his 
second  marriage,  George  was  the 
eldest,  the  others  being  Betty, 
Samuel,  John  Augustine,  Charles 
and  Mildred. 
Augustine  Washington,  the  father  of  George,  died 
in  1743,  leaving  a  large  landed  property.  To  his 
eldest  son,  Lawrence,  he  bequeathed  an  estate  on 
the  Patomac,  afterwards  known  as  Mount  Vernon, 
and  to  George  he  left  the  parental  residence.  George 
received  only  such  education  as  the  neighborhood 
schools  afforded,  save  for  a  short  time  after  he  left 
school,  when  he  received  private  instruction  in 
matheniat'cs.      His    spelling  v/as    rather   defectiv*. 


Remarkable  stories  are  told  of  his  great  physical 
strength  and  development  at  an  early  age.  He  war. 
an  acknowledged  leader  among  his  companions,  and 
was  early  noted  for  that  nobleness  of  character,  fair- 
ness and  veracity  which  characterized  his  whole  life. 

When  George  was  14  years  old  he  had  a  desire  to  go  to 
sea,  and  a  midshipman's  warrant  was  secured  for  him, 
but  through  the  opposition  of  his  mother  the  idea  was 
abandoned.  Two  years  later  he  was  appointed 
surveyor  to  the  immense  estate  of  Lord  Fairfax.  In 
this  business  he  spent  three  years  in  a  rough  frontier 
life,  gaining  experience  which  afterwards  proved  very 
essential  to  him.  In  175  r,  though  only  19  years  of 
age,  he  was  appointed  adjutant  with  the  rank  of 
major  in  the  Virginia  militia,  then  being  trained  for 
active  service  against  the  French  and  Indians.  Soon 
after  this  he  sailed  to  the  West  Indies  with  his  brother 
Lawrence,  who  went  there  to  restore  his  health  They 
soon  returned,  and  in  the  summer  of  1752  Lawrence 
died,  leaving  a  large  fortune  to  an  infant  daughter 
who  did  not  long  survive  him.  On  her  demise  the 
estate  of  Mount  Vernon  was  given  to  George. 

Upon  the  arrival  of  Robert  Dinwiddie,  as  Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of  Virginia,  in  1752,  the  militia  was 
reorganized,  and  the  province  divided  into  four  mili- 
tary districts,  of  which  the  northern  was  assigned  to 
Washington  as  adjutant  general.  Shortly  after  this 
a  very  perilous  mission  was  assigned  him  and  ac- 
cepted, which  others  had  refused.  This  was  to  pro- 
ceed to  the  French  post  near  Lake  Erie  m  North- 
western Pennsylvania.  The  distance  to  be  traversed 
was  between  500  and  600  miles.  Winter  was  at  hand, 
and  the  journey  was  to  be  made  without  military 
escort,  through  a  territory  occupied  by  Indians.     The 


GEORGE   IVASIJINGTON. 


trip  was  a  perilous  one,  and  several  limes  he  came  near 
losing  his  life,  yet  he  returned  in  safety  and  furnished 
a  full  and  useful  report  of  his  expedition.  A  regiment 
of  300  men  was  raised  in  Virginia  and  put  in  com- 
mand of  Col.  Joshua  Fry,  and  Major  Washington  was 
commissioned  lieutenant-colonel.  Active  war  was 
then  begun  against  the  French  and  Indians,  in  which 
Washington  took  a  most  important  part.  In  the 
memorable  event  of  July  9,  1755,  known  as  Brad- 
dock's  defeat,  Washington  was  almost  the  only  officer 
of  distinction  who  escaped  from  the  calamities  of  the 
day  with  life  and  honor.  The  other  aids  of  tSraddock 
were  disabled  early  in  the  action,  and  Washington 
alone  was  left  in  that  capacity  on  the  field.  In  a  letter 
to  his  brother  he  says :  "  I  had  four  bullets  through 
my  coat,  and  two  horses  shot  under  me,  yet  I  escaped 
unhurt,  though  death  was  levelini  my  companions 
on  every  side."  An  Indian  shar[)shooter  said  he  was 
not  born  to  be  killed  by  a  bullet,  for  he  had  taken 
direct  aim  at  him  seventeen  times,  and  failed  lo  hit 
him. 

After  having  been  five  years  in  the  military  service, 
and  vainly  sought  i:>romotion  in  the  royal  army,  lie 
look  advantage  of  the  fall  of  Fort  Duquesne  and  the 
expulsion  of  the  French  from  the  valley  of  the  Ohio, 
10  resign  his  commission.  Soon  after  he  entered  the 
Legislature,  where,  although  not  a  leader,  he  took  an 
active  and  important  part.  January  17,  1759,  he 
married  Mrs.  Martha  (Dandridge)  Custis,  the  wealthy 
widow  of  John  Parke  Custis. 

AVhen  the  British  Parliament  had  closed  the  port 
■■^f  Boston,  the  cry  went  up  throughout  the  jjrovinces 
that  "The  cause  of  Boston  is  the  cause  of  us  all." 
It  was  then,  at  the  suggestion  of  Virginia,  that  a  Con- 
gress of  all  the  colonies  was  called  to  meet  at  Phila- 
delphia,Sept.  5,  1774,  lo  secure  their  common  liberties, 
peaceably  if  possible.  To  this  Congress  Col.  Wash- 
ington was  sent  as  a  delegate.  On  May  10,  1775,  the 
Congress  re-assembled,  when  the  hostile  intentions  of 
England  were  plainly  apparent.  The  battles  of  Con- 
cord and  Lexington  had  been  fought.  Among  the 
first  acts  of  this  Congress  was  the  election  of  a  com- 
mander-in-chief of  the  colonial  forces.  This  high  and 
responsible  office  was  conferred  upon  Washington, 
who  was  still  a  memberof  the  Congress.  He  accepted 
it  on  June  19,  but  upon  the  express  condition  that  he 
receive  no  salary.  He  would  keep  an  exact  account 
of  expenses  and  expect  Congress  10  pay  them  and 
nothing  more.  It  is  not  the  object  of  this  sketch  to 
trace  the  military  acts  of  Washington,  to  whom  thj 
fortunes  and  liberties  of  the  people  of  this  country 
were  so  long  confided.  The  war  was  conducted  by 
him  under  every  possible  disadvantage,  and  while  his 
forces  often  met  with  reverses,  yet  he  overcame  every 
obstacle,  and  after  seven  years  of  heroic  devotion 
and  matchless  skill  he  gained  liberty  for  the  greatest 
nation  of  earth.  On  Dec.  23,  17S3,  Washington,  in 
a  parting  address  of  surpassing  beauty,  lesigned   bis 


commission  as  commander-in-chief  of  the  army  lo 
to  the  Continental  Congress  sitting  at  Annapolis.  He 
retired  immediately  to  Mount  Vernon  and  resumed 
his  occupation  as  a  farmer  and  planter,  shunning  all 
connection  with  public  life. 

la  F'ebruary,i7S9,  Washington  was  unanimously 
elected  President.  In  his  jjresidenlial  career  ht  was 
subject  to  the  peculiar  tri;ds  incidental  to  a  new 
government ;  trials  from  lack  of  confidence  on  the  part 
of  other  governmenls ;  trials  from  want  of  harmony 
between  the  different  sections  of  our  own  country; 
trials  from  the  impoverished  condition  of  the  country, 
owmg  to  the  war  and  want  of  credit;  trials  from  the 
beginnings  of  party  strife.  He  was  no  partisan.  His 
clear  judgment  could  discern  the  golden  mean;  and 
while  perhaps  this  alone  kept  our  government  from 
sinking  at  the  very  outset,  it  kft  him  exposed  to 
attacks  from  both  sides,  which  were  often  bitter  and 
very  annoying. 

.\t  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  he  was  unani- 
mously re-elected.  At  the  end  of  this  term  manv 
were  anxious  that  he  be  re-elected,  but  he  absolutely 
refused  a  third  nomination.  .On  the  fourth  of  Mareh, 
1797,  at  the  expiraton  of  his  second  term  as  Presi- 
dent, he  returned  to  his  home,  hoping  to  pass  there 
his  few  remaining  years  free  from  the  annoyances  of 
public  life.  Later  in  the  year,  however,  his  repose 
seemed  likely  to  be  interrupted  1)\-  war  with  F'rance- 
.■\t  the  prospect  of  such  a  war  he  was  again  urged  to 
take  command  of  the  armies.  He  chose  his  sub- 
ordinate officers  and  left  to  them  the  charge  of  mat- 
ters in  the  field,  which  he  superinter.ded  from  his 
home.  In  accepting  the  command  he  made  the 
reservation  that  he  was  not  to  be  in  the  field  until 
it  was  necessary.  In  the  midst  of  these  preparations 
his  life  was  suddenly  cut  off.  December  12,  he  took 
a  seveie  cold  from  a  ride  in  the  rain,  which,  settling 
in  Irs  throat,  produced  inflammation,  and  terminated 
fatally  on  the  night  of  the  fourteenth.  On. the  eiuh- 
teenth  his  body  was  borne  wi'h  military  honors  to  its 
final  resting  place,  and  interred  in  the  family  vault  at 
Mount  Vernon. 

Of  the  character  of  Washington  it  is  impossible  to 
spe.ak  but  in  terms  of  the  highest  respect  and  ad- 
miration. The  more  we  see  of  the  operations  of 
our  government,  and  the  more  deeply  we  feel  the 
difficulty  of  uniting  all  opinions  in  a  common  intercs', 
the  more  highly  we  must  estimate  the  force  cf  his  tal- 
ent and  character,  which  have  been  able  to  challenge 
the  reverence  of  all  parties,  and  principles,  and  na- 
tions, and  lo  win  a  fame  as  extended  as  the  Hiniis 
of  the  globe,  and  which  we  cannot  but  believe  will 
be  as  lasting  as  the  existence  of  man. 

The  ]5erson  of  Washington  was  unusally  laii,  erect 
and  well  proportioned.  His  muscular  strength  was 
great.  His  features  were  of  a  beautiful  symmetrv. 
llerommanded  respect  without  any  appcararce  of 
h.iiL'h'iness,  and  ever  serious  without  being  dull. 


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^  OHN    ADAMS,     the     second 
®p  President  and  the    lirst    Vice- 
a"  President  of  the  United  Slates, 
was    born    in   Braintree     ( now 
Quincy),Mass.,  and  about  ten 
m/^'  miles    from    Boston,    Oct.    19, 
1735.  His  great-grandfather,  Henry 
Adams,   emigrated   from    England 
about  1640,  with  a  family  of  eight 
'^\   sons,  and  settled  at  Braintree.  The 
parents   of  John    were   John    and 
Susannah  (Boylston)  Adams,     His 
father    was    a    farmer    of    limited 
means,  to  which  he  added  the  bus- 
iness of  shoemaking.      He  gave  his 
eldest  son,  John,  a  classical  educa- 
tion   at    Harvard    College.      John 
graduated  in  T755,  and  at  once  took  charge  of  the 
school  in   Worcester,' Mass.      This   he   found   but    a 
"school    of  affliction,"  from  which  he  endeavored  to 
gain  relief  by  devoting  himself,  in   addition,   to  the 
study  of  law.     For   this  purpose   he   placed   liimself 
under  the  tuition  of  tlic  only  lawyer  in  the  town.     He 
had   thought    seriously    of    the    clerical    profession 
but  seems  to  have  been  turned  from  this  by  wliat  he 
termed  "  the  frightful  engines  of  ecclesiastical   coun- 
cils, cf  diabolical  malice,  and  Calvanistic  good  nature," 
of  the  operations  of  which  he  had  been   a  witness  in 
his  native  town.      He  was   well   fitted  for  the    legal 
profession,  possessing  a  clear,  sonorous  voice,  being 
ready  and  fluent  of  speech,  and  having  quick  percep- 
tive powers.     He  gradually  gained  practice,  and  in 
1764  married  Abigail  Smith,  a  daughter  of  a  minister, 
and  a  lady  of  superior  intelligence.     Shortly  after  his 
marriage,  (1765),  the  attempt  of  Parliamentary  taxa- 
tion turned  him  from  law  to  politics.     He  took  initial 
steps  toward  huldin^,  a  town  meeting,  and  the  resolu- 


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tions  he  offered  on  the  subject  became  very  [wpulai 
throughout  the  Provmce,  and  were  adopted  word  fur 
word  by  over  forty  different  towns.  He  moved  to  Bos- 
ton in  1768,  and  became  one  of  the  most  courageous 
and  prominent  advocatesof  the  popular  cause,  and 
was  chosen  a  member  of  the  General  Court  (ihe  Leg- 
lislature)  in  t77o. 

Mr.  Adams  was  chosen  one  of  the  first  delegates 
from  Massachusetts  to  the  first  Continental  Congreis, 
which  met  in  1774-  Here  he  distinguished  himsel; 
by  his  capacity  for  business  and  for  debate,  and  ad- 
vocated the  movement  for  independence  against  ti?? 
majority  of  the  members.  In  May,  1776,  he  moved 
and  carried  a  resolution  in  Congress  that  the  Colonies 
should  assume  the  duties  of  self-government.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  the  committee  of  jve 
appointed  June  11,  to  prejiare  a  declaration  of  inde- 
pendence. This  article  was  drawn  by  Jefferson,  but 
on  Adams  devolved  the  task  of  battling  it  through 
Congress  in  a  three  days  debate. 

On  the  day  after  the  Declaration  of  Independence 
was  passed,  while  his  soul  was  yet  warm  with  th; 
glow  of  excited  feeling,  he  wrote  a  letter  to  his  wite 
which,  as  we  read  it  now,  seems  to  have  been  dictated 
liy  the  spirit  of  prophecy.  "  Yesterday,"  he  says, "  the 
greatest  question  was  decided  that  ever  was  debated 
in  America;  and  greater,  perhaps,  never  was  or  wil. 
be  decided  among  men.  A  resolution  v, as  passed 
without  one  dissenting  colony,  '  that  these  United 
States  are,  and  of  right  ought  to  be,  free  and  inde. 
pendent  states.'  The  day  is  passed.  The  fourth  of 
July,  1776,  will  be  a  memorable  epoch  in  the  history 
of  America.  I  am  apt  to  believe  it  will  be  celebrated 
by  succeeding  generations,  as  the  great  anniversary 
festival.  It  ought  to  be  commemorated  as  the  day  of 
deliverance  by  solemn  acts  of  devotion  to  Almighty 
God.     It  ought  to  be  solemnized  v/ith   i)omp,   shows, 


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JOHN  ADAMS. 


games,  sports,  guns,  bells,  bonfires,  and  illuminations 
from  one  end  of  the  continent  to  the  other,  from  this 
time  forward  for  ever.  You  will  think  me  transjxirted 
with  entluisiusm,  but  I  am  not.  I  am  well  aware  of 
the  toil,  and  blood  and  treasure,  that  it  will  cost  to 
maintain  this  declaration,  and  sup[)Ort  and  defend 
these  States;  yet,  through  all  the  gloom,  I  can  seethe 
rays  of  light  and  glory.  1  can  see  that  the  end  is 
worth  more  than  all  the  means;  and  that  posterity 
will  triumph,  although  you  and  I  may  rue,  which  1 
hope  we  shall  not." 

In  November,  1777,  Mr.  Adams  was  appointed  a 
delegate  to  France  and  to  co-operate  with  Benijamin 
Franklin  and  Arthur  Lee,  who  were  then  in  Paris,  in 
the  endeavor  to  obtain  assistance  in  arms  and  money 
from  the  French  Government.  This  was  a  severe  trial 
to  his  patriotism,  as  it  separated  him  from  his  home, 
compelled  him  to  cross  the  ocean  in  winter,  and  ex- 
jxjsed  him  to  great  peril  of  capture  by  tlie  British  cruis- 
ers, who  were  seeking  him.  He  left  France  June  17, 
1779.  In  September  of  the  same  year  he  was  again 
cliosen  to  go  to  Paris,  and  there  hold  himself  in  readi- 
ness to  negotiate  a  treaty  of  peace  and  of  commerce 
with  Great  Britian,  as  soon  as  the  British  Cabinet 
might  be  found  willing  to  listen  to  such  pioposels.  He 
sailed  for  France  in  November,  from  there  he  went  to 
Holland,  where  he  negotiated  important  loans  and 
formed  important  commercial  treaties 

Finally  a  treaty  of  peace  with  England  was  signed 
Jan.  21,  1783.  The  re-action  from  the  excitement, 
toil  and  anxiety  through  which  Mr.  Adams  had  passed 
threw  him  into  a  fever.  After  suffering  from  a  con- 
tinued fever  and  becoming  feeble  and  emaciated  he 
was  advised  to  goto  England  to  drink  the  waters  of 
Bath.  While  in  England,  still  drooping  anddespond- 
ing,  he  received  dispatches  from  his  own  government 
urging  the  necessity  of  his  going  to  .\msterdam  to 
negotiate  another  loan.  It  was  winter,  his  health  was 
delicate,  yet  be  immediately  set  out,  and  through 
storm,  on  sea,  on  horseback  and  foot, he  made  the  trip. 

February  24,  1785,  Congress  appointed  Mr.  Adams 
envoy  to  the  Court  of  St.  James.  Here  he  met  face 
to  face  the  King  of  England,  who  had  so  long  re- 
garded him  as  a  traitor.  As  England  did  not 
condescend  to  appoint  a  minister  to  the  United 
States,  and  as  Mr.  Adams  felt  that  he  was  accom- 
plishing but  little,  he  sought  permission  to  return  to 
liis  own  countp,',  where  he  arrived  in  June,  1788. 

\Vhen  Washington  was  first  chosen  President,  John 
.\dams,  rendered  illustiious  by  his  signal  services  at 
home  and  abroad,  was  chosen  Vice  President,  .\gain 
at  the  second  election  of  Washington  as  President, 
Adams  was  chosen  Vice  President.  In  1796,  Wash- 
ington retired  from  public  life,  and  Mr.  Adams  was 
elected  President,tliough  not  without  much  ojiposition. 
Serving  in  this  office  four  vears,he  was  succeeded  In' 
Mr.  Jefferson,  his  opponent  in  politics. 

While    Mr.   Adams  was   Vice   President   the    threat 


French  Revolution  shook  the  continent  of  Europe, 
and  it  was  upon  this  point  which  he  was  at  issue  wiiii 
the  majority  of  his  countrymen  led  by  Mr.  Jefferson. 
Mr.  Adams  felt  no  symiiathy  with  the  French  people 
in  their  struggle,  for  he  had  no  confidence  in  their 
ix)wer  of  selt-government,  and  he  utterly  aljhored  the 
classof  atheist  philoHo[ihers  who  he  claimed  caused  it. 
On  tlie  other  hand  Jefferson's  sympathies  were  strongly 
enlisted  in  behalf  of  the  French  people.  Hence  or- 
iginated the  alienation  between  these  distinguished 
men,  and  two  jxswerful  parties  were  thus  soon  organ- 
ized, Adams  at  the  head  of  the  one  whose  sympathies 
were  with  England  and  Jefferson  led  the  other  in 
sympathy  with  France. 

The  world  has  seldom  seen  a  spectacle  of  more 
moral  beauty  and  grandeur,  than  was  presented  by  the 
old  age  of  Mr.  Adams.  The  violence  of  party  feeling 
had  died  away,  and  he  had  begun  to  receive  that  just 
ap[)reciation  which,  to  most  men,  is  not  accorded  till 
after  death.  No  one  could  look  upon  his  venerable 
form,  and  think  of  wiiat  he  had  done  and  suffered, 
and  how  he  had  given  up  all  the  prime  and  strength 
of  his  life  to  the  public  good,  without  the  deepest 
emotion  of  gratitude  and  respect.  It  was  his  peculiar 
good  fortune  to  witness  the  complete  success  of  the 
institution  which  he  had  been  so  active  in  creating  and 
supporting.  In  1824,  his  cup  of  happiness  was  filled 
to  the  brim,  by  seeing  his  son  elevated  to  the  highest 
station  in  the  gift  of  the  peojile. 

The  fourth  of  July,  1826,  which  completed  the  half 
century  since  the  signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence, arrived,  and  there  were  but  three  of  the 
signers  of  that  immortal  instrument  left  ujmn  the 
earth  to  hail  its  morning  light.  And,  as  it  is 
well  known,  on  that  day  two  of  these  finished  their 
earthly  pilgrimage,  a  coincidence  so  remarkable  as 
to  seem  miraculous.  For  a  few  days  before  Mr. 
Adams  had  been  rapidly  failing,  and  on  the  morning 
of  the  fourth  he  found  hmiself  too  weak  to  rise  from 
his  bed.  On  being  requested  to  name  a  toast  for  the 
customary  celebration  of  the  day,  he  exclaimed  "  In- 
dependence FOREVER."  When  the  day  was  ushered 
in,  by  the  ringing  of  bells  and  the  firing  of  cannons, 
he  was  asked  by  one  of  his  attendants  if  he  knew 
what  day  it  was?  He  replied,  "O  yes;  it  is  the  glor- 
ious fourch  of  July — God  l)less  it — God  bless  you  all." 
In  the  course  of  the  dav  he  said,  "It  is  a  great  and 
glorious  day."  The  last  words  he  uttered  were, 
"Jefferson  survives."  But  he  had,  at  one  o'clock,  re- 
signed his  spiiit  into  the  hands  of  his  God. 

The  personal  appearance  and  manners  of  Mr. 
Adams  were  not  particularly  prepossessing.  His  face, 
as  his  ])ortrait  manifcsts.was  intellectual  ard  expres- 
sive, but  his  figure  was  low  and  ungraceful,  and  his 
manners  were  frequently  abrupt  and  uncourteous. 
He  had  neither  the  lofly  dignity  of  Washington,  nor 
the  engaging  elegance  and  gracefulness  which  marked 
the  manners  and  address  of  lefferson. 


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THIRD  PRESIDENT. 


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HOMAS  JEFFERSON  was 

born  April  2,   1743,   at  Shad- 

i^^well,  Albermarle  county,  Va. 

His  parents  were  Peter  and 
Jane  (  Randolph)  Jefferson, 
the  tbrmer  a  native  of  Wales, 
and  the  latter  born  in  Lon- 
don. To  them  were  born  six 
daughters  and  two  sons,  of 
whom  Thomas  was  the  elder. 
When  14  years  of  age  his 
father  died.  He  received  a 
most  liberal  education,  hav- 
ing been  kept  diligently  at  school 
from  the  time  he  was  five  years  of 
age.  In  1760  he  entered  William 
and  Mary  College.  Williamsburg  was  then  the  seat 
of  the  Colonial  Court,  and  it  was  the  obode  of  fashion 
a.id  splendor.  Young  Jefferson,  who  was  then  17 
years  old,  lived  somewhat  e,\pensively,  keeping  fine 
horses,  and  much  caressed  by  gay  society,  yet  he 
was  earnestly  devoted  to  his  studies,  and  irreproacha- 
able  in  his  morals.  It  is  strange,  however,  under 
such  influences, that  he  was  not  ruined.  In  the  sec- 
ond year  of  his  college  course,  moved  by  some  un- 
explained inward  impulse,  he  discarded  his  horses, 
society,  and  even  his  favorite  violin,  to  which  he  had 
previously  given  much  time.  He  often  devoted  fifteen 
hours  a  day  to  haid  study,  allowing  himself  for  ex- 
ercise only  a  run  in  the  evening  twilight  of  a  mile  out 
of  the  city  and  back  again.  He  thus  attained  very 
high  intellectual  culture,  alike  excellence  in  philoso- 
phy and  the  languages.  The  most  difficult  Latin  and 
Greek  authors  he  read  with  facility.  A  more  finished 
scholar  has  seldom  gone  forth  from  college  halls;  and 


there  was  not  to  be  found,  perhaps,  in  all  Virginia,  a 
move  pureminded,  upright,  gentlemanly  young  rnan. 

Immediately  upon  leaving  college  he  began  the 
study  of  law.  For  the  short  time  he  continued  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  lie  rose  rapidly  and  distin- 
guished himself  by  his  energy  and  accuteness  as  a 
lawyer.  But  the  times  called  for  greater  action. 
The  policy  of  England  had  awakened  the  spirit  of 
resistance  of  the  American  Colonies,  and  the  enlarged 
views  which  Jefferson  had  ever  entertained,  soon  led 
him  into  active  political  life.  In  1769  he  was  chosen 
a  member  of  the  Virginia  House  of  Burgesses.  In 
1772  he  married  Mrs.  Martha  Skelton,  a  very  beauti- 
ful, wealthy  and  liighly  accomplished  young  widow. 

Upon  Mr.  Jefferson's  large  estate  at  Shadwell,  there 
was  a  majestic  swell  of  land,  called  Monticello,  which 
commanded  a  prospect  of  wonderful  extent  ar.d 
beauty.  This  spot  Mr.  Jefferson  selected  for  his  new 
home;  and  here  he  reared  a  mansion  of  modest  yet 
elegant  architecture,  which,  next  to  Mount  Vernon, 
became  the  most  distinguished  resort  in  our  land. 

In  1775  he  was  sent  to  the  Colonial  Congress, 
where,  though  a  silent  member,  his  abilities  as  a 
writer  and  a  reasoner  soon  become  known,  and  he 
was  placed  upon  a  number  of  important  conmiittees, 
and  was  chairman  of  the  one  appointed  for  the  draw- 
ing up  of  a  declaration  of  independence.  This  com- 
mittee consisted  of  Thomas  Jefferson,  John  Adau;s. 
Benjamin  Franklin,  Roger  Sherman  and  Rol)ert  R. 
Livingston.  Jefferson,  as  chairman,  was  appointed 
to  draw  up  the  paper.  Franklin  and  Adams  suggested 
a  few  verbal  changes  before  it  was  submitted  to  Con- 
gress. On  June  28,  a  few  slight  changes  were  made 
in  it  by  Congress,  and  it  was  passed  and  signed  July 
4,  1776.     Wliat  must  have  been  the  feelings  of  that 


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THOMAS  JEFFERSON. 


man — what  the  emotions  that  swelled  his  breast — 
who  was  cliLirged  with  the  preparation  of  that  Dec- 
laration, which,  while  it  made  known  the  wrongs  of 
America,  .vas  also  to  publish  her  to  the  world,  free, 
;,ovcrign  and  independent.  It  is  orie  of  the  most  re- 
.;K.rkable  pa|)ers  ever  written  ;  and  did  no  other  effort 
iif  the  mind  of  its  author  exist,  that  alone  would  be 
bufncient  to  stamp  his  name  with  immortality. 

In  1779  Mr.  Jefferson  was  elected  successor  to 
Patrick  Henry,  us  Governor  of  Virginia.  At  one  time 
the  British  officer,  Tarleton,  sent  a  secret  expedition  to 
Moniicello,  to  capture  the  Governor.  Scarcely  five 
minutes  elapsed  after  the  hurried  escape  of  Mr.  Jef- 
ferson and  his  family,  ere  his  mansion  was  in  posses- 
sicm  of  the  British  troops.  His  wife's  health,  never 
very  good,  was  much  injured  by  this  excitement,  and 
in  the  summer  of  1782  she  died. 

Mr.  Jefferson  was  elected  to  Congress  in  1783. 
Two  yens  later  he  was  appointed  Minister  Plenipo- 
tentiary to  France.  Returning  to  the  United  States 
in  September,  1789,  he  became  Secretary  of  State 
in  Washington's  cabinet.  This  position  he  resigned 
Jan.  I,  1794.  In  1797,  he  was  chosen  Vice  Presi- 
dent, and  four  years  later  was  elected  President  over 
Mr.  Adams,  with  Aaron  Burr  as  Vice  President.  In 
T804  he  was  re-elected  with  wonderful  unanimiiy, 
and  George  Clinton,  Vice  President. 

The  early  part  of  Mr.  Jefferson's  second  adminstra- 
tion  was  disturbed  by  an  event  which  threatened  the 
tranquility  and  peace  of  the  Union ;  this  was  the  con- 
spiracy of  Aaron  Burr.  Defeated  in  the  late  election 
to  the  Vice  Presidency,  and  led  on  by  an  unfrincipled 
ambition,  this  extraordinary  man  formed  the  plan  of  a 
military  expedition  into  the  Spanish  territories  on  our 
southwestern  frontier,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  there 
a  new  republic.  This  has  l)een  generally  supposed 
was  a  mere  pretext ;  and  although  it  has  not  been 
generally  known  what  his  real  plans  were,  there  is  no 
doubt  that  they  were  of  a  far  more  dangerous 
character. 

In  1809,  at  the  expiration  of  the  second  term  for 
which  Mr.  Jefferson  had  lieen  elected,  he  determined 
to  retire  from  political  life.  For  a  period  of  nearly 
forty  years,  he  had  been  continually  before  the  pub- 
lic, and  all  that  time  had  been  employed  in  offices  of 
the  greatest  trust  and  responsibility.  Ha%'ing  thus  de- 
voted the  best  part  of  his  life  to  the  service  of  his 
countiy,  he  now  felt  desirous  of  that  rest  which  his 
declining  years  required,  and  uix)n  the  organization  of 
the  new  administration,  in  March,  1809,  he  b'd  fare- 
well forever  to  public  life,  and  retired  to  Monticelio. 

Mr.  Jefferson  was  profuse  in  his  hospitality.  Whole 
families  came  in  their  coaches  with  their  horses, — 
fathers  and  mothers,  boys  and  girls,  babies  and 
nurses, — and  remained  three  and  even  six  months. 
Life  at  Monticelio,  for  years,  resembled  that  at  a 
fashionable  watering-place. 

The  fourth  of  July,  1826,  being  the  fiftieth  anniver- 


sary of  the  Declaration  of  American  Independence, 
great  preparations  were  made  in  every  part  of  the 
Union  for  its  celebration,  as  the  nation's  jubilee,  and 
the  citizens  of  Washington,  to  add  to  the  solemnily 
of  the  occasion,  invited  Mr.  Jefferson,  as  the  framer 
and  one  of  the  few  surviving  signers  of  the  Declara- 
tion, to  participate  in  their  festivities.  But  an  ill- 
ness, whicli  had  been  of  several  weeks  duration,  and 
had  been  continually  increasing,  compelled  him  to 
decline  the  invitation. 

On  the  second  of  July,  the  disease  under  whit '1 
he  was  laboring  left  him,  but  in  such  a  reduced 
state  that  his  medical  attendants,  entetrained  ne 
hope  of  his  recovery.  From  this  time  he  was  perfectly 
sensible  that  his  last  hour  was  at  hand.  On  the  next 
d;iy,  which  was  Monday,  he  asked  of  those  around 
him,  the  day  of  the  month,  and  on  being  told  it  was 
the  third  of  July,  he  expressed  the  earnest  wish  that 
he  might  be  permitted  to  breathe  the  air  of  the  fiflieth 
anniversary.  His  prayer  was  heard — that  day,  whose 
dawn  was  hailed  with  such  rapture  through  om'  land, 
burst  upon  his  eyes,  and  then  they  were  closed  for- 
ever. And  what  a  noble  consummation  of  a  noble 
life!  To  die  on  that  day, — the  birthday  of  a  nation,-  - 
the  day  v/hich  his  own  name  and  his  own  act  had 
rendered  glorious;  to  die  amidst  the  rejoicings  and 
festivities  of  a  whole  nation,  who  looked  up  to  him, 
as  the  author,  under  God,  of  their  greatest  blessings, 
was  all  that  was  wanting  to  fill  up  the  record  his  life. 

Almost  at  the  same  hour  of  his  death,  the  kin- 
dred sjiirit  of  the  venerable  Adams,  as  if  to  bear 
him  company,  left  the  scene  of  his  earthly  honors. 
Hand  in  hand  they  had  stood  forth,  the  champions  of 
freedom  ;  hand  in  hand,  during  the  dark  and  desider- 
ate struggle  of  the  Revolution,  they  had  cheered  ar.d 
"animated  their  desponding  cou\Ury'men;  for  half  a 
century  they  had  laboied  together  for  the  good  of 
the  country;  and  now  hand  in  hand  they  depart. 
In  their  lives  they  had  been  united  in  the  same  great 
cause  of  liberty,  and  in  their  deaths  they  were  not 
divided. 

In  person  Mr.  Jefferson  was  tall  and  thin,  rather 
above  six  feet  in  height,  but  well  formed;  his  eyes 
were  light,  his  hair  originally  red,  in  after  life  became 
white  and  silvery;  his  complexion  was  fair,  his  fore- 
head broad,  and  his  whole  countenance  intelligent  and 
thoughtful.  He  possessed  great  fortitude  of  mind  as 
well  as  personal  courage ;  and  his  command  of  tem- 
per was  such  that  his  oldest  and  most  intimate  friends 
never  recollected  to  have  seen  him  in  a  passion. 
His  manners,  though  dignified,  were  simple  and  un- 
affected, and  his  hospitality  was  so  unbounded  that 
all  fomid  at  his  house  a  ready  welcome.  In  conver- 
sation he  was  fluent,  eloquent  and  enthusiastic;  and 
his  language  was  remarkably  pure  and  correct.  He 
was  a  finished  classical  scholar,  and  in  his  writings  is 
discernable  the  care  with  which  he  formed  his  style 
upon  the  best  models  of  antiquity. 


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FO  UR  TH  PR  F  SI  DEN  T. 


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n^riQES  npDisol]. 


AMES    MADISON,    "Father 
of  the  Constitution,''  and  fourth 
'  President  of  the  United  States, 
was  born  March  i6,  1757,  and 
died  at   his    home  in  Virginia, 
^   June  28,   1836.     The  name  of 
James  Madison  is  inseparably  con- 
nected with  most  of  tlie  important 
events  in  that  heroic  period  of  our 
country  during  which  the  founda- 
tions of  this  great   republic  were 
laid.  He  was  the  last  of  the  founders 
of  the   Constitution   of  the    United 
States  to   be   called    to    his    eternal 
reward. 

The  Madison  family  were  among 
the  early  emigrants  to  the  New  World, 
landing  upon  the  shores  of  the  Chesa- 
peake but  15  years  after  the  settle- 
ment of  Jamestown.  The  father  of 
James  Madison  was  an  opulent 
planter,  residing  upon  a  very  fine  es- 
tate called  "Montpelier,"  Orange  Co., 
Va.  The  mansion  was  situated  in 
the  midst  of  scenery  highly  pictur- 
esque and  romantic,  on  the  west  side 
of  South-west  Mountain,  at  the  foot  of 
Blue  Ridge.  It  was  but  25  miles  from  the  home  of 
Jefferson  at  Monticello.  The  closest  personal  and 
political  attachment  existed  between  these  illustrious 
men,  from  their  early  youth  until  death. 

The  early  education  of  Mr.  Madison  was  conducted 
mostly  at  home  under  a  private  tutor.  At  the  age  of 
rS  he  was  sent  to  Princeton  College,  in  New  Jersey. 
Here  lie  applied  himself  to  study  with  the  most  im- 


prudent zeal;  allowing  himfjelf,  for  months,  but  three 
hours'  sleep  out  of  the  24.  His  health  thus  became  so 
seriously  impaired  that  he  never  recovered  any  vigor 
of  constitution.  He  graduated  in  177  i,  with  a  feeble, 
body,  with  a  character  of  utmost  purity,  and  with  a 
mind  highly  disciplined  and  richly  stored  witli  learning, 
which  embellished  and  gave  proficiency  to  his  subsr 
([uent  career. 

Returning  to  Virginia,  he  commenced  the  study  of 
law  and  a  course  of  extensive  and  systematic  reading. 
This  educational  course,  the  spirit  of  the  times  in 
which  he  lived,  and  the  society  with  which  he  asso- 
ciated, all  combined  to  inspire  him  with  a  strong 
love  of  liberty,  and  to  train  him  for  his  life-work  of 
a  statesman.  Being  naturally  of  a  religious  turn  of 
m.ind,  and  his  frail  health  leading  him  to  think  that 
his  life  was  not  to  be  long,  he  directed  especial  atten- 
tion to  theological  studies.  Endowed  with  a  mmd 
singularly  free  from  passion  and  prejudice,  and  with 
almost  unequalled  powers  of  reasoning,  he  weighed 
all  the  arguments  for  and  against  revealed  religion, 
until  his  faith  became  so  established  as  never  to 
be  shaken. 

In  the  spring  of  1776,  when  26  years  of  age,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Convention,  to 
frame  the  constitution  of  the  State.  The  next  year 
(1777)1  'ic  was  a  candidate  for  the  General  Assembly. 
He  refused  to  treat  the  whisky-lovir.g  voters,  and 
consequently  lost  his  election  ;  but  those  who  had 
witnessed  the  talentj  energy  and  public  siiirit  of  the 
modest  young  man,  enlisted  themselves  in  his  behalf, 
and  he  was  appointed  to  the    E.\ecutive  Council. 

Both  Patrick  Henry  and  Thomas  Jefferson  were 
Ciovernors  of  Virginia  while  Mr.  Madison  remained 
mem'oer  ot  the  Council  ;    and  their  api)recialion  of  his 


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JAMES  MADISON. 


intellectual,  social  and  moral  worth,  contributed  not 
a  little  to  his  subsequent  eminence.  In  the  year 
1780,  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Continental 
Coufiress.  Here  he  met  the  most  illustrious  men  in 
our  land,  and  he  was  immediately  assigned  to  one  of 
the  most  conspicuous  positions  among  them. 

For  three  years  Mr.  Madison  continued  in  Con- 
gress, one  of-its  most  active  and  influential  members. 
In  tne  year  1784,  his  term  having  expired,  he  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Virginia  Legislature. 

No  man  felt  more  deeply  than  Mr.  Madison  the 
utter  inefficiency  of  the  old  confederacy,  with  no  na- 
tional government,  with  no  power  to  form  treaties 
which  would  be  binding,  or  to  enforce  law.  There 
was  not  any  State  more  prominent  than  Virginia  in 
the  declaration,  that  an  efficient  national  government 
must  be  formed.  In  January,  1786,  Mr.  Madison 
carried  a  resolution  through  the  General  Assembly  of 
Virginia,  inviting  the  other  States  to  appoint  commis- 
sioners to  meet  in  convention  at  Annapolis  to  discuss 
this  subject.  Five  States  only  were  re|)resented.  'I'he 
convention,  however,  issued  another  call,  drawn  up 
by  Mr.  Madison,  urging  all  the  States  to  send  their 
delegates  to  Philadelphia,  in  May,  1787,  to  draft 
a  Constitution  for  the  United  States,  to  take  the  place 
of  that  Confederate  League.  The  delegates  met  at 
the  time  appointed.  F,very  State  but  Rhode  Island 
was  represented.  George  Washington  was  chosen 
president  of  the  convention  ;  and  the  present  Consti- 
tution of  the  United  States  was  then  and  there  formed. 
There  was,  perhaps,  no  mind  and  no  pen  more  ac- 
tive in  framing  this  immortal  document  than  tlie  mind 
and  the  pen  of  James  Madison. 

The  Constitution,  adopted  by  a  vote  81  to  79,  was 
to  be  presented  to  the  several  States  for  acceptance. 
But  grave  solicitude  was  felt.  Should  it  be  rejected 
we  should  be  left  but  a  conglomeration  of  independent 
States,  with  but  little  power  at  home  and  little  respect 
abroad.  Mr.  Madison  was  selected  by  tne  conven- 
tion to  draw  up  an  address  to  the  people  of  the  Uiiiied 
States,  expoimding  the  principles  of  the  Constitution, 
and  urging  its  adoption.  There  was  great  opposition 
to  it  at  first,  but  it  at  length  triumphed  over  all,  and 
went  into  effect  \w  1789. 

Mr.  Madison  was  elected  to  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives in  the  first  Congress,  and  soon  became  the 
avowed  leader  of  the  Republican  party.  While  in 
New  Vork  attending  Congress,  he  met  Mrs  Todd,  a 
young  widow  of  remarkable  power  of  fascination, 
whom  he  married.  She  was  in  person  and  character 
<]ueenly,  and  probably  no  lady  has  thus  far  occujMed 
so  prominent  a  position  in  the  very  peculiar  society 
which  has  constituted  our  republican  court  as  Mrs. 
Madison. 

Mr.  Madison  served  as  Secretary' of  State  under 
Jefferson,  and  at  the  close  of  his  administration 
was  chosen  President.  At  this  time  the  encroach- 
ments of  England  had  brought  us  to  the  verge  of  war. 


British  orders  in  council  destioyed  our  commerce,  and 
our  flag  was  exposed  to  constant  insult.  Mr.  Madison 
was  a  man  of  peace.  Scholarly  in  his  taste,  retiring 
in  his  disposition,  war  had  no  charms  for  him.  But  the 
meekest  spirit  can  be  roused.  It  makes  one's  blood 
boil,  even  now,  to  think  of  an  American  ship  brought 
to,  upon  the  ocean,  by  the  guns  of  an  English  cruiser. 
A  young  lieutenant  steps  on  board  and  orders  the 
crcw  to  be  paraded  before  him.  With  great  nonchal- 
ance he  selects  any  number  whom  he  may  please  to 
designate  as  British  subjects  ;  orders  them  down  the 
ship's  side  into  his  boat;  and  places  them  on  the  gun- 
deck  of  his  man-of-war,  to  fight,  by  compulsion,  the 
battles  of  England.  This  right  of  search  and  im- 
pressment, no  efforts  of  our  Government  could  induce 
the  British  cabir.et  to  relinquish. 

On  the  1 8th  of  June,  1812,  President  Madison  gave 
his  appioval  to  an  act  of  Congress  declaring  war 
against  Great  Britain.  Notwithstanding  the  bitter 
hostility  of  the  Federal  party  to  the  war,  the  country 
in  general  approved;  and  Mr.  Madison,  on  the  4th 
of  March,  18 13)  was  re-elected  by  a  large  majority, 
and  entered  upon  his  second  term  of  office.  This  is 
not  the  place  to  describe  the  various  adventuras  of 
this  war  on  the  land  and  on  the  water.  Our  infant 
navy  then  laid  the  foundations  of  its  renown  in  grap- 
pling with  the  most  formidable  power  which  ever 
swept  the  seas.  The  contest  commenced  in  earnest 
by  the  appearance  of  a  British  fleet,  early  in  Februaiy, 
18 13,  in  Chesapeake  Bay,  declaring  nearly  the  whole 
coast  of  the  United  States  under  blockade. 

The  Em[)eror  of  Russia  offered  his  services  as  me 
ditator.  America  accepted ;  England  refused.  A  Brit- 
ish force  of  five  thousand  men  landed  on  the  banks 
of  the  Patuxet  River,  near  its  entrance  into  Chesa- 
peake Bay,  and  marched  rapidly,  by  way  of  Bladens- 
burg,  ujjon  Washington. 

The  straggling  little  city  of  \\'ashington  was  thrown 
into  consternation.  The  cannon  of  the  brief  conflict 
at  Bladensburg  echoed  through  the  streets  of  the 
metropolis.  The  whole  |Mpulaticn  fled  from  the  city. 
The  President,  leaving  Mrs.  Madison  in  the  White 
House,  with  her  carriage  drawn  up  at  the  door  to 
await  his  speedy  return,  hurried  to  meet  the  officers 
in  a  council  of  war.  He  met  our  troops  utterly  routed, 
and  he  could  not  go  back  without  danger  of  being 
captured.  But  few  hours  elapsed  ere  the  Presidential 
Mansion,  the  Capitol,  and  all  the  pulilic  buildings  in 
Washington  were  in  flames. 

The  war  closed  after  two  years  of  fighting,  and  on 
Feb.  13,  1S15,  the  treaty  of  peace  was  signed  at  Ghent. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1817,  his  second  term  of 
office  expired,  and  he  resigned  the  Presidential  chair 
to  his  friend,  James  Monroe.  He  retired  to  his  beau- 
tiful home  at  Montpelier,  and  there  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  On  June  28,  1836,  then  at  the 
age  of  85  years,  he  fell  asleep  in  death.  Mrs.  Madi- 
son died  July  12,  1849. 


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AMES  MONROE,  the  fifth 
residentof  The  United  States, 
was  l)orn  in  Westmoreland  Co., 
Va.,  April  28,  1758.  His  early 
life  was  passed  at  the  place  of 
nativity.  His  ancestors  had  for 
f-q   many  years    resided  in  the  prov- 


ince in  which  he  was  born.  When, 
at  17  years  of  age,  in  the  process 
^1  of  completing  his  education  at 
WiUiam  and  Mary  College,  the  Co- 
lonial Congress  assembled  at  Phila- 
delphia to  deliberate  upon  the  un- 
just and  manifold  oppressions  of 
dreat  Britian,  declared  the  separa- 
tion of  the  Colonies,  and  promul- 
gated the  Declaration  of  Indepen- 
dence. Had  he  been  born  ten  years  before  it  is  highly 
probable  that  he  would  have  been  one  of  the  signers 
of  that  celebrated  instrument.  At  this  time  he  left 
school  and  enlisted  among  the  patriots. 

He  joined  the  army  when  everything  looked  hope- 
less and  gloomy.  Tlie  number  of  deserters  increased 
from  day  to  day.  The  invading  armies  came  pouring 
in ;  and  the  tories  not  only  favored  the  cause  of  the 
mother  country,  but  disheartened  the  new  recruits, 
who  were  sufficiently  terrified  at  the  prospect  of  con- 
tending with  an  enemy  whom  they  had  been  taught 
to  deem  invincible.  To  such  brave  spirits  as  James 
Monroe,  who  went  right  onward,  undismayed  through 
difficulty  and  danger,  the  United  States  owe  their 
political  emancipation.  The  young  cadet  joined  the 
ranks,  and  espoused  the  cause  of  his  injured  country, 
with  a  firm  determination  to  live  or  die  with  her  strife 


for  liberty.  Firmly  yet  sadly  he  shared  in  the  mel- 
ancholy retreat  from  Harleam  Heights  and  White 
Plains,  and  accompanied  the  dispirited  army  as  it  fled 
before  its  foes  through  New  Jersey.  In  four  months 
after  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  the  patriots 
had  been  beaten  in  seven  battles.  At  the  battle  of 
Trenton  he  led  the  vanguard,  and,  in  the  act  of  charg- 
ing upon  the  enemy  he  received  a  wound  in  the  left 
shoulder. 

As  a  reward  for  his  bravery,  Mr.  Monroe  was  ]:iro- 
moted  a  captain  of  infantry;  and,  having  recovered 
from  his  wound,  he  rejoined  the  army.  He,  however, 
receded  from  the  line  of  promotion,  by  becoming  an 
officer  in  the  staff  of  Lord  Sterling.  During  the  cam- 
paigns of  1777  and  1778,  in  the  actions  of  Brandy 
wine,  Germantown  and  Monmouth,  he  continued 
aid-de-camp;  but  Ijecoming  desirous  to  regain  his 
position  in  the  army,  he  exerted  himself  to  collect  a 
regiment  for  tlie  Virginia  line.  This  scheme  failed 
owing  to  the  exhausted  condition  of  the  State.  Upon 
this  failure  he  entered  the  office  of  Mr.  Jefferson,  at 
that  petiod  Governor,  and  pursued,  with  considerable 
ardor,  the  study  of  common  law.  He  did  not,  however, 
entirely  lay  aside  the  knapsack  for  the  green  bag; 
but  on  the  invasions  of  the  enemy,  served  as  a  volun- 
teer, during  the  two  years  of  his  legal  pursuits. 

In  1782,  he  was  elected  from  King  George  county, 
a  member  of  the  Leglislature  of  Virginia,  and  by  that 
body  he  was  elevated  to  a  seat  in  the  E.xecutive 
Council.  He  was  thus  honored  with  the  confidence 
of  his  fellow  citizens  at  23  years  of  age  ;  and  having 
at  this  early  period  displayed  some  of  that  aljilit}- 
and  a[)titude  for  legislation,  which  were  afterwards 
employed  with  unremitting  energy  fortlie  public  good, 


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JAMES  MONROE. 


he  was  in  the  succeeding  year  chosen  a  member  of 
the  Congress  »)f  the  Unilid  States. 
Deeplyas  Mr.  Moiiioe  fjlt  tlie  imperfectioiisof  theold 
Confederacy,  he  was  opposed  lo  tlie  new  Constiliilion, 
Thinking,  with  many  others  of  'he  Republican  party, 
that  it  gave  too  much  power  to  the  Central  Government, 
and  not  enough  to  the  individual  States.  Still  he  re- 
tained the  esteem  of  his  friends  who  were  its  warm 
supporters,  and  who,  notwithstanding  his  opposition 
secured  its  adoption.  In  1789,  he  became  amember 
of  the  United  States  Senate;  which  office  he  held  for 
four  years.  Every  month  the  line  of  distinction  be- 
tween the  two  great  iiarties  which  divided  the  nation, 
the  Federal  and  the  Republican,  was  growing  more 
distinct.  The  two  \)rominent  iaeas  which  now  sep- 
arated them  were,  that  the  Republican  party  was  in 
sympathy  with  France,  and  also  in  favor  of  such  a 
strict  construction  of  the  Constitution  as  to  give  the 
Central  Government  as  little  power,  and  the  State 
Governments  as  much  i>ower,  as  the  Constitution  would 
warrant.  The  Federalists  sympathized  with  England, 
and  were  in  favor  of  a  liberal  construction  of  the  Con- 
stitution, which  would  give  as  much  jjower  to  the 
Central  Crovernment  as  that  document  could  possiljly 
authorise. 

The  leading  Federalists  and  Republicans  were 
alike  nolile  men,  consecrating  all  their  energies  to  tlie 
good  of  the  nation.  Two  more  honest  men  or  more 
pure  patriots  than  John  Adams  the  Federalist,  and 
James  Monroe  the  Rep\iblican,  never  breathed.  In 
building  up  this  majestic  nation,  which  is  destined 
to  eclipse  all  Grecian  and  Assyrian  greatness,  the  com- 
bination of  tlieir  antagonism  was  needed  to  create  the 
liglit  eiiuilibriinn.  And  yet  each  in  his  day  was  de- 
nounced as  almost  a  demon. 

Washington  was  then  President.  England  had  es- 
poused the  cause  of  the  Bourbons  against  the  princi- 
ples of  the  French  Revolution.  All  Europe  was  drawn 
into  the  conflict.  We  were  feeble  and  far  away. 
Washington  issued  a  proclamation  of  neutrality  Ije- 
tween  these  contending  jjowers.  France  had  helped 
us  in  the  struggle  for  our  liberties.  AH  the  despotisms 
of  Europe  were  now  comliined  to  prevent  the  French 
from  escaping  from  a  tyranny  a  thousand-fold  worse 
than  that  which  we  had  endured  Col.  Monroe,  more 
magnanimous  than  prudent,  was  anxious  that,  at 
whatever  hazard,  we  should  help  our  old  allies  in 
their  extremity.  It  was  the  impulse  of  a  generous 
and  noble  nature.  He  violently  opposed  the  Pres- 
ident's proclamation  as  ungrateful  and  wanting  in 
magnanimity. 

Washington,  who  could  apnreciate  such  a  character, 
developed  his  calm,  serene,  almost  divine  greatness, 
by  appointing  that  very  James  Monroe,  who  was  de- 
nouncing the  policy  of  the  Government,  as  the  minister 
of  that  Government  to  the  Re])ublic  of  France.  Mr. 
Monroe  was  welcomed  by  the  National  Convention 
in  France  with  the  most  enthusiastic  demonstrations. 


Shortly  after  his  return  to  this  country,  Mr.  Mon- 
roe was  elected  Cjoveinor  of  Virginia,  and  held  the 
office  for  three  jeais.  He  was  again  sent  to  trance  to 
co-operate  with  Chancellor  Livingston  in  obtaining 
the  vast  territory  then  known  as  the  Province  of 
Louisiana,  which  France  had  but  shortly  before  ob- 
tained from  Spain.  Their  united  efforts  were  sue 
cessful.  For  the  comparatively  small  sum  of  fifteen 
millions  of  dollars,  the  entire  territory  of  Orleans  and 
district  of  Louisiana  were  added  to  the  United  States. 
This  was  probably  the  largest  transfer  of  real  estate 
which  was  ever  made  in  all  the  history  of  the  world 

F'rom  France  Mr.  Monroe  went  to  England  to  ob- 
tain from  that  country  some  recognition  of  our 
rights  as  neutrals,  and  to  remonstrate  against  those 
odious  impressments  of  our  seamen.  but  Eng- 
land was  unrelenting.  He  again  returned  to  Eng- 
land on  the  same  mission,  but  could  receive  no 
redress.  He  returned  to  his  home  and  was  again 
chosen  Governor  of  Virginia.  This  he  soon  resigned 
to  accept  the  position  of  Secretary  of  State  under 
Madison.  While  in  this  office  war  with  England  was 
declared,  the  Secretary  of  War  resigned,  and  during 
these  tiying  times,  the  duties  of  the  War  Department 
were  also  put  upon  him.  He  was  truly  the  armor- 
bearer  of  President  Madison,  and  the  most  efficient 
business  man  in  his  cabinet.  Upon  the  return  of 
peace  he  resigned  the  Department  of  War,  but  con- 
tinued in  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State  until  the  ex- 
piration of  Mr.  Madison's  adminstration.  At  the  elec 
tion  held  the  previous  autumn  Mr.  Monroe  himself  had 
been  chosen  President  with  but  little  opposition,  and 
upon  March  4,  18x7,  was  inaugurated.  Four  yearf 
later  he  was  elected  for  a  second  term. 

Among  the  imi>ortant  measures  of  his  Presidency 
were  the  cession  of  Florida  to  the  L^nited  States;  the 
Missouri  Compromise,  and  the    "  Monroe  doctrine.'- 

This  famous  doctrine,  since  known  as  the  "Monroe 
doctrine,"  was  enunciated  by  him  in  1823.  At  that 
time  the  United  States  had  recognized  the  independ- 
ence of  the  South  American  states,  and  did  not  wish 
to  have  European  powers  longer  attetnpting  to  sub- 
due [lortiuns  of  the  American  Continent.  The  doctrine 
is  as  follows:  "That  we  should  consider  any  attempt 
on  the  part  of  European  powers  to  extend  their  sys- 
tem to  any  portion  of  this  hemis])here  as  dangerous 
to  our  peace  and  safety,"  and  "that  we  could  not 
view  any  interposition  for  the  purpose  of  oppressing 
or  controlling  American  governments  or  provinces  in 
any  other  light  than  as  a  manifestation  by  Eurojiean 
iiowers  of  an  unfriendly  disposition  toward  the  United 
States."  This  doctrine  immediately  affected  the  course 
of  foreign  governments,  and  has  become  the  approved 
sentiment  of  the  United  States. 

At  the  end  of  his  second  term  Mr  Monroe  retired 
to  his  home  in  Virginia,  where  he  li\'ed  until  1830, 
when  he  went  to  New  York  lo  live  with  his  son-in- 
law.     In  that  city  he  died, on  the  4th  of  July,  1831 


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OHN  (^UINCY  ADAMS,  the 
'*)  sixth  President  of  the  United 
^■■•'States,  was   born   in   the   rural 
home  of  his    honored    father. 
John  Adams,  in  Qaincy,  Mass., 
Oil  the  1 1  th  cf  July,  1767.  His 
mother,   a   woman   of  exalted 
5    worth,  watched  over  liis  childhood 
during    the   almost    constant    ab- 
sence of   his   father.      When    but 
eight  years  of  age,  he   stood  with 
■'    his  mother  on  an  eminence,  listen- 
ing to  the  booming  of  the  great  l)at- 
tle  on  Bunker's  Hill,  and  gazing  on 
upon  the  smoke  and  flames  billow- 
ing up  from    the   conflagration    of 
Charlestown. 

When  but  eleven  years  old  he 
took  a  tearful  adieu  of  his  mother, 
to  sail  with  his  falner  for  Europe, 
through  a  fleet  of  ho.uile  British  cruisers.  The  bright, 
animated  boy  spent  a  year  and  a  half  in  Pan's,  where 
his  father  was  associated  with  Franklin  and  Lee  as 
minister  plenipotentiary.  His  intelligence  attracted 
the  notice  of  these  distinguished  men,  and  he  received 
from  them  flattering  marks  of  attention. 

Mr.  John  Adams  had  scarcely  letnrned  to  this 
cour.try,  in  1779,  ere  he  was  again  sent  abroad  Again 
i'ohii  Quincy  accompanied  his  father.  At  Paris  he 
applied  himself  with  great  diligence,  for  six  months, 
to  jtudy;  then  accompained  his  father  to  Holland, 
where  lie  entered,  first  a  school  in  .Amsterdam,  then 
tlie  University  at  Leyden.  About  a  year  from  this 
time,  in  1781,  when  the  manly  boy  was  Ijut  fourteen 
yea"-'?  of  age,  he  was  selected  by  Mr.  Dana,  our  min- 
ister to  the  Russian  court,  as  his  private  secretary. 

Tn  this  school  of  incessant  labor  and  of  enobling 
culture  he  spent  fourteen  months,  and  then  returned 
to  Holland  through  Sweden,  Denmark,  Hamburg  and 
Bremen.  This  long  journey  he  took  alone,  in  the 
winter,  when  in  his  sixteenth  year.  .'Vgain  he  resumed 
his  studies,  under  a  private  tutor,  at  Hague,    'i'hence. 


in  the  si)ringof  1782,  he  accompanied  his  father  10 
Paris,  traveling  leisurely,  and  forming  acquaintance 
with  the  most  distinguished  men  on  the  Con:iner.f, 
examining  architectural  remains,  galleries  of  paintings, 
and  all  renowned  works  of  art.  At  Paris  he  again 
became  associated  with  the  most  illustrious  men  of 
all  lands  in  the  contemplations  of  the  loftiest  temporal 
themes  which  can  engross  the  human  mind.  After 
a  short  visit  to  England  he  returned  to  Paris,  and 
consecrated  all  his  energies  to  study  until  May,  1785, 
when  he  returned  to  America.  To  a  brilliant  young 
man  of  eighteen,  who  had  seen  much  of  the  world, 
and  who  was  familiar  with  the  etiquette  of  courts,  a 
residence  with  his  father  in  London,  under  such  cir- 
cumstances, must  have  been  extremely  attractive 
but  with  judgment  very  rare  in  one  of  his  age,  he  pre- 
ferred to  return  to  America  to  complete  his  education 
in  an  American  college.  He  wished  then  to  study 
law,  that  with  an  honorable  profession,  he  might  be 
able  to  obtain  an  independent  support. 

Upon  leaving  Harvard  College,  at  the  age  of  twenty, 
he  studied  law  for  three  years.  In  June,  1794,  be- 
ing then  but  twenty-seven  years  of  age,  he  was  ap- 
Ijointed  by  Washington,  resident  minister  at  the 
Nelb.erlands.  Sailing  from  Boston  in  July,  he  reached 
London  in  October,  where  he  was  immediately  admit- 
tedto  the  deliberations  of  Messrs.  Jay  and  Pinckney, 
assisting  them  in  negotiating  a  commercial  treaty  with 
Gieat  Brilian.  After  thus  spending  a  fortnight  in 
London,  he  proceeded  to  the  Hague. 

In  July,  1797,  he  left  the  Hague  to  go  to  Portugal  as 
minister  plenipotentiary.  On  his  way  to  Portugal, 
upon  arriving  in  London,  he  met  with  despatches 
directing  him  to  the  court  of  Beiiin,  but  requesting 
him  to  remain  in  London  until  he  should  receive  his 
instructions.  While  wr.iting  he  was  married  to  an 
American  lady  to  whom  he  "had  been  previously  en- 
gaged,— Miss  Louisa  Catherine  Johnson,  daughter 
of  Mr.  Joshua  Johnson,  American  con.sul  in  I  ondon  ; 
a  lady  endownd  with  that  beauty  and  those  accom- 
plishment which  emincnlly  fitted  her  to  move  in  the 
elevated  sphere  for  which  she  w^s  d.^'slined 


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JOHN  QUINCY  AUAAJS. 


He  reached  Berlin  with  his  wife  in  November,  1797  ; 
where  he  remained  until  July,  1799,  when,  havingful- 
fiUed  all  the  purposes  of  his  mission,  he  solicited  his 
recall. 

Soon  after  his  return,  in  1802,  he  was  chosen  to 
Ihe  Senate  of  Massachusetts,  from  Boston,  and  then 
was  elected  Senator  of  the  United  States  for  six  years, 
from  the  4th  of  March,  1804.  His  reputation,  his 
ability  and  his  experience,  placed  him  immediately 
among  the  most  prominent  and  influential  members 
of  that  body.  Especially  did  he  sustain  the  Govern- 
ment in  its  measures  of  resistance  to  the  encroach- 
ments of  England,  destroying  our  commerce  and  in- 
sulting our  flag.  There  was  no  man  in  America  more 
familiar  with  the  arrogance  of  the  British  court  upon 
these  points,  and  no  one  more  resolved  to  present 
a  firm  resistance. 

In  1809,  Madison  succeeded  Jefferson  in  the  Pres- 
idential chair,  and  he  immediately  nominated  John 
Quincy  Adams  minister  to  St.  Petersburg.  Resign- 
ing his  professorship  in  Harvard  College,  he  embarked 
at  Boston,  in  August,  1809. 

While  in  Russia,  Mr.  Adams  was  an  intense  stu- 
dent. He  devoted  his  attention  to  the  language  and 
history  of  Russia;  to  the  Chinese  trade;  to  the 
European  system  of  weights,  measures,  and  coins  ;  to 
the  climate  and  astronomical  observations  ;  while  he 
Kept  up  a  familiar  acquaintance  with  the  Greek  and 
Latin  classics.  In  all  the  universities  of  Euroi)e,  a 
more  accomplished  scholar  could  scarcely  be  found. 
.Ml  through  life  the  Bible  constituted  an  importart 
part  ot  his  studies.  It  was  his  rule  to  read  five 
chapters  every  day. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  18 17,  Mr.  Monroe  took  the 
Presidential  chair,  and  immediately  ai)i)ointed  Mr. 
Adams  Secretary  of  State.  Taking  leave  of  his  num- 
erous friends  in  public  and  private  life  in  Euroi^e,  he 
sailed  in  June,  1819,  forthe  United  States.  On  the 
i8th  of  August,  he  again  crossed  the  threshold  of  his 
home  in  Quincy.  During  the  eight  years  of  Mr.  Mon- 
roe's administration,  Mr.  Adams  continued  Secretary 
of  State. 

Some  time  before  the  close  of  Mr.  Monroe's  second 
term  of  office,  new  candidates  began  to  be  presented 
for  the  Presidency.  The  friends  of  Mr.  Adams  brought 
forward  his  name.  It  was  an  exciting  campaign. 
Party  spirit  was  never  more  bitter.  Two  hundred  and 
sixty  electoral  votes  were  cast.  Andrew  Jackson  re- 
ceived ninety-nine;  John  Quincy  Adams,  eighty-four; 
William  H.  Crawford,  forty -one;  Henry  Clay,  thirty- 
se/en.  As  there  was  no  choice  by  the  people,  the 
question  went  to  the  House  of  Representatives.  Mr. 
Clay  gave  the  vote  of  Kentucky  to  Mr.  Adams,  and 
he  was  elected. 

The  friends  of  all  the  disappointed  candidates  now 
combined  in  a  venomous  and  persistent  assault  upon 
Mr.  Adams.  There  is  nothing  more  disgraceful  in 
♦he  past  historv  of  our  country  than  the  abuse  which 


was  poured  in  one  uninterrupted  stream,  upon  this 
high-minded,  upright,  patriotic  man.  There  never  was 
an  administration  more  pure  in  principles,  more  con- 
scientiously devoted  to  the  best  interests  of  the  coun- 
try, than  that  of  John  Quincy  Adams ;  and  never,  per- 
haps, was  there  an  administration  more  unscrupu- 
lously and  outrageously  assailed. 

Mr.  Adams  was,  to  a  very  remarkable  degree,  ab- 
stemious and  temperate  in  his  habits;  always  rising 
early,  and  taking  much  exercise.  When  at  his  homein 
Quincy,  he  has  been  known  to  walk,  before  breakfast, 
seven  miles  to  Boston.  In  Washington,  it  was  said 
that  he  was  the  first  man  up  in  the  city,  lighting  his 
own  fire  and  applying  himself  to  work  in  his  library 
often  long  before  dawn. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1829,  Mr.  Adams  retired 
from  the  Presidency,  and  was  succeeded  by  Andrew- 
Jackson.  John  C.  Calhoun  was  elected  Vice  Presi- 
dent. The  slavery  question  now  began  to  assume 
ixirtentous  magnitude.  Mr.  Adams  returned  to 
Quincy  and  to  his  studies,  which  he  pursued  with  un- 
abated zeal.  But  he  was  not  long  permitted  to  re- 
main in  retirement.  In  November,  1830,  he  was 
elected  representative  to  Congress.  For  seventeen 
years,  until  his  death,  he  occupied  the  jx)st  as  repre- 
sentative, towering  above  all  his  peers,  ever  ready  to 
do  brave  battle' for  freedoiri,  and  winning  the  title  of 
"the  old  man  eloquent."  Upon  taking  his  seat  in 
the  House,  he  announced  that  he  should  hold  him- 
self bound  to  no  party.  Probably  there  never  was  a 
member  more  devoted  to  his  duties.  He  was  usually 
the  first  in  his  place  in  the  morning,  and  the  last  to 
leave  his  seat  in  the  evening.  Not  a  measure  could 
be  brought  forward  and  escape  his  scrutiny.  The 
battle  which  Mr.  Adams  fought,  almost  singly,  against 
the  proslavery  party  in  the  Government,  was  sublime 
in  Its  moral  daring  and  heroism.  For  persisting  in 
presenting  petitions  for  the  abolition  of  slavery,  he 
was  threatened  with  indictment  by  the  grand  jury, 
with  expulsion  from  the  House,  with  assassination; 
but  no  threats  could  intimidate  him,  and  his  final 
triumph  was  complete. 

It  has  been  said  of  President  Adams,  that  when  his 
body  was  bent  and  his  hair  silvered  by  the  lapse  of 
fourscore  years,  yielding  to  the  simple  faith  of  a  little 
child,  he  was  accustomed  to  repeat  every  night,  before 
he  slept,  the  pra)er  which  his  mother  taught  him  in 
his  infant  years. 

On  the  2 1  St  of  February,  1848,  he  rose  on  the  floor 
of  Congress,  with  a  pajier  in  his  hand,  to  address  the 
speaker.  Suddenly  he  fell,  again  stricken  by  paraly- 
sis, and  was  caught  in  the  arms  of  those  around  him. 
For  a  lime  he  was  senseless,  as  he  was  conveyed  to 
the  sofa  in  the  rotunda.  With  reviving  conscious- 
ness, he  opened  his  eyes,  looked  calmly  around  and 
said  "  T/n's  is  ihe  end  of  earth  ;"tlien  after  a  moment's 
pause  he  add. 'd,  '' I  atn  confent"  These  were  the 
last    words  of    the    grand    "Old    Man    Elocpient." 


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SEVENTH  PRESIDENT. 


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M  NDREVV  JACKSON,  the 
^^  seventh  President  of  the 
"United  States,  was  born  in 
Waxhaw  settlement,  N.  C, 
March  15,  1767,  a  few  days 
after  his  father's  death.  His 
parents  were  poor  emigrants 
from  Ireland,  and  took  up 
their  abode  in  Waxhaw  set- 
tlement, where  they  lived  in 
deepest  poverty, 
Andrew,  or  Andy,  as  he  was 
universally  called,  grew  up  a  very 
rough,  rude,  turbulent  boy.  His 
features  were  coarse,  his  form  un- 
gainly; and  there  was  but  very 
little  in  his  character,  made  visible,  which  was  at- 
tractive. 

When  only  thirteen  years  old  he  joined  the  volun- 
teers of  Carolina  against  the  British  invasion.  In 
1781,  he  and  his  brother  Robert  were  captured  and 
imprisoned  for  a  time  at  Camden.  A  British  officer 
ordered  him  to  brush  his  mud-spattered  boots.  "  I  am 
a  prisoner  of  war,  not  your  servant,"  was  the  reply  of 
the  dauntless  boy. 

The  brute  drew  his  sword,  and  aimed  a  desperate 
Dlow  at  the  head  of  the  helpless  young  prisoner. 
Andrew  raised  his  hand,  and  thus  received  two  fear- 
ful gashes, — one  on  the  hand  and  the  other  upon  the 
head.  The  officer  then  turned  to  his  brother  Robert 
with  the  same  demand.  He  also  refused,  and  re- 
ceived a  blow  from  the  keen-edged  sabre,  which  quite 
disabled  him,  and  which  probably  soon  after  caused 
his  death.  They  suffered  much  other  ill-treatment,  and 
were  finally  stricken  with  the  small-pox.  Their 
mother  was  successful  in    obtaining    their   exchange, 


and  took  her  sick  boys  home.  After  a  long  illn::ss 
Andrew  recovered,  and  the  death  of  his  mother  soon 
left  him  entirely  friendless. 

Andrew  supported  himself  in  various  ways,  s  i;h  as 
working  at  the  saddler's  trade,  teaching  school  and 
clerking  in  a  general  store,  until  17S4,  when  he 
entered  a  law  office  at  Salisbury,  N.  C.  He,  however, 
gave  more  attention  to  the  wild  amusements  of  the 
times  than  to  his  studies.  In  1788,  he  was  appointed 
solicitor  for  the  western  district  of  North  Carolina,  of 
which  Tennessee  was  then  a  part.  This  involved 
many  long  and  tedious  journeys  amid  dangers  of 
every  kind,  but  Andrew  Jackson  never  knew  fear, 
and  the  Indians  had  no  desire  to  repeat  a  skirmish 
witn  the  Sharp  Knife. 

In  1 791,  Mr.  Jackson  was  married  to  a  woman  who 
supposed  herself  divorced  from  her  former  husband. 
Great  was  the  surprise  of  both  parties,  two  years  later, 
to  find  that  the  conditionsof  the  divorce  had  just  been 
definitely  settled  by  the  first  husband.  The  marriage 
ceremony  was  performed  a  second  time,  but  the  occur- 
rence was  often  used  by  his  enemies  to  bring  Mr. 
Jackson  into  disfavor. 

During  these  years  he  worked  hard  at  his  profes- 
sion, and  frequently  had  one  or  more  duels  on  hand, 
one  of  which,  when  he  killed  Dickenson,  was  espec- 
ially disgraceful. 

In  January,  1796,  the  Territory  of  Tennessee  then 
containing  nearly  eighty  thousand  inhabitants,  the 
people  met  in  convention  at  Knoxville  to  frame  a  con- 
stitution. Five  were  sent  from  each  of  the  elevsn 
counties.  Andrew  Jackson  was  one  of  the  delegates. 
The  new  State  was  entitled  to  but  one  meml  cr  in 
the  National  House  of  Representatives.  Andre\v  Jack- 
son was  chosen  that  member.  Mourning  his  liorse  he 
rode  to  Philedelphia,  where  Congress   ih.en    Icld  its 


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ANDREW  JACKSON. 


sjiiij.13, — a  diilance  of  about  eight   hundred    miles. 

Jackson  was  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  Demo- 
cratic party.  Jefferson  was  his  idol.  He  admired 
iionaparte,  loved  France  and  hated  England.  As  Mr. 
Jackson  took  his  seat,  Gjn.  Washington,  whose 
sjcond  term  of  office  was  then  expi.ing,  delivered  his 
last  speech  to  Congress.  A  committee  drew  up  a 
com[ilimentary  address  in  reply.  Andrew  Jackson 
did  not  approve  of  tlie  address,  and  was  one  of  the 
twelve  who  voted  against  it.  He  was  not  willing  to 
say  that  Gen.  Washington's  adminstration  had  been 
"  wise,  firm  and  patriotic." 

^'  Mr.  Jackson  was  elected  to  the  United  States 
Senate  in  1797,  but  soon  resigned  and  returned  home. 
Soon  after  he  was  chosen  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court 
of  his  State,  which  position  he  held  f^r  six  years. 

When  the  war  of  1812  with  Great  Biilian  com- 
menced, Madison  occupied  the  Presidential  cliair. 
Aaron  Burr  sent  word  to  the  President  that  there  was 
an  unknown  man  in  the  West,  Andrew  Jackson,  who 
would  do  credit  to  a  commission  if  one  were  con- 
ferred upon  him.  Just  at  that  time  Gen.  [ackson 
offered  his  services  and  those  of  twenty-five  hur-dred 
Volunteers.  His  offer  was  acce])ted,  and  the  troops 
wer'c  assembled  at  Nashville. 

As  the  British  were  hourly  expected  to  make  an  at- 
tack r.pon  New  Orleans,  where  Gen  Wilkinson  was 
in  command,  he  was  ordered  to  descend  the  river 
with  fifteen  hundred  troops  to  aid  Wilkinson.  The 
expedition  reached  Natchez;  and  after  a  delay  of  sev- 
eral weeks  ther'e,  without  accomplishing  anything, 
the  men  were  ordered  back  to  their  homes.  But  the 
energy  Cien.  Jackson  had  displayed,  and  his  entire 
devotion  to  the  comrfort  of  his  soldiers,  won  him 
golden  opinions;  and  he  became  the  most  popular 
man  in  the  State.  It  was  in  this  expedition  llrat  his 
toughness  gave  him  the  nickname  of '"Old  Hickory." 

Soon  after  this,  while  attempting  to  horsewhip  Col. 
Thomas  H.  Betrton,  for  a  remark  that  genileman 
made  about  his  taking  a  ])art  as  second  in  a  duel,  in 
which  a  younger  brother  of  Benton's  was  engaged, 
he  received  two  severe  pistol  wounds.  While  he  was 
lingering  upon  a  bed  of  suffering  news  came  that  the 
I  idians,  who  had  combined  under  Tecuraseh  from 
Florida  to  the  Lakes,  to  exterminate  the  white  set- 
vlers,  were  committing  the  most  awful  ravages.  De- 
cisive action  becatrre  necessary.  Gen.  Jackson,  with 
his  fractured  bone  just  beginning  to  heal,  his  arm  in 
a  sling,  and  unable  to  mount  his  horse  without  assis- 
lance,  gave  his  amazing  energies  to  the  raising  of  an 
army  to  rendezvous  at  Fayettesville,  Alabama. 

The  Creek  Indians  had  established  a  strong  ford  on 
one  of  the  bendsof  theTallaixjosa  River,  near  the  cen- 
ter of  Alabama,  about  fifty  miles  below  Fort  Str'othcr. 
Willi  an  army  of  two  tho\',sand  men,  Gen.  Jackson 
traversed  the  pathless  wilderness  in  a  march  of  eleven 
ifiys.  He  reached  their  fort,  called  Toho])eka  or 
Horse-shoe,  on  the  27th  of  March.  1814.     'I"he  bend 


of  the  river  enclosed  nearly  one  hundred  acres  ot 
tangled  forest  and  wild  ravine.  Across  the  narrow- 
neck  the  Indians  had  constructed  a  formidable  breast- 
work ot  logs  and  brush.  Here  nine  hundred  warriors, 
with  an  ample  suply  of  arms  were  assembled. 

The  fort  was  stormed.  The  fight  was  utterly  des- 
perate. Not  an  Indian  would  accept  of  (juarter.  When 
bleeding  and  dying,  they  would  fight  those  who  en- 
deavored to  spare  their  lives.  Fronr  ten  in  the  mori'.- 
ing  until  dark,  the  battle  raged.  The  carnage  was 
awful  and  revolting.  .Some  threw  themselves  into  the 
river;  but  the  unerring  bullet  struck  their  heads  as 
they  swam.  Nearly  everyone  of  the  nine  hundred  war- 
rios  were  killed  A  few  probably,  in  the  night,  swam 
the  river  and  escaped.  This  ended  the  war.  The 
power  of  the  Creeks  was  broken  forever.  This  bold 
plunge  into  the  wilderness,  with  its  terriffic  slaughter, 
so  appalled  the  savages,  that  the  haggard  remnants 
of  the  bands  came  to  the  camp,  begging  for  j)eace. 

This  closing  of  the  Creek  war  enabled  us  to  con- 
centrate all  oirr  militia  upon  the  British,  who  were  the 
allies  of  the  Indians  No  man  of  less  resolute  will 
than  Gen.  Jackson  could  have  conducted  this  Indian 
campaign  to  so  successful  an  issue  Immediately  he 
was  appointed  major-general. 

Late  in  .August,  with  an  army  of  two  thousand 
men,  on  a  rushing  march.  Gen.  Jackson  came  to 
Mobile,  A  British  fleet  came  from  Pensacola,  landed 
a  force  upon  the  beach,  anchored  near  the  little  fort, 
and  from  both  ship  and  shore  commenced  a  furious 
assault  The  battle  was  long  and  doubtful.  At  length 
one  of  the  ships  was  blown  up    and  the  rest  retired. 

Garrisoning  Mobile,  where  he  had  taken  his  litth.' 
army,  he  moved  his  troops  to  New  Orlear'S, 
And  the  battle  of  New  Orleans  which  soon  ensued, 
was  in  reality  a  very  arduous  campaign.  This  won 
for  Gen.  Jackson  an  imperishable  name.  Here  his 
troops,  which  numbered  about  four  thousand  men, 
won  a  signal  victory  over  the  British  army  of  about 
nine  thousand.  His  loss  was  but  thirteen,  while  the 
loss  of  the  British  was  two  thousand  six   hundred. 

The  name  of  Gen.  Jackson  soon  began  to  be  men- 
tioned in  connection  with  the  Presidency,  but,  in  1824, 
he  was  defeated  by  Mr.  Adams.  He  was,  however, 
successful  in  the  election  of  1828,  and  was  re-elected 
for  a  second  term  in  1832.  In  1829,  just  before  he 
assumed  the  reins  of  the  government,  he  met  with 
the  most  terrible  affliction  of  his  life  in  the  death  of 
his  wife,  whom  he  had  loved  with  a  devotion  which  has 
perhaps  never  been  surpassed.  From  the  shock  of 
her  death  he  never  recovered. 

His  administration  was  one  of  the  most  memorable 
in  the  annals  of  oitr  country;  ajiplauded  by  one  party, 
condemned  by  the  other.  No  man  had  more  bitter 
enemies  or  warmer  friends.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
two  terms  of  office  he  retired  to  the  Hermitage,  where 
he  died  lune  8,  1845.  The  last  years  of  I^Ir.  Jack- 
son's   life    were   that    of   a    devoted  Christian    rrian. 


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EIGHTH  PRESIDENT. 


Al 


ARTIN  VAN  BUREN,  the 
eighth      President     of     the 
United  States,  was  born  at 
Kinderhook,  N.  Y.,  Dec.   5, 
1782.     He  died  at  the  same 
place,  July   24,    1862.      His 
body   rests  in   the   cemetery 
at  Kinderhook.     Above  it  is 
a  plain  granite    shaft  fifteen  feet 
high,  bearing  a  simple  inscription 
about  half  way  up   on  one    face. 
w         The  lot  is  unfenced,  unbordered 
or  unbounded  by  shrub  or  flower. 

There  is  but  little  in  the  life  of  Martin  Van  Buren 
of  romantic  interest.  He  fought  no  battles,  engaged 
in  no  wild  adventures.  Though  his  life  was  stormy  in 
political  and  intellectual  conflicts,  and  he  gained  many 
signal  victories,  his  days  passed  uneventful  iu  those 
incidents  which  give  zest  to  biography.  His  an- 
cestors, as  his  name  indicates,  were  of  Dutch  origin, 
and  were  among  the  earliest  emigrants  from  Holland 
to  the  banks  of  the  Hudson.  His  father  was  a  farmer, 
residing  in  the  old  town  of  Kinderhook.  His  mother, 
also  of  Dutch  lineage,  was  a  woman  of  superior  intel- 
ligence and  exemplary  piety. 

He  was  decidedly  a  precocious  boy,  developing  un- 
usual activity,  vigor  and  strength  of  mind.  At  tiie 
age  of  fourteen,  ho  had  finished  his  academic  studies 
in  his  native  village,  and  commenced  the  study  of 
law.  As  he' had  not  a  collegiate  education,  seven 
\ears  of  study  in  a  law-office  were  reipiired  of  him 
before  he  could  be  admitted  to  the  bar.  Inspired  with 
a  lofty  ambition,  and  conscious  of  his  powers,  he  pur- 
sued his  studies  witli  indefatigable  industry.  After 
spending  six  year^  in  an  office  in  his    native   village, 


he  went  to  the  city  of  Xew  York,  and  prosecuted  his 
studies  for  the  seventh  year. 

In  1803,  Mr.  Van  Buren,  then  twenty-one  yeais  of 
age,  commenced  the  practice  of  law  in  his  native  vil- 
lage. The  great  conflict  between  the  Federal  and 
Republican  party  was  then  at  its  height.  Mr.  Van 
Buren  v.'as  from  the  beginning  a  politician.  He  had, 
perhaps,  imbibed  that  spirit  while  listening  to  the 
many  discussions  which  had  been  carried  on  in  his 
father's  hotel.  He  was  in  cordial  sympathy  with 
Jefferson,  and  earnestly  and  eloquently  espoused  ihe 
cause  of  State  Rights;  though  at  that  time  the  Fed- 
eral party  held  the  supremacy  both  in  his  town 
and  State. 

His  success  and  increasing  ruputation  led  him 
after  six  years  of  practice,  to  remove  to  Hudson,  th. 
county  seat  of  his  county.  Here  he  spent  seven  years 
constantly  gaining  strength  by  contending  in  tht. 
courts  with  some  of  the  ablest  men  who  have  adorned 
the  bar  of  his  State. 

Just  before  leaving  Kinderhook  for  Hudson,  Mi. 
Van  Buren  married  a  lady  alike  distinguished  for 
beauty  and  accomplishments.  After  twelve  shoit 
years  she  sank  into  the  grave,  the  victim  of  consump- 
tion, leaving  her  husband  and  four  sons  to  weep  over 
her  loss.  For  twenty-five  years,  Mr.  Van  Buren  was 
an  earnest,  successful,  assiduous  lawyer.  The  record 
of  those  years  is  barren  in  items  of  public  interest. 
In  181 2,  when  thirty  years  of  age,  he  was  chosen  to 
the  State  Senate,  and  gave  his  strenuous  support  to 
Mr.  Madison's  adniinstration.  In  1815,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Attorney-General,  and  the  next  year  moved 
to  Albany,  the  capital  of  the  State. 

While  he  was  acknowledged  as  one  of  the  most 
p  ominent  leaders  of  the   Democ-^lic    narty,    h.e    b;  d 


MARTIN  VAN  BUREN. 


ilie  moral  courage  to  avow  that  true  democracy  did 
ivot  require  that  "  universal  suffrage"  which  admits 
ihe  vile,  tlie  degraded,  the  ignorant,  to  the  right  of 
goveri;ing  tlie  State.  In  true  consistency  with  his 
democratic  principles,  he  contended  that,  while  the 
path  leading  to  the  privilege  of  voting  should  be  open 
to  every  man  without  distinction,  no  one  should  be 
invested  with  that  sacred  prerogative,  unless  he  were 
in  some  degree  qualified  for  it  by  intelligence,  virtue 
and  some  property  interests  in  the  welfare  of  the 
State. 

In  182  I  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  United 
States  Senate;  and  in  the  same  year,  he  took  a  seat 
in  the  convention  to  revise  the  constitution  of  his 
native  State.  His  course  in  this  convention  secured 
the  approval  of  men  of  all  parties.  No  one  could 
do;il)t  the  singleness  of  his  endeavors  to  promote  the 
interests  of  all  classes  in  the  community.  In  the 
Senate  of  the  United  States,  he  rose  at  once  to  a 
conspicuous  position  as  an  active  and  useful  legislator. 

In  1827,  John  Quincy  Adams  being  then  in  tlie 
Presidential  chair,  Mr.  Van  Buren  was  re-elected  to 
the  Senate.  He  had  been  from  the  beginning  a  de- 
termined opposer  of  the  Administration,  adopting  the 
"State  Rights"  view  in  opposition  to  what  was 
deemed  the  Federal  proclivities  of  Mr.  Adams. 

Soon  after  this,  in  1828,  he  was  chosen  Governorof 
the  State  of  New  York,  and  accordingly  resigned  his 
seat  in  the  Senate.  Probably  no  one  in  the  United 
States  contributed  so  much  towards  ejecting  John  Q. 
Adams  from  the  Presidential  chair,  and  placing  in  it 
Andrew  Jackson,  as  did  Martin  Van  Buren.  Whether 
entitled  to  the  reputation  or  not,  he  certainly  was  re- 
garded throughout  the  United  States  as  one  of  the 
most  skillful,  sagacious  and  cunning  of  politicians. 
It  was  supposed  that  no  one  knew  so  well  as  he  how 
to  touch  the  secret  spiings  of  action;  how  to  pull  all 
the  wires  to  put  his  machinery  in  motion ;  and  how  to 
organize  a  political  army  which  would,  secretly  and 
stealthily  accomplish  the  most  gigantic  results.  By 
these  powers  it  is  said  that  he  outwitted  Mr.  Adams, 
Mr.  Clay,  Mr.  Webster,  and  secured  results  wliicli 
few  thought  then  could  be  accomplished. 

VVhe.i  .Andrew  Jackson  was  elected  President  he 
api)ointed  Mr.  Van  Buren  Secretary  of  Sta'e.  This 
[losition  he  resigned  in  1831,  and  was  immediately 
appoipted  Minister  to  England,  wliere  he  went  the 
s  ime  autumn.  The  Senate,  however,  when  it  met, 
refused   to   ratify  the   nomination,    and  he  returned 


home,  apparently  untroubled ;  was  nominated  Vice 
President  in  the  place  of  Calhoun,  at  the  re-election 
of  President  Jackson ;  and  with  smiles  for  all  and 
fiowns  for  none,  he  took  his  place  at  the  head  of  that 
Senate  which  had  refused  to  confirm  !iis  nomination 
as  ambassador. 

His  rejection  by  the  Senate  roused  all  the  zeal  of 
President  Jackson  in  behalf  of  his  repudiated  favor- 
ite ;  and  this,  probably  more  than  any  other  cause, 
secured  his  elevation  to  the  chair  of  the  Chief  Execu- 
tive. On  the  20th  of  May,  1836,  Mr.  Van  Buren  re- 
ceived the  Democratic  nomination  to  succeed  Gen. 
Jackson  as  President  of  the  United  States  He  was 
elected  by  a  handsome  majority,  to  the  delight  of  the 
retiring  President.  "  Leaving  New  York  out  of  the 
canvass,"  says  Mr.  Parton,  ''the  election  of  Mr.  Van 
Buren  to  the  Presidency  was  as  much  the  act  of  Gen. 
Jackson  as  though  the  Constitution  had  conferred 
upon  him  the  power  to  appoint  a  successor." 

His  administration  was  filled  with  exciting  events. 
The  insurrection  in  Canada,  which  threatened  to  in 
volve  this  country  in  warwitli  England,  the  agitation 
of  the  slavery  question,  and  finally  the  great  commer- 
cial panic  which  spread  over  the  country,  all  were 
trials  to  his  wisdom.  The  financial  distress  was  at- 
tributed to  the  management  of  the  Democratic  party, 
and  brought  the  President  into  such  disfavor  that  he 
failed  of  re  election. 

Wiih  the  exception  of  being  nominated  for  the 
Presidency  by  the  "Free  Soil"  Democrats,  in  1848, 
Mr.  Van  Buren  lived  quietly  upon  his  estate  until 
his  death. 

He  had  ever  been  a  prudent  man,  of  frugal  habits, 
and  living  within  his  income,  iiad  now  fortunately  a 
competence  for  his  declining  years.  His  unblemished 
character,  his  commanding  abilities,  iiis  unquestioned 
patriotism,  and  the  distinguished  positions  which  he 
had  occupied  in  the  government  of  our  country,  se- 
cured to  him  not  only  the  homage  of  his  party,  but 
the  respect  ot  the  whole  community.  It  was  on  the 
4th  of  March,  1841,  that  Mr.  Van  Buren  retired  from 
the  presidency.  From  his  fine  estate  at  Lindenwald, 
he  still  exerted  a  powerful  influence  uixjn  the  politics 
of  the  country.  From  this  time  until  his  deatli,  on 
the  24th  of  July,  1862,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  he 
resided  at  Lindenwald,  a  gentleman  of  leisure,  of 
culture  and  of  wealth;  enjoying  in  a  healthy  old 
age,  probably  far  more  hapj)iness  than  he  had  before 
experienced  amid  the  stormy  scenes  of  his  active  life. 


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ILLIAM  HENRY  HARRI- 
SON, the  ninth   President  of 
the    United   States,  was  born 
at  Berkeley,  Va.,  Feb.  9,  1773. 
His  father,    Benjamin    Harri- 
son, was  in  comparatively  op- 
ulent circumstances,  and  was 
one  of  the  most  distinguished 
men  of  his  day.      He  was  an 
intimate    friend    of     George 
Washington,  was  early  elected 
a  member  of  the  Continental 
Congress,    and   was    conspicuous 
among  the  patriots  of  Virginia  in 
resisting  the  encroachments  of  the 
British  crown.     In  the  celebrated 
Congress  of  1775,  Benjamin  Har- 
rison   and    John    Hancock    were 
both  candidates  for  the  ofifice  of 
speaker. 

Mr  Harrison  was  subsequently 
chosen  Governor  of  Virginia,  and 
was  twice    re-elected.       His    son, 
i  William  Henry,  of  course  enjoyed 

in  childhood  all  the  advantages  which  wealth  and 
intellectual  and  cultivated  society  could  give.  Hav- 
ing received  a  thorough  comuion-school  education,  he 
entered  Hampden  Sidney  College,  where  he  graduated 
with  honor  soon  after  the  death  of  his  father.  He 
then  repaired  to  Philadelphia  to  study  medicine  under 
the  instructions  of  Dr.  Rush  and  the  guardianship  of 
Robert  Morris,  both  of  whom  were,  with  his  father, 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

TJpon  the  outbreak  of  the  Indian  troubles,  and  not- 
withstanding the  remonstrances  of  his  friends,  he 
ahar.doneu  his  medical  studies  and  entered  the  army, 
having  obtained  a  commission  of  Ensign   from  Presi- 


dent Washington.  He  was  then  but  19  years  old. 
From  that  time  he  passed  gradually  upward  in  rank 
until  he  became  aid  to  General  Wayne,  after  whose 
death  he  resigned  his  commission.  He  was  then  ap- 
pointed Secretary  of  the  North-western  Territory.  Tiiis 
Territory  rt-as  then  entitled  to  but  one  member  in 
Congress  and  Capt.  Harrison  was  chosen  to  fill  that 
position. 

In  the  spring  of  1800  the  North-western  Territory 
was  divided  by  Congress  into  two  portions.  The 
eastern  portion,  comprising  the  region  now  embraced 
in  the  State  of  Ohio,  was  called  "  The  Territory 
north-west  of  the  Ohio."  The  western  portion,  which 
included  what  is  now  called  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Wisconsin,  was  called  the  "Indiana  Territory."  Wil- 
liam Henry  Harrison,  then  27  years  of  age,  was  ajj- 
pointed  by  John  Adams,  Governor  of  the  Indiana 
Territory,  and  immediately  after,  also  Governor  of 
Upper  Louisiana.  He  was  thus  ruler  over  almost  as 
extensive  a  realm  as  any  sovereign  upon  the  globe.  He 
was  Superintendent  of  Indian  Affairs,  and  was  in- 
vested with  powers  nearly  dictatorial  over  the  now 
rapidly  increasing  white  population.  The  ability  and 
fidelity  with  which  he  discharged  these  res|)onsil)le 
duties  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact  that  he  was  four 
times  appointed  to  tliis  office — first  by  John  Adams, 
twice  by  Thomas  Jefferson  and  afterwards  liy  Presi- 
dent Madison. 

When  he  began  his  adminstration  there  were  but 
three  white  settlementsin  that  almost  boundless  region, 
now  crowded  with  cities  and  resounding  with  all  the 
tumult  of  wealth  and  traffic.  Oneof  these  settlements 
was  on  the  Ohio,  nearly  opposite  Louisville;  one  at 
Vincennes,  on  the  Wabash,  and  the  third  a  French 
settlement. 

The  vast  wilderness  over  which  Gov.  Harrisoi. 
reigned  was  filled  with  many  tribes  of  Indian.^.  Abou' 


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WILLIAM  HENRY  HARRISON. 


the  year  1806,  two  extraordinary  men,  twin  brothers, 
of  the  Shawnese  tribe,  rose  among  them.  One  of 
these  was  called  Tecumseh,  or  "  The  Crouching 
Panther;"  the  other,  OUivvacheca,  or  "The  Prophet." 
Tecumseh  was  not  only  an  Indian  warrior,  but  a  man 
of  great  sagacity,  far-reaching  foresight  and  indomit- 
able perseverance  in  any  enterprise  m  which  he  might 
engage.  He  was  inspired  with  the  highest  enthusiasm, 
and  had  long  regarded  with  dread  and  with  hatred 
the  encroachment  of  the  whites  upon  the  hunting- 
grounds  of  his  fathers.  His  brother,  the  Prophet,  was 
anorator,  who  could  sway  the  feelings  of  the  untutored 
Indian  as  the  gale  tossed  the  tree-tops  beneath  which 
they  dwelt. 

But  the  Prophet  was  not  merely  anorator:  he  was, 
in  the  superstitious  minds  of  tlie  Indians,  invested 
with  the  superhuman  dignity  of  a  medicine-man  or  a 
magician.  With  an  enthusiasm  unsurpassed  by  Peter 
the  Hermit  rousing  Europe  to  the  crusades,  he  went 
from  tribe  to  tribe,  assuming  that  he  was  specially  sent 
by  the  Great  Spirit. 

Gov.  Harrison  made  many  attempts  to  conciliate 
the  Indians,  Ijut  at  last  the  war  came,  and  at  Tippe- 
canoe the  Indians  were  routed  with  great  slaughter. 
October  28,  1812,  his  army  began  its  march.  When 
near  the  Prophet's  town  three  Indians  of  rank  made 
their  appearance  and  in(piired  why  Gov.  Harrison  was 
approaching  them  in  so  hostile  an  attitude.  After  a 
short  conference,  arrangements  were  made  for  a  meet- 
ing the  next  day,  to  agree  upon  terms  of  peace. 

But  Gov.  Harrison  was  too  well  acquainted  with 
the  Indian  character  to  be  deceived  by  such  protes- 
tations Selecting  a  favorable  spot  for  his  night's  en- 
campment, he  took  every  precaution  against  surprise. 
His  troops  were  posted  in  a  hollow  scjuare,  and  slept 
upon  their  arms. 

The  troops  threw  themselves  upon  the  ground  for 
rest;  but  every  man  had  his  accourtrements  on,  his 
loaded  musket  by  his  side,  and  his  bayonet  fixed.  The 
wakeful  Governor,  between  three  and  four  o'clock  in 
the  morning,  had  risen,  and  was  sitting  in  conversa- 
tion with  liis  aids  by  tlie  embers  of  a  waning  fire.  It 
was  a  chill,  cloudy  morning  with  a  drizzling  rain.  In 
the  darkness,  the  Indians  had  crept  as  near  as  possi- 
ble, and  just  then,  with  a  savage  yell,  rushed,  with  all 
the  desperation  which  superstition  and  passion  most 
highly  inflamed  could  give,  upon  the  left  flank  of  the 
little  army.  The  savages  had  been  amply  provided 
with  guns  and  ammunition  by  the  English.  Their 
war-whoop  was  accompained  by  a  shower  of  bullets. 

The  camp-fires  were  instantly  extinguished,  as  the 
light  aided  the  Indians  in  their  aim.  With  hide- 
Dus  yells,  the  Indian  bands  rushed  on,  not  doubting  a 
speedy  and  an  entire  victory.  But  Gen.  Harrison's 
iroops  stood  as  immovable  as  the  rocks  around  them 
u'ltil  day  dawned  :  they  then  made  a  simultaneous 
charge  with  the  bayonet,  and  swept  every  thing  be- 
fore   them,    and    completely    routing    the    foe. 


Gov.  Harrison  now  had  all  his  energies  tasked 
to  the  utmost.  The  British  descending  from  the  Can - 
adas,  were  ot  themselves  a  very  formidable  force  ;  but 
with  their  savage  allies,  rushing  like  wolves  from  the 
forest,  searching  out  every  remote  farm-house,  burn- 
ing, plundering,  scalping,  torturing,  the  wide  frontier 
was  plunged  into  a  state  of  consternation  which  even 
the  most  vivid  imagination  can  but  faintly  conceive. 
The  war-whoop  was  resounding  everywhere  in  the 
forest.  The  horizon  was  illuminated  witli  tb.e  conflagra- 
tion of  the  cabins  of  the  settlers.  Gen  Hull  had  made 
the  ignominious  surrender  of  his  forces  at  Detroit. 
Under  these  despairing  circumstances.  Gov.  Harrison 
was  appointed  by  President  iMadison  commander-in- 
chief  of  the  North-western  army,  with  orders  to  retake 
Detroit,  and  to  protect  the  frontiers. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  place  a  man  in  a  situation 
demanding  more  energy,  sagacity  and  courage;  bul 
General  Harrison  was  found  eiiual  to  the  position, 
and  nobly  and  triumphantly  did  he  meet  all  the  re- 
sponsibilities. 

He  won  the  love  of  his  soldiers  by  always  sharinp 
with  them  their  fatigue.  His  whole  baggage,  while 
pursuing  the  foe  up  the  Thames,  was  carried  in  a 
valise;  and  his  bedding  consisted  of  a  single  blanket 
lashed  over  his  saddle  Thirty-five  British  officers, 
his  prisoners  of  war,  supped  with  him  after  the  battle. 
The  only  fare  he  could  give  them  was  beef  roasted 
Ijefore  tire  fire,  without  bread  or  salt. 

In  1816,  Gen.  Harrison  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  National  House  of  Representatives,  to  represent 
the  District  of  Ohio.  In  Congress  he  proved  an 
active  member;  and  whenever  he  spoke,  it  was  with 
force  of  reason  and  power  of  eloquence,  wf.ich  arrested 
the  attention  of  all  the  members. 

In  1S19,  Harrison  was  elected  to  the  Senate  oi 
Ohio;  and  in  1824,  as  one  of  the  [iresidential  electors 
of  that  State,  he  gave  his  vote  for  Henry  Clay.  The 
same  year  he  was  chosen  to  the  United  States  Senate. 

In  1836,  the  friends  of  Gen.  Harrison  brought  him 
forward  as  a  candidate  for  the  Presidency  against 
Van  Buren,  but  he  was  defeated,  hx  the  close  of 
Mr.  Van  Buren's  term,  he  was  re-nominated  by  his 
party,  and  Mr.  Harrison  was  unanimou.sly  nominated 
l)y  the  Whigs,  with  John  Tyler  forthe  Vice  Presidency. 
The  contest  was  very  animated.  Gen  Jackson  gave 
all  his  influence  to  |)revent  Harrison's  election;  but 
his  triumph  was  signal. 

The  cabinet  which  be  formed,  with  Daniel  Webster 
at  its  head  as  Secretary  of  State,  was  one  of  the  most 
brilliant  with  which  any  President  had  ever  been 
surroimded.  Never  were  the  prospects  of  an  admin- 
istration more  flattering,  or  the  hopes  of  the  country 
more  sanguine.  In  the  midst  of  these  bright  and 
joyous  prospects,  (}en.  Harrison  was  seized  by  a 
pleurisv-fever  and  after  a  few  days  of  violent  sick- 
ness, died  on  the  4th  of  April ;  just  one  month  after 
his  inauguration  as  President  of  the  United  States, 


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I    OHN    TYLER,     the    tenth 
"V,  Presidentof  the  United  States. 
He  was  born   in  Charles-city 
Co.,  Va.,  Marcli  29, 1790.  He 
was  the  favored  child   of  af- 
fluence and  high    social    po- 
sition.    At  the    early  age   of 
twelve,  John  entered  William 
and    Mary  College  and  grad- 
uated with  much  honor  when 
but  seventeen  years  old.   Alter 
graduating,   he  devoted   him- 
self  with    great    assiduity  to    the 
study    of    law,    partly   with    his 
father    and    partly  with    Edmund 
Randolph,  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished lawyers  of  Virginia. 

At  nineteen  years  of  age,  ne 
commenced  the  practice  of  law. 
His  success  was  rapid  and  aston- 
ishing. It  is  said  that  three 
months  had  not  elapsed  ere  there 
was  scarcely  a  case  on  the  dock- 
et of  the  court  in  which  he  was 
jiot  retained.  When  but  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he 
was  almost  unanimously  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  State 
Legislature.  He  connected  himself  with  the  Demo- 
cratic party,  and  warmly  advocated  the  measures  of 
Jefferson  and  Madison.  For  five  successive  years  he 
was  elected  to  the  Legislature,  receiving  nearly  the 
unanimous  vote  or  his  county. 

When  but  twenty-si.x  years  of  age,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  Congress.  Here  he  acted  earnestly  and 
ably  with  the  Democratic  party,  opposing  a  national 
bank,  inte'-nal  improvements  by  the  General  f^ovem- 


ment,  a  protective  tariff,  and  advocating  a  strict  con- 
struction of  the  Constitution,  and  the  most  careful 
vigilance  over  State  rights.  His  labors  in  Congress 
were  so  arduous  that  before  the  close  of  his  second 
term  he  found  it  necessary  to  resign  and  retire  to  his 
estate  in  Charles-city  Co.,  to  recruit  his  health.  He, 
however,  soon  after  consented  to  take  his  seat  in  the 
State  Legislature,  where  his  influence  was  powerful 
in  promoting  public  works  of  great  utility.  With  a 
reputation  thus  canstantly  increasing,  he  was  chosen 
by  a  very  large  majority  of  votes.  Governor  of  his 
native  State.  His  administration  was  signally  a  suc- 
cessful one.     His  popularity  secured  his  re-election. 

John  Randolpli,  a  brilliant,  erratic,  half-crazed 
man,  then  represented  Virginia  in  the  Senate  of  the 
United  States.  A  portion  of  the  Democratic  party 
was  displeased  with  Mr.  Randolph's  wayward  course, 
and  brought  forward  John  Tyler  as  his  opponent, 
considering  him  the  only  man  in  Virginia  of  sufficient 
popularity  to  succeed  against  the  renowned  orator  of 
Roanoke.     Mr.  T\ler  was  the  victor. 

Li  accordance  with  his  professions,  upon  taking  his 
seat  in  the  Senate,  he  joined  the  ranks  of  the  opposi- 
tion. He  opposed  the  tariff;  he  spoke  against  and 
voted  against  the  bank  as  unconstitutional ;  he  stren- 
uously opposed  all  restrictions  upon  slavery,  resist- 
ing all  projects  of  internal  improvements  by  the  Gen- 
eral Government,  and  avowed  his  sympathy  with  Mr. 
Calhoun's  view  of  nullification  ;  he  declared  that  Gen. 
Jackson,  by  his  op]josition  to  tlie  nullifiers,  had 
abandoned  the  piinciples  of  the  Democratic  party. 
Such  was  Mr.  Tyler's  record  in  Congress, — a  record 
in  perfect  accordance  with  the  principles  which  he 
had  always  avowed. 

Returning  to  Virginia,  he  resumed  llie  practice  of 
hi";  profession.     There  was  a  cpbl  i.i  the    Democraiic 


JOHN  TYLER. 


party.  His  friends  still  regarded  him  as  a  true  Jef- 
fersonian,  gave  him  a  dinner,  and  showered  compli- 
ments upon  him.  He  had  now  attained  the  age  of 
forty-si.x.  His  career  had  been  very  brilliant.  In  con- 
sequence of  his  devotion  to  public  business,  his  pri- 
vate affairs  had  fallen  into  some  disorder;  and  it  was 
not  without  satisfaction  that  he  resumed  the  practice 
of  law,  and  devoted  himself  to  the  culture  of  his  plan- 
tation. Soon  after  this  he  removed  to  Williamsburg, 
for  the  better  education  of  his  children  ;  and  he  again 
look  his  seat  in  the  Legislature  of  Virginia. 

By  the  Southern  Whigs,  he  was  sent  to  the  national 
convention  at  Harrisburg  to  nominate  a  President  in 
1839.  The  majority  of  votes  werj  given  to  Gen.  Har- 
rison, a  genuine  Whig,  much  to  the  disappointment  of 
the  South,  who  wished  for  Henry  Clay.  To  concili- 
ate the  Southern  Whigs  and  to  secure  their  vote,  the 
convention  then  nominated  John  Tyler  for  Vice  Pres- 
ident. It  was  well  known  that  he  was  not  in  sympa- 
thy with  the  Whig  party  in  the  Noith :  but  the  Vice 
President  has  but  very  little  power  in  the  Govern- 
ment, his  main  and  almost  only  duty  being  to  pre- 
side over  the  meetings  of  the  Senate.  Thus  it  hap- 
pened that  a  Whig  President,  and,  in  reality,  a 
Democratic  Vice  President  were  chosen. 

In  1 84 1,  Mr.  Tyler  was  inaugurated  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States.  In  one  short  month  from 
that  time,  President  Harrison  died,  and  Mr.  Tyler 
thus  found  himself,  to  his  own  surprise  and  that  of 
the  whole  Nation,  an  occupant  of  the  Presidential 
chair.  This  was  a  new  test  of  the  stability  of  our 
institutions,  as  it  was  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  our 
country  that  such  an  event  had  occured.  Mr.  Tyler 
was  at  home  in  Williamsburg  when  he  received  the 
une.xpected  tidings  of  the  death  of  President  Harri- 
son. He  hastened  to  Washington,  and  on  the  6th  of 
April  was  inaugurated  to  the  high  and  responsible 
office.  He  was  placed  in  a  position  of  exceeding 
delicacy  and  difficulty.  All  his  longlife  he  had  been 
opposed  tc  tb.e  main  principles  of  the  party  which  had 
brought  him  into  power.  He  had  ever  been  a  con- 
sistent, honest  man,  with  an  unblemished  record. 
Gen.  Harrison  had  selected  a  Whig  cabinet.  Should 
he  retain  them,  and  thus  surround  himself  with  coun- 
sellors whose  views  were  antagonistic  to  his  own.'  or, 
on  the  other  hand,  should  he  turn  against  the  party 
which  had  elected  him  and  select  a  cabinet  in  har- 
mony with  himself,  and  which  would  oppose  all  those 
views  which  the  Whigs  deemed  essential  to  the  pub- 
lic welfare?  This  was  his  fearful  dilemma.  He  in- 
vited the  cabinet  which  President  Harrison  had 
selected  to  retain  their  seats.  He  reccommended  a 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer,  that  God  would  guide  and 
bless  us. 

The  Whigs  carried  through  Congress  a  bill  for  the 
incorporation  of  a  fiscal  bank  of  the  United  States. 
The  President,  after  ten  days'  delay,  returned  it  with 
his  veto.      He   "iusieested,   however,  that  he  would 


approve  of  a  bill  drawn  up  upon  such  a  plan  as  he 
proposed.  Such  a  bill  was  accordingly  prepared,  and 
privately  submitted  to  him.  He  gave  it  his  approval. 
It  was  passed  without  alteration,  and  he  sent  it  back 
with  his  veto.  Here  commenced  the  open  rupture. 
It  is  said  that  Mr.  Tyler  was  provoked  to  this  meas- 
ure by  a  published  letter  from  the  Hon.  John  M. 
Botts,  a  distinguished  Virginia  Whig,  who  sevcM'ely 
touched  the  pride  of  the  President. 

The  opposition  now  exultingly  received  the  Presi- 
dent into  their  arms.  The  party  which  elected  him 
denounced  him  bitterly.  AH  the  members  of  his 
cabinet,  excepting  Mr.  Webster,  resigned.  The  Whigs 
of  Congress,  both  the  Senate  and  the  House,  held  a 
meeting  and  issued  an  address  to  the  people  of  the 
United  States,  proclaiming  that  all  political  alliance 
between  the  Whigs  and  President  Tyler  were  at 
an  end. 

Still  the  President  attempted  to  conciliate.  He 
appointed  a  new  cabmet  of  distinguished  Whigs  and 
Conservatives,  carefully  leaving  out  all  strong  party 
men.  Mr.  Webster  soon  found  it  necessary  to  resign, 
forced  out  by  the  pressure  of  his  Whig  friends.  Thus 
the  four  years  of  Mr.  Tyler's  unfortunate  administra- 
tion passed  sadly  away.  Ko  one  was  satisfied.  The 
land  was  filled  with  murmurs  and  vituperation.  W  liigs 
and  Democrats  alike  assailed  him.  More  and  more, 
however,  he  brought  himself  into  svmpathy  with  his 
old  friends,  the  Democrats,  until  at  the  close  of  his  term, 
he  gave  his  whole  influence  to  the  support  of  Mr. 
Polk,  the  Democratic  candidate  for  his  successor. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1845,  he  retired  from  the 
harassments  of  office,  tothe  regret  of  neitherparty,  and 
probably  to  his  own  unspeakable  lelief.  His  first  wife. 
Miss  Letitia  Christian,  died  in  Washington,  in  1842; 
and  in  June,  1844,  President  Tyler  was  again  married, 
at  New  York,  to  Miss  Julia  Gardiner,  a  young  lady  of 
many  personal  and  intellectual  accomplishments. 

The  remainder  of  his  days  Mr.  Tyler  passed  mainly 
in  retirement  at  his  beautiful  home, — Sherwood  For- 
est, Charles-city  Co.,  Va.  A  polished  gentleman  in 
his  manners,  richly  furnished  with  information  from 
books  and  e.xperience  in  the  world,  and  possessing 
brilliant  powers  of  conversation,  his  family  circle  was 
the  scene  of  unusual  attractions.  With  sufficient 
means  for  the  exercise  of  a  generous  hospitality,  he 
might  have  enjoyed  a  serene  old  age  with  the  few 
friends  who  gathered  around  him,  were  it  not  for  the 
storms  of  civil  war  which  his  own  principles  and 
policy  had  helped  to  introduce. 

When  the  great  Rebellion  rose,  which  the  State- 
rights  and  nullifying  doctrines  of  Mr.  John  C.  Cal- 
houn had  inaugurated.  President  Tyler  renounced  his 
allegiance  to  the  United  States,  and  joined  the  Confed- 
erates. He  was  chosen  a  member  of  their  Congress; 
and  while  engaged  in  active  measures  to  destroy,  b" 
force  of  arms,  the  Government  over  which  he  had 
once  presided,   he   was  taken   sick  and  soon   died. 


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'\  AMES  K.POLK,  the  eleventh 

j'..].  President  of  the  United  States, 

was  born  in  Mecklenburg  Co., 

N.  C.,Nov.  2,  1795.     His  par- 

-  :,<M'.  ents  were    Samuel   and    Jane 

(Kno.x)  Polk,  the  former  a  son 

of  Col.  Thomas  Polk,  who  located 

at  the  above  place,  as  one  of  the 

first  pioneers,  in  1735. 

In  the  year  1S06,  with  his  wife 
and  children,  ar.d  soon  after  fol- 
lowed by  most  of  the    members    of 
the   Polk  famly,  Samuel    Polk   emi- 
grated some   two   or  three  hundred 
miles  farther  west,  to  the  rich  valley 
of  the  Duck   River.       Here   in   the 
midst  of  the  wilderness,  in  a   region 
which  was  subsequently  called  Mau- 
ry Co.,  they  reared    their  log   huls, 
and  established  their  homes.    In  the 
hard  toil  of  a  new  farm  in  the  wil- 
derness, James  K.  Polk   spent    the 
early  years  of  his   childhood    and 
youth.     His  father,  adding  the  pur- 
suit of  a  surveyor  to  that  of  a  farmer, 
gradually  increased  in  wealth  until 
'  he  became  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  region.  His 
mother  was   a   superior  woman,  of  strong    common 
sense  and  earnest  piety. 

Very  early  in  life,  James  developed  a  taste  for 
leading  and  expressed  the  strongest  desire  to  obtain 
.1  liberal  education.  His  mother's  training  had  made 
iiini  methodical  in  his  habits,  had  taught  him  punct- 
uality and  industry,  and  had  inspired  him  with  lofty 
principles  of  morality.  His  health  was  frail  ;  and  his 
father,  fearing  that  he  might  not  be  able  to  endure  a 


sedentary  life,  got  a  situation  for  him  behind  the 
counter,  hoping  to  fit  him  for  commercial  pursuits. 

This  was  to  James  a  bitter  disappointment.  He 
had  no  taste  for  these  duties,  and  his  daily  tasks 
were  irksome  in  the  extreme.  He  remained  in  this 
uncongenial  occupation  but  a  few  weeks,  wh.en  at  his 
earnest  solicitation  his  father  removed  him,  and  made 
arrangements  for  him  to  prosecute  his  studies.  Soon 
after  he  sent  him  to  Murfreesboro  Academy.  A\'ith 
ardor  which  could  scarcely  be  surpassed,  he  pressed 
forward  in  his  studies,  and  in  less  than  two  and  a  half 
years,  in  the  autumn  of  1S15,  entered  the  sophomore 
class  in  the  University  of  North  Carolina,  at  Chapel 
Hill.  Here  he  was  one  of  the  most  e.xemplaiy  of 
scholars,  punctual  in  every  exercise,  never  allowing 
himself  to  be  absent  from  a  recitation  or  a  religious 
service. 

He  graduated  in  1S18,  with  the  highest  honois,beo 
ing  deemed  the  best  scholar  of  bis  class,  both  in 
mathematics  and  the  classics.  He  was  then  twenty- 
three  years  of  age.  Mr.  Polk's  health  was  at  thip 
time  much  impaired  by  the  assiduity  with  which  he 
had  prosecuted  his  studies.  After  a  short  season  of 
relaxation  he  went  to  Nashville,  and  entered  the 
office  of  Felix  Grundy,  to  study  law.  Here  Mr.  Polk 
renewed  his  acquaintance  wuh  Andrew  Jackson,  who 
resided  on  his  plantation,  the  Hermitage,  but  a  few 
miles  from  Nashville.  They  had  [iroluiLly  been 
sligh'.ly  acquainted  belbre. 

Mr.  Polk's  father  was  a  Jeffersonian  Republican. 
and  James  K.  Polk  ever  adhered  to  the  same  politi- 
cal faith.  He  was  a  popular  public  speaker,  and  was 
constantly  called  upon  to  address  the  meetings  of  his 
party  friends.  His  skill  as  a  speaker  was  such  tl:at 
he  was  popularly  called  the  Napoleon  of  the  stump. 
He  was  a  man  of  unblemished    morals,   genial  a:  d 


/AMES  K.  POLK. 


:ourterus  in  his  bearing,  and  with  that  sympathetic 
natu'-e  in  the  jo)  s  and  griefs  of  others  which  ever  gave 
him  troops  of  friends.  In  1823,  Mr.  Folic  was  elected 
to  the  Legislature  of  Tennessee.  Here  he  gave  his 
strong  influence  towards  the  election  of  his  friend, 
Mr.  Jackson,  to  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States. 

In  January,  1S24,  Mr.  Polk  married  Miss  Sarah 
Childress,  of  Rutherford  Co.,  Tenn.  His  bride  was 
altogether  worthy  of  him, — a  lady  of  beauty  and  cul- 
ture. In  the  fall  of  1825,  Mr.  Polk  was  chosen  a 
meml.^er  of  Congress.  The  satisfaction  which  he  gave 
to  his  constituents  may  be  inferred  from  the  fact,  that 
for  fourteen  successive  years,  until  1839,  he  was  con- 
tinuec  in  that  office.  He  then  voluntarily  withdrew, 
only  I  hat  he  might  accept  the  Gubernatorial  chair 
of  Tennessee.  In  Congress  he  was  a  laborious 
merober,  a  frequent  and  a  popular  speaker.  He  was 
alwoys  in  his  seat,  always  courteous ;  and  whenever 
he  spoke  it  was  always  to  the  point,  and  without  any 
ambitious  rhetorical  display. 

During  five  sessions  of  Congress,  Mr.  Polk  was 
Speaker  of  the  House  Strong  passions  were  roused, 
and  stormy  scenes  were  witnessed  ;  but  Mr  Polk  per- 
formed his  arduous  duties  to  a  very  general  satisfac- 
tion, and  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks  to  him  was 
passed  by  the  House  as  he  withdrew  on  the  4th  of 
March,  1839. 

In  accordance  with  .Southern  usage,  Mr.  Polk,  as  a 
candidate  for  Governor,  canvassed  the  State.  He  was 
elected  by  a  large  majority,  and  on  the  14th  of  Octo- 
ber, 1839,  took  the  oath  of  office  at  Nashville.  In  1841, 
his  term  of  office  expired,  and  he  was  again  the  can- 
didate of  the  Democratic  party,  but  was  defeated. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1845,  Mr.  Polk  was  inaugur- 
ated President  of  the  United  States.  The  verdict  of 
the  country  in  favor  of  the  annexation  of  Texas,  exerted 
its  influence  upon  Congress  ;  and  the  last  act  of  the 
administration  of  President  Tyler  was  to  affix  his  sig- 
nature to  a  joint  resolution  of  Congress,  passed  on  the 
•jd  of  March,  approving  of  the  annexation  of  Te.\as  to 
the  American  Union.  As  Mexico  still  claimed  Texas 
as  one  of  her  provinces,  the  Mexican  minister, 
Almonte,  immediately  demanded  his  passports  and 
left  the  country,  declaring  the  act  of  the  annexation 
to  be  an  act  hostile  to  Mexico. 

In  his  first  message.  President  Polk  urged  that 
Texas  should  immediately,  by  act-of  Congress,  be  re- 
ceived into  the  Union  on  the  same  footing  with  the 
other  States.  In  the  meantime,  Gen.  Taylor  was  sent 


with  an  army  into  Texas  to  hold  the  country.  He  was 
sent  first  to  Nueces,  which  the  Mexicans  said  was  the 
western  boundary  of  Texas.  Then  he  was  sent  nearly 
two  hundred  miles  further  west,  to  the  Rio  Grande, 
where  he  erected  batteries  which  commanded  the 
Mexican  city  of  Matamoras,  which  was  situated  on 
the  western  banks. 

The  anticipated  collision  soon  took  place,  and  war 
was  declared  against  Mexico  by  President  Polk.  Tiie 
war  was  pushed  forward  by  Mr.  Polk's  administration 
with  great  vigor.  Gen.  Taylor,  whose  army  was  first 
called  one  of  "observation,"  then  of  "occupation,' 
then  of  "  invasion, "was  sent  forward  to  Monterey.  The 
feeble  Mexicans,  in  every  encounter,  were  hopelessly 
and  awfully  slaughtered.  The  day  of  judgement 
alone  can  reveal  tlie  misery  which  this  war  caused. 
It  v/as  by  the  ingenuity  of  Mr.  Polk's  administration 
that  the  war  was  brought  on. 

'  To  the  victors  belong  the  spoils."  Mexico  was 
prostrate  before  us.  Her  capital  was  in  our  hands. 
We  now  consented  to  peace  upon  the  condition  that 
Mexico  should  surrender  to  us,  in  addition  to  Texas, 
all  of  New  Mexico,  and  all  of  Upper  and  Lower  Cal- 
ifornia. This  new  demand  embraced,  exclusive  of 
Texas,  eight  hundred  thousand  square  miles.  This 
was  an  extent  of  territory  equal  to  nine  States  of  the 
size  of  New  York.  Thus  slavery  was  securing  eighteen 
majestic  States  to  be  added  to  the  LInion.  There  were 
some  Americans  who  thought  it  all  right :  there  were 
others  who  thought  it  all  wrong.  In  the  prosecution 
of  this  war,  we  expended  twenty  thousand  lives  and 
more  than  a  hundred  million  of  dollars.  t)f  this 
money  fifteen  millions  were  paid  to  Mexico. 

On  the  3d  of  M Arch,  1849,  Mr.  Pulk  retired  from 
office,  having  served  one  term.  The  next  day  was 
Sunday.  On  the  5th,  Gen.  Taylor  was  inaugurated 
as  his  successor.  Mr  Polk  rode  to  the  Capitol  in  the 
same  carriage  with  Gen.  Taylor;  and  the  same  even- 
ing, with  Mrs.  Polk,  he  commenced  his  return  to 
Tennessee.  He  was  then  but  fifty-four  years  of  age.- 
He  had  ever  been  strictly  temperate  in  all  his  habits, 
and  his  health  was  good  \\'ith  an  ample  fortune, 
a  choice  library,  a  cultivated  mind,  and  domestic  ties 
of  the  dearest  nature,  it  seemed  as  though  long  years 
of  tranquility  and  happiness  were  before  him.  But  the 
cholera — that  fearful  scourge — was  then  sweeijing  up 
the  Valley  of  the  Mississippi.  This  he  contracted, 
and  died  on  the  15th  of  June,  1849,  in  the  fifty-fourth 
year  of  his  age,  greatly  mourned  by  his  countrymen. 


TWELFTH  PRESIDENT. 


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;?;AqMAi^Y  tati^ox^. 


Sv3cSJES3i-; 


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ACHARY  TAYLOR,  twelfth 
President  of  the  United  States, 
iP'was  born  on  the  24th  of  Nov., 
1784,  in  Orange  Co.,  Va.  His 
father.  Colonel  Taylor,  was 
J^y  a  Virginian  of  note,  and  a  dis- 
■' ■  tinguished  patriot  and  soldier  of 
the  Revolution.  When  Zachary 
was  an  infant,  his  father  with  iris 
wife  and  two  children,  emigrated 
to  Kentucky,  where  he  settled  in 
tiie  pathless  wilderness,  a  few 
miles  from  Louisville.  Li  this  front- 
ier home,  away  from  civilization  and 
all  its  refinements,  young  Zachary 
could  enjoy  but  few  social  and  educational  advan- 
tages. When  si.K  years  of  age  he  attended  a  common 
school,  and  was  the;i  regarded  as  a  bright,  active  boy, 
rather  remarkable  for  bluntness  and  decision  of  char- 
acter He  was  strong,  feailess  and  self-reliant,  and 
'nanifested  a  strong  desire  to  enter  tlie  army  lo  fight 
die  Lidians  who  were  ravaging  the  frontiers.  There 
is  little  to  be  recorded  of  the  uneventful  years  of  liis 
childhood  011  his  father's  large  but  lonely  plantation. 
In  1808,  his  father  succeeded  in  obtaining  for  him 
the  commission  of  lieutenant  in  the  United  States 
army;  and  he  joined  the  tioops  which  were  stationed 
at  New  Orleans  under  Gen.  Wilkinson.  Soon  after 
this  he  married  Miss  Margaret  Smith,  a  young  lady 
from  one  of  the  first  families  of  Maryland. 

Liimediately  after  the  declaration  of  war  with  Eng- 
land, in  1812,  Capt.  Taylor  (for  he  had  then  been 
promoted  to  that  rank)  was  put  in  command  of  Fort 
Harrison,  on  the  Wabash,  about  fifly  miles  above 
Vincennes.  This  fort  had  been  built  in  the  wilder- 
ness by  Gen.  Harrison, on  his  march  to  Tippecanoe, 
It  v.-as  one  of  the  first  points  of  attack  by  the  Indians, 
-ed  by  Tecumseh.     Its  garrison  consisted  of  a  broken 


company  of  infantry  numbering    fifty   men,    many  of 
whom  were  sick. 

Early  in  the  autumn  of  18  r 2,  the  Indians,  stealihiiy. 
and  in  large  numbers,  moved  upon  the  fort.  Tii^.i 
approach  was  first  indicated  by  the  murder  of  two 
soldiers  just  outside  of  the  stockade.  Capt.  TayLr 
made  every  possible  preparation  to  meet  the  antici- 
pated assault.  On  the  4th  of  September,  a  band  of 
forty  painted  and  plumed  savages  came  to  the  fort, 
waving  a  white  flag,  and  informed  Capt.  Taylor  that 
in  the  morning  their  chief  would  con.e  to  liave  a  talk 
with  him.  It  was  evident  that  their  object  was  merely 
to  ascertain  the  state  of  things  at  the  fort,  and  Capt. 
Taylor,  well  versed  in  the  wiles  of  the  savages,  kept 
them  at  a  distance. 

The  sun  went  down;  the  savages  disappeared,  the 
garrison  slept  upon  their  arms.  One  hour  before 
midnight  the  war  whoop  burst  from  a  thousand  lips 
in  the  forest  around,  followed  by  the  discharge  of 
musketry,  and  the  rush  of  the  foe.  Every  man,  sick 
and  well,  sprang  to  his  post.  Every  man  knew  that 
defeat  was  not  merely  death,  but  in  the  case  of  cap- 
ture, death  by  the  most  agonizing  and  prolonged  tor- 
ture. No  pen  can  describe,  no  immagination  can 
conceive  the  scenes  which  ensued.  The  savages  suc- 
ceeded in  setting  Ihe  to  one  of  the  block  houses- 
Until  six  o'clock  in  the  morning,  this  awful  conflict 
continued.  The  savages  then,  baffled  at  eveiy  jioint, 
and  gnashing  their  teeth  with  rage,  retired.  Capt. 
Taylor,  for  this  gallant  defence,  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  major  by  brevet. 

Until  the  close  of  the  war,  Majoi  Taylor  was  placed 
in  such  situafio;':s  that  he  saw  but  little  more  of  active 
service.  He  was  sent  far  away  into  the  depths  of  the 
wilderness,  to  Fort  Crawford,  on  Fox  River,  wliich 
empties  into  Green  Bay.  Here  th.cre  was  but  li'.tle 
to  be  done  but  to  wear  away  the  tedious  hours  aso"e 
best  could.     '1  h.sre  were  no  books,  no  society,  no  in- 


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ZACHARY  TAYLOR 


tellectual  stimulus.  Thus  with  him  the  uneventful 
years  rolled  on  Gradually  he  rose  to  the  rank  of 
colonel.  In  the  Black -Hawk  war,  which  resulted  in 
ihe  capture  of  that  renowned  chieftain,  Col  Taylor 
took  a  subordinate  but  a  brave  and  efficient  part. 

For  twenty-four  years  Col.  Taylor  was  engaged  in 
the  defence  of  the  frontiers,  in  scenes  so  remote,  and  in 
employments  so  obscure,  that  his  name  was  unknown 
beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  immediate  acquaintance. 
In  the  year  1836,  he  was  sent  to  Florida  to  compel 
the  Seminole  Indians  to  vacate  that  region  and  re- 
tire beyond  the  Mississippi,  as  their  chiefs  by  treaty, 
ha.c'  promised  they  should  do.  The  services  rendered 
heic  secured  for  Col.  Taylor  the  high  appreciation  of 
the  Government;  and  as  a  reward,  he  was  elevated 
tc  :ke  rank  of  brigadier-general  by  brevet ;  and  soon 
after,  in  May,  1838,  was  appointed  to  the  chief  com- 
mand of  the  United  States  troops  in  Florida. 

After  two  years  of  such  wearisome  employment 
amidst  the  everglades  of  the  peninsula.  Gen.  'Faylor 
obtained,  at  his  own  request,  a  change  of  command, 
:.nd  was  stationed  over  the  Department  of  the  South- 
west. This  field  embraced  Louisiana,  Mississippi, 
Alabama  and  Georgia.  Establishing  his  headquarters 
at  Fort  Jessup,  in  Louisiana,  he  removed  his  family 
to  a  plantation  which  he  purchased,  near  Baton  Rogue. 
Here  he  remained  for  five  years,  buried,  as  it  were, 
from  tlie  world,  but  faithfully  discharging  every  duty 
imposed  upon  him. 

In  1846,  Gen.  Taylor  was  sent  to  guard  the  land 
between  the  Nueces  and  Rio  Grande,  the  latter  river 
being  the  boundary  of  Texas,  which  was  then  claimed 
by  tiie  United  States.  Soon  the  war  with  Mexico 
was  brought  on,  and  at  Palo  Alto  and  Resaca  de  la 
Palina,  Gen.  Taylor  won  brilliant  victories  over  the 
Me.xicans.  The  rank  of  major-general  by  brevet 
was  then  conferred  upon  Gen.  Taylor,  and  his  name 
was  received  with  entiiusiasm  almost  everywhere  in 
the  Nation.  Then  came  the  battles  of  Monterey  and 
Buena  Vista  in  which  he  won  signal  victories  over 
forces  much  larger  than  he  commanded. 

His  careless  habits  of  dress  and  liis  unaffected 
i^iniplicity,  secured  for  Gen.  Taylor  among  his  troops, 
\.\\e.  sobriquet  of  "Old  Rough  and  Ready.' 

Tlie  tidings  of  the  brilliant  victory  of  Buena  Vista 
spread  the  wildest  enthusiasm  over  the  country.  The 
name  of  Gen.  Taylor  was  on  every  one's  li|)s.  The 
Whig  party  decided  to  take  advantage  of  this  wonder- 
ful pojHilarity  in  bringing  forward  the  unpolished,  un- 
lettered, honest  soldier  as  their  candidate  for  the 
Presidency.  Gen.  Taylor  was  astonislied  at  the  an- 
nouncement, and  for  a  time  would  not  listen  to  it;  de- 
daring  that  he  was  not  at  all  ([ualified  for  such  an 
office.  So  little  interest  had  lie  taken  in  politics  that, 
for  forty  years,  he  h:id  not  cast  a  vote.  It  was  not 
without  chagrin  that  several  distinguished  statesmen 
who  had  been  long  years  in  the  public  service  found 
*l.iir  claims  set  aside  in  behalf  of  one  whose   name 


had  never  been  heard  of,  save  in  connection  with  Palo 
Alto,  Resaca  de  la  Palma,  Monterey  and  Buena 
Vista.  It  is  said  that  Daniel  Webster,  in  his  haste  re- 
marked, "  It  is  a  nomination  not  fit  to  be  made." 

Gen.  Taylor  was  not  an  eloquent  speaker  nor  a  fine 
writer  His  friends  took  possession  of  him,  and  pre- 
pared such  few  communications  as  it  was  needful 
should  be  presented  to  the  public.  Thepoinilarity  of 
the  successful  warrior  swept  the  land.  He  was  tri- 
umphantly elected  over  two  opposing  candidates, — 
Gen.  Cass  and  E.\-President  Martin  Van  Buren. 
Though  he  selected  an  excellent  cabinet,  the  good 
old  man  found  himself  in  a  very  uncongenial  jMsition, 
and  was,  at  times,  sorely  perple.xed  and  harassed. 
His  mental  sufferings  were  very  severe,  and  probably 
tended  to  hasten  his  death.  The  pro-slavery  party 
was  pushing  its  claims  with  tireless  energy ,  expedi- 
tions were  fitting  out  to  capture  Cuba  ;  California  was 
pleading  fur  admission  to  the  Union,  while  slavery 
stood  at  the  door  to  bar  her  out.  Gen.  Taylor  found 
the  political  conflicts  in  Washington  to  be  far  more 
trying  to  the  nerves  than  battles  with  Mexicans  or 
Indians 

In  the  midst  of  all  these  troubles.  Gen.  Taylor, 
after  he  had  occupied  the  Presidential  chair  but  little 
over  a  year,  took  cold,  and  after  a  brief  sickness  of 
but  little  over  five  days,  died  on  the  glh  of  July,  1850. 
His  last  words  were,  "  I  am  not  afraid  to  die.  I  am 
ready.  I  have  endeavored  to  do  my  duty."  He  died 
universally  respected  and  beloved.  An  honest,  un- 
pretending man,  he  had  been  steadily  growing  in  the 
affections  of  the  people;  and  the  Nation  bitterly  la- 
mented his  death. 

Gen.  Scott,  who  was  thoroughly  acquainted  with 
Gen.  Taylor,  gave  the  following  graphic  and  truthful 
description  of  his  character: — ''  With  a  good  store  of 
common  sense.  Gen.  Taylor's  mind  had  not  been  en- 
larged and  refreshed  by  reading,  or  much  converse 
with  the  world.  Rigidity  of  ideas  was  the  conse- 
quence. The  frontiers  and  small  military  posts  had 
been  his  home.  Hence  he  was  quite  ignorant  for  his 
rank,  and  quite  bigoted  in  his  ignorance.  His  sim- 
plicity was  child-like,  and  with  innumerable  preju- 
dices, amusing  and  incorrigible,  well  suited  to  the 
tender  age.  Thus,  if  a  man,  however  respectable, 
chanced  to  wear  a  coat  of  an  unusual  color,  or  his  hat 
a  little  on  one  side  of  his  head;  or  an  officer  to  leave 
a  corner  of  his  handkerchief  dangling  from  an  out- 
side pocket, — in  any  such  case,  this  critic  held  the 
ofif.^nder  to  be  a  coxcomb  (perhaps  something  worse), 
whom  he  would  not,  to  use  his  oft  repeated  ]ihrase, 
'touch  with  a  pair  of  tongs.' 

"Any  allusion  to  literature  beyond  good  old  Dil- 
worth's  spelling-book,  on  the  part  of  one  wearing  a 
sword,  was  evidence,  with  the  same  judge,  of  utter 
unfitness  for  heavy  marchings  and  combats.  In  short, 
few  men  have  ever  had  a  more  comfortable,  labor- 
saving  contempt   for  learning  of  every  kind." 


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THIRTEENTH  PRESIDENT. 


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^'MILLftRl  FILLMORE.'^ 


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ILLARD  FILLMORE,  thir- 
teenth President  of  the  United 
States,  was  born  at  Summer 
Hill,  Cayuga  Co.,  N.  Y  .,  on 
the  7th  of  January,  1800.  His 
father  was  a  farmer,  and  ow- 
ing to  misfortune,  in  humble  cir- 
cumstances. Of  his  motb.er,  the 
daughter  of  Dr.  Abiathar  Millard, 
1  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  it  has  been 
said  that  she  possessed  an  intellect 
jf  very  high  order,  united  with  much 
personal  loveliness,  sweetness  of  dis- 
posit'on,  graceful  manners  and  ex- 
quisite sensibilities.  She  died  in 
1831  ;  having  lived  to  see  her  son  a 
young  man  of  distinguished  prom- 
ise, though  she  was  not  permitted  to  witness  the  high 
dignity  which  he  finally  attained. 

In  consequence  of  the  secluded  home  and  limited 
raeans  of  his  father,  Millard  enjoyed  but  slender  ad- 
vantages for  education  in  his  early  years.  The  com- 
mon schools,  which  he  occasionally  attended  were 
very  imperfect  institutions;  and  books  were  scarce 
j.nd  expensive.  There  was  nothing  then  in  his  char- 
acter to  indicate  the  brilliant  career  upon  which  he 
was  about  to  enter.  He  was  a  plain  farmer's  boy ; 
intelligent,  good-looking,  kind-hearted,  Tlie  sacred 
influences  of  home  had  taught  him  to  revere  the  Bible, 
and  had  laid  the  foundations  of  an  upright  character. 
When  fourteen  years  of  age,  his  father  sent  him 
some  hundred  miles  from  home,  to  the  then  wilds  of 
Livingston  County,  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  clothier. 
Near  the  mill  there  was  a  small  villiage,  where  some 


enterprising  man  had  commenced  the  collection  of  a 
village  library.  This  proved  an  inestimable  blessing 
to  }'Oung  Fillmore.  His  evenings  were  spent  in  read- 
ing. Soon  every  leisure  moment  was  occupied  with 
books.  His  thirst  for  knowledge  became  insatiate 
and  the  selections  which  he  made  were  continually 
more  elevating  and  instructive.  He  read  history 
biography,  oratory,  and  thus  gradually  there  was  en- 
kindled in  his  heart  a  desire  to  be  something  more 
than  a  mere  worker  with  his  hands;  and  he  was  be- 
coming, almost  unknown  to  himself,  a  well-informed, 
educated  man. 

The  young  clothier  had  now  attained  the  age  of 
nineteen  years,  and  was  of  fine  personal  appearance 
and  of  gentlemanly  demeanor.  It  so  happened  that 
there  was  a  gentleman  m  the  neighborhood  of  ample 
pecuniary  means  and  of  benevolence, — Judge  Walter 
Wood, — who  was  struck  >vith  the  prepossessing  a'j- 
pearance  of  young  Fillmore.  He  made  his  acquaint- 
ance, and  was  so  much  impressed  with  his  ability  and 
attainments  that  he  advised  him  to  abandon  his 
trade  and  devote  himself  to  the  study  of  the  law.  The 
young  man  replied,  that  he  had  no  means  of  hi's  own, 
r.o  friends  to  help  him  and  that  his  previous  educa- 
tion had  been  very  imperfect.  But  Judge  Wood  had 
so  much  confidence  in  him  that  he  kindly  offered  to 
take  him  into  his  own  office,  and  to  loan  him  such 
money  as  he  needed.  Most  gratefully  the  generous 
offer  was  accepted. 

There  is  in  many  minds  a  strange  delusion  abou'; 
a  collegiate  edi:cation.  A  young  man  is  supposed  to 
be  liberally  educated  if  he  has  graduated  at  some  col- 
lege. But  many  a  boy  loiters  through  university  hab  ■ 
*nd  then  enters  a  law  office,  who  is  by  no  mea^s   ii; 


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MILLARD  FILLMORE. 


well  prepared  to  prosecute  his  legal  studies  as  was 
Millard  Fillmore  when  he  graduated  at  the  clothing- 
mill  at  the  end  of  four  years  of  manual  labor,  during 
which  every  leisure  moment  had  been  devoted  to  in- 
tense mental  culture. 

In  1S23,  when  twenty-three  years  of  age,  he  v/as 
admitted  to  the  Court  of  Co'.iimon  Pleas,  He  then 
went  to  the  village  of  Aurora,  and  commenced  the 
practice  of  law.  In  this  secluded,  peaceful  region, 
his  practice  of  course  was  limited,  and  there  was  no 
opportunity  for  a  sudden  rise  in  fortune  or  \\\  fame. 
Here,  in  the  year  1826,  he  married  a  lady  of  great 
moral  worth,  and  one  capable  of  adorning  any  station 
she  might  be  called  to  fill, — -Miss  Abigail  Powers. 

His  elevation  of  character,  his  untiring  industiy, 
his  legal  acquirements,  and  his  skill  as  an  advocate, 
gradually  attracted  attention  ;  and  he  was  invited  to 
enter  into  partnership  under  highly  advantageous 
circumstances,  with  an  elder  member  of  the  l)ar  in 
Buffalo.  Just  before  removing  to  Buffalo,  in  1829, 
he  took  his  seat  in  the  House  of  Assembly,  of  tlie 
State  of  New  York,  as  a  representative  from  Erie 
County.  Though  he  had  never  taken  a  very  active 
part  in  politics,  his  vote  and  his  sympathies  were  with 
the  Whig  party.  The  State  was  then  Democratic, 
and  he  found  himself  in  a  helpless  minority  in  the 
Legislature  ,  still  the  testimony  comes  from  all  parties, 
that  his  courtesy,  ability  and  integrity,  won,  to  a  very 
unusual  degn  e  the  respect  of  his  associates. 

In  the  autiKrin  of  1832,  he  was  elected  to  a  seat  in 
the  United  States  Congress.  He  entered  that  troubled 
irena  in  some  of  the  most  tunmltuous  hours  of  our 
national  history.  The  great  conflict  respecting  the 
national  bank  and  the  removal  of  the  deposits,  was 
then  raging. 

His  term  of  two  years  closed  ;  and  he  returned  to 
his  profession,  which  he  pursued  with  increasing  rep- 
utation and  success.  After  a  lapse  of  two  years 
he  again  became  a  candidate  for  Congress ;  was  re- 
elected, and  took  his  seat  in  1837.  His  past  expe- 
rience as  a  representative  gave  hmi  stKngth  and 
confidence.  The  first  term  of  service  in  Congress  to 
any  man  can  be  but  little  more  than  an  introduction. 
He  was  now  prepared  for  active  duty.  All  his  ener- 
gies were  brought  to  bear  upon  the  public  good.  Every 
measure  received  his  impress. 

Mr.  Fillmore  was  now  a  man  of  wide  repute,  and 
his  popularity  filled  the  State,  and  in  the  year  1847, 
he   was  elected  Comptroller  of   the   State. 


Mr.  Fillmore  had  attained  the  age  of  forty-seven 
years.  His  labors  at  the  bar,  in  the  Legislature,  in 
Congress  and  as  Comptroller,  had  given  him  very  con- 
siderable fame.  The  Whigs  were  casting  about  to 
find  suitable  candidates  for  President  and  Vice-Presi- 
dent at  the  approaching  election.  Far  away,  on  the 
waters  of  the  Rio  Grande,  there  was  a  rough  old 
soldier,  who  had  fought  one  or  two  successful  battles 
with  the  Mexicans,  which  had  caused  his  name  to  be 
proclaimed  in  tiumpet-tones  all  over  the  land.  But 
it  was  necessary  to  associate  with  him  on  the  same 
ticket  some  man  of  reputation  as  a  statesman. 

Under  the  influence  of  these  considerations,  the 
namesofZachary  Taylor  ar.d  Millard  Fillmore  became 
the  rallying-cry  of  the  Whigs,  as  their  candidates  for 
President  and  Vice-Peesident.  The  Whig  ticket  was 
signally  triumphant.  On  the  4th  of  March,  1849, 
Gen.  Taylor  was  inaugurated  President,  and  Millard 
Fillmore  Vice-President,  of  the  United  States. 

On  the  9th  of  July,  1850,  President  Taylor,  but 
about  one  year  and  four  moiUhs  after  his  inaugura- 
tion, was  suddenly  taken  sick  and  died.  By  the  Con- 
stitution, Vice-President  Fillmore  thus  became  Presi- 
dent. He  appointed  a  very  able  cabinet,  of  which 
the  illustrious  Daniel  Webster  was  Secretary  of  State, 

Mr.  Fillniore  had  very  serious  difficulties  to  contend 
with,  since  the  opposition  had  a  majority  in  both 
Houses.  He  did  everything  in  his  power  to  conciliate 
the  South ;  but  the  pro-slavery  party  in  the  South  felt 
the  inadequacy  of  all  measuresof  transient  conciliation. 
The  population  of  the  free  States  was  so  rapidly  in- 
creasing over  that  of  the  slave  States  that  it  was  in- 
evitable that  the  power  of  the  Government  should 
soon  pass  into  the  hands  of  the  free  States.  The 
famous  compromise  measures  were  adopted  under  Mr. 
FiUmcre's  adminstration,  and  the  Japan  Expedition 
was  sent  out.  On  the  4th  of  March,  1853,  Mr  Fill- 
more, having  served  one  term,  retired. 

In  1S56,  Mr.  Fillmore  was  nominated  for  the  Pres- 
idency by  the  "  Know  Nothing  "  party,  but  was  beaten 
by  Mr.  Buchanan.  After  that  Mr.  Fillmore  lived  in 
retirement.  During  the  terrible  conflict  of  civil  war, 
he  was  mostly  silent.  It  was  generally  supposed  that 
his  sympathies  were  rather  with  those  who  were  en- 
deavoring to  overthrow  our  institutions.  President 
Fillmore  kept  aloof  from  the  conflict,  without  any 
cordial  words  of  cheer  to  the  one  parly  or  the  other. 
He  was  thus  forgotten  by  both.  He  lived  to  a  ripe 
old  age,  and  died  in  Buffalo.  N.  V.,  March  8,    1874. 


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^"FHfiHKLm  PIEHEE.'^ 


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RANKLIN     PIERCE,   the 
fourteenth    President  of  the 
'  United  States,  was  born  ir. 
Hillsborough,    N.    H.,    Nov. 
23,  1804.      His  father  was  a 
RevoUitionarj'   soldier,   who, 
with    his    own     strong    arm, 
hewed   out  a    home   in    the 
wilderness.     He  was  a  man 
of     inflexible     integrity;     of 
strong,   though    uncultivated 
mind,  and  an  uncompromis- 
ing Democrat.      The    mother   of 
Franklin  Pierce  was  all  that  a  son 
could  desire, — an  intelligent,  pru- 
dent, affectionate,  Christian  wom- 
an.    Franklin  was  the  sixth  of  eight  children. 

Franklin  was  a  very  bright  and  handsome  boy,  gen- 
erous, warm-hearted  and  brave.  He  won  alike  the 
love  of  old  and  young.  The  boys  on  the  play  ground 
loved  him.  His  teachers  loved  him.  The  neighbors 
looked  upon  him  with  pride  and  affection.  He  was 
by  instinct  a  gentleman;  always  sjjeaking kind  words, 
doing  kind  deeds,  with  a  peculiar  unstudied  tact 
which  taught  him  what  was  agreeable.  Without  de- 
veloping any  precocity  of  genius,  or  any  unnatural 
devotion  to  books,  he  was  a  good  scholar;  in  body, 
in  mind,  in  affections,  a  finely-developed  boy. 

When  si.xteen  years  of  age,  in  the  year  1820,  he 
entered  Bowdoin  College,  at  Brunswick,  Me  He  was 
one  of  the  most  popular  young  men  in  the  college. 
The  purity  cf  his  moral  character,  the  unvarying 
courtesy  of  his  demeanor,  his  rank  as  a  scholar,  and 


genial  nature,  rendered  him  a  universal  favorite. 
There  was  something  very  peculiarly  winning  in  his 
address,  and  it  was  evidently  not  in  the  slightest  de- 
gree studied:  it  was  the  simple  outgushing  of  his 
own  magnanimous  and  loving  nature. 

Upo;i  graduating,  in  the  year  1824,  Franklin  Pierce 
conimsnceJ  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
Woodbury,  one  of  the  most  distinguished  lawyers  of 
the  State,  and  a  man  of  great  private  worth.  The 
eminent  social  qualities  of  the  young  lawyer,  his 
father's  prominence  as  a  public  man,  and  the  brilliant 
political  career  into  which  Judge  Woodbury  was  en- 
tering, all  tended  to  entice  Mr.  Pierce  into  the  faci- 
nating  yet  perilous  path  of  political  life.  With  all 
the  ardor  of  his  nature  he  espoused  the  cause  of  Gen. 
Jackson  for  the  Presidency.  He  coirimenced  the 
practice  of  law  in  Hillsborough,  and  was  soon  elected 
to  represent  the  town  in  the  State  Legislature.  Here 
he  served  for  four  yeais.  The  last  two  years  he  was 
chosen  speaker  of  the  house  by  a  veiy  large  vote. 

In  1833,  at  the  age  of  twenty-nine,  he  was  elected 
a  member  of  Congress.  Without  taking  an  active 
part  in  debates,  he  was  faithful  and  laborious  in  duty, 
and  ever  rising  in  the  estimation  of  those  with  whom 
lie  was  associatad. 

In  1837,  being  then  but  thirty-tliree  years  of  age, 
he  was  elected  to  the  Senate  of  the  United  States; 
taking  his  seat  just  as  Mr.  Van  Buren  commenced 
his  administration.  He  was  the  youngest  member  in 
the  Senate.  In  the  year  1834.  lie  married  Miss  Jane 
Means  Appleton,  a  lady  of  rare  beauty  and  accom- 
plishments, and  one  admirably  fitted  to  adorn  every 
station  with  which  her  husbaiid  was  honoied.    Of  tlie 


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FRANKLIN  PIERCE. 


three  sons  who  were  born  to  them,  all  now  sleep  with 
their  parents  in  the  grave. 

In  the  year  1838,  Mr.  Pierce,  with  growing  fame 
and  increasing  business  as  a  lawyer,  took  up  his 
residence  in  Concord,  the  capital  of  New  Hampshire. 
President  Polk,  upon  his  accession  to  office,  appointed 
Mr.  Pierce  attorney-general  of  the  United  States;  but 
the  offer  was  declined,  in  consequence  of  numerous 
professional  engagements  at  home,  and  the  precariuos 
state  of  Mrs.  Pierce's  health.  He  also,  about  the 
same  time  declined  the  nomination  for  governor  by  the 
Democratic  party.  The  war  with  Mexico  called  Mr. 
Pierce  in  the  army.  Receiving  the  appointment  of 
brigadier-general,  he  embarked,  with  a  portion  of  his 
troops,  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  on  the  27th  of  May,  1847. 
He  took  an  important  part  in  this  war,  proving  him- 
self a  brave  and  true  soldier. 

When  Gen.  Pierce  reached  his  home  in  his  native 
State,  he  was  received  enthusiastically  by  the  advo- 
cates of  the  Mexican  war,  and  coldly  by  his  oppo- 
nents. He  resumed  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
very  frequently  taking  an  active  part  in  political  ques- 
tions, giving  his  cordial  support  to  the  pro-slavery 
wing  of  the  Democratic  party.  The  compromise 
measures  met  cordially  with  his  approval ;  and  he 
strenuously  advocated  the  enforcement  of  the  infa- 
mous fugitive-slave  law,  which  so  shocked  the  religious 
sensibilities  of  the  North.  He  thus  became  distin- 
guished as  a  "Northern  man  with  Southern  principles.'' 
The  strong  partisans  of  slavery  in  the  South  conse- 
quently regarded  him  as  a  man  whom  they  could 
safely  trust  in  office  to  carry  out  their  plans. 

On  the  I  2th  of  June,  1S52,  the  Democratic  conven- 
tion met  in  Baltimore  to  nominate  a  candidate  for  the 
Presidency.  For  four  days  they  continued  in  session, 
and  in  thirty-five  ballotings  no  one  had  obtained  a 
two-thirds  vote.  Not  a  vote  thus  far  had  been  thrown 
for  Gen.  Pierce.  Then  the  Virginia  delegation 
brought  forward  his  name.  There  were  fourteen 
more  ballotings,  during  which  Gen.  Pierce  constantly 
gained  strength,  until,  at  the  forty-ninth  ballot,  he 
received  two  hundred  and  eighty-two  votes,  and  all 
other  candidates  eleven.  Gen.  Winfield  Scott  was 
the  Whig  candidate.  Gen.  Pierce  was  chosen  with 
great  unanimity.  Only  four  States — Vermont,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Kentucky  and  Tennessee  —  cast  their 
electoral  votes  against  him  Gen.  Franklin  Pierce 
was  therefore  inaugurated  President  of  the  United 
States   on    the  4th  of  March,    1853. 


His  administration  proved  one  of  the  most  stormy  our 
country  had  ever  experienced.  The  controversy  be- 
tween slavery  and  freedom  was  then  approaching  its 
culminating  point.  It  became  evident  that  there  was 
an  "irrepressible  conflict  "  between  Iheni,  and  that 
this  Nation  could  not  long  exist  "  half  slave  and  half 
free."  President  Pierce,  during  the  whole  of  his  ad- 
ministration, did  every  thing  he  could  to  conciliate 
the  South  ;  but  it  was  all  in  vain.  The  conflict  every 
year  grew  more  violent,  and  threats  of  the  dissolution 
of  the  Union  were  borne  to  the  North  on  every  South- 
ern breeze. 

Such  was  the  condition  of  affairs  when  President 
Pierce  approached  the  close  of  his  four-years'  term 
of  office.  The  North  had  become  thoroughly  alien- 
ated from  him.  The  anti-slavery  sentimer.t,  goaded 
by  great  outrages,  had  been  rapidly  increasing;  all 
the  intellectual  ability  and  social  worth  of  President 
Pierce  were  forgotten  in  deep  reprehension  of  his  ad- 
ministrative acts.  The  slaveholders  of  the  South,  also, 
unmindful  of  the  fidelity  with  which  he  had  advo- 
cated those  measures  of  Government  which  they  ap- 
proved, and  perhaps,  also,  feeling  that  he  had 
rendered  himself  so  unpopular  as  no  longer  to  be 
able  acceptably  to  serve  them,  ungratefully  dropped 
him,  and  nominated  James  Buchanan  to  succeed  him. 

On  the  4th  of  March,  1857,  President  Pierce  re- 
tired to  his  home  in  Concord.  Of  three  children,  two 
liad  died,  and  his  only  surviving  child  had  been 
killed  before  his  eyes  by  a  railroad  accident ;  and  his 
wife,  one  of  the  most  estimable  and  accomplished  of 
ladies,  was  rapidly  sinking  in  consumption.  The 
hour  of  dreadful  gloom  soon  came,  and  he  was  left 
alone  in  the  world,  without  wife  or  child. 

When  the  terrible  Rebellion  burst  forth,  which  di- 
vided our  country  into  two  parties,  and  two  only,  Mr. 
Pierce  remained  steadfast  in  the  principles  which  he 
had  always  cherished,  and  gave  his  sympathies  to 
that  pro-slavery  party  with  which  he  had  ever  been 
allied.  He  declined  to  do  anything,  either  by  voice 
or  pen,  to  strengthen  the  hand  of  the  National  Gov- 
ernment. He  continued  to  reside  in  Concord  until 
the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  in  October, 
1869.  He  was  one  of  the  most  genial  and  social  of 
men,  an  honored  communicant  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  and  one  of  the  kindest  of  neighbors.  Gen- 
erous to  a  fault,  he  contributed  liberally  for  the  al- 
leviation of  suffering  and  want,  and  many  of  his  towns- 
people were  often  gladened  by  his   material    bounty. 


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AMES  BUCHANAN,  the  fit- 
jteenth  President  of  the  United 
States,  was  born  in  a  small 
frontier  town,  at  the  foot  of  the 
eastern  ridge  of  the  Allegha- 
nies,  in  FraniilinCo.,  Penn.,on 
the  23d  of  April,  1791.  The  place 
where  the  humble  cabin  of  his 
father  stood  was  called  Stony 
Batter.  It  was  a  wild  and  ro- 
mantic spot  in  a  gorge  of  the  moun- 
tains, with  towering  summits  rising 
grandly  all  around.  His  father 
was  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland ; 
a  poor  man,  who  had  emigrated  in 
1783,  with  little  property  save  his 
own  strong  arms.  Five  years  afterwards  he  married 
Elizabeth  Spear,  the  daughter  of  a  respectable  farmer, 
and,  with  his  young  bride,  plunged  into  the  wilder- 
ness, staked  his  claiin,  reared  his  log-hut,  opened  a 
clearing  with  his  axe,  and  settled  down  there  to  per- 
form his  obscure  part  in  the  drama  of  life.  In  this  se- 
cluded home,  where  James  was  born,  he  remained 
for  eight  years,  enjoying  but  few  social  or  intellectual 
advantages.  When  James  was  eight  years  of  age,  his 
father  removed  to  the  village  of  Mercersburg,  where 
his  son  was  placed  at  school,  and  commenced  a 
course  of  study  in  English,  Latin  and  Greek.  His 
jirogress  was  rapid,  and  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  he 
entered  Dickinson  College,  at  Carlisle.  Here  he  de- 
veloped remarkable  talent,  and  took  his  stand  among 
the  first  scholars  in  the  institution.  His  application 
t.o  study  was  intense,  and  yet  his  native   powers    en- 


abled him  to  master  the  most  abstruse  subjects  with 
facility. 

In  the  year  1S09,  he  graduated  with  the  highest 
honors  of  his  class.  He  was  then  eighteen  years  of 
age;  tall  and  graceful,  vigorous  in  health,  fond  of 
athletic  sport,  an  unerring  shot,  and  enlivened  with 
an  exuberant  flow  of  animal  spirits.  He  immediately 
commenced  the  study  of  huv  in  the  city  of  Lancaster, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  i8t2,  when  he  was 
but  twenty-one  years  of  age.  Veiy  rapidly  lie  rose 
in  his  profession,  and  at  once  took  undisputed  stand 
with  the  ablest  lawyers  of  the  State.  When  but 
tvventy-si.x  years  of  age,  unaided  by  counsel,  he  suc- 
cessfully defended  before  the  State  Senate  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  State,  who  was  tried  upon  articles  of 
impeachment.  At  the  age  of  thirty  it  was  generally 
adirTitted  that  he  stood  at  the  head  of  the  bar;  and 
there  was  no  lawyer  in  the  State  who  had  a  more  lu- 
crative practice. 

In  1820,  he  reluctantly  consented  to  run  as  a 
candidate  for  Congress.  He  was  elected,  and  for 
ten  years  he  remained  a  member  of  the  Lower  House. 
During  the  vacations  of  Congress,  he  occasionally 
tried  some  important  case.  In  1S31,  he  retired 
altogether  from  the  toils  of  his  profession,  having  ac- 
quired an  ample  fortune. 

Gen.  Jackson,  uijon  his  elevation  to  ihe  Presidency, 
appointed  Mr.  Buchanan  minister  to  Russia.  The 
duties  of  his  mission  he  performed  with  ability,  which 
gave  satisfaction  to  all  parties.  Upon  his  return,  in 
1833,  he  was  elected  to  a  seat  in  the  United  States 
Senate.  He  there  met,  as  his  associates,  Webster. 
Clay,  Wright  and  Calhoun.  He  advocated  th.e  meas- 
ures proposed  by  President  Jackson,  of  m^livng  repn- 


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sills  against  France,  to  enforce  the  payment  of  our 
claims  against  that  country;  and  defended  tlie  course 
of  the  President  in  his  unprecedented  and  wholesale 
renijval  from  office  of  those  who  were  not  the  sup- 
porters of  his  administration.  Upon  this  cpiestion  he 
was  brought  into  direct  collision  with  Hcaiy  Clay. 
He  also,  with  voice  and  vote,  advocated  exijunging 
from  the  journal  of  the  Senate  the  vote  of  censure 
against  Gen.  Jackson  for  removing  the  deposits. 
Earnestly  he  opposed  the  abolition  of  slavery  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  urged  the  prohibition  of  the 
circulation  of  anti-slavery  documents  bv  the  United 
States  mails. 

As  to  petitions  on  the  subject  of  slavery,  he  advo- 
cated that  they  should  be  resi)ectfally  received;  and 
that  the  re[)ly  should  be  returned,  that  Congress  had 
no  power  to  legislate  upon  the  subject.  "  Congress," 
said  he,  "  might  as  well  undertake  to  interfere  with 
slavery  under  a  foreign  government  as  in  any  of  the 
States  where  it  now  e.xists." 

Upon  Mr.  Polk's  accession  to  the  Presidency,  Mr. 
Buchanan  became  Secretary  of  State,  and  as  such, 
took  his  share  of  the  responsibility  in  the  conduct  of 
the  Mexican  War.  Mr.  Polk  assumed  that  crossing 
the  Nueces  by  the  American  troops  into  the  disputed 
territory  was  not  wrong,  but  for  the  Mexicans  to  cross 
the  Rio  (rrande  into  that  territory  was  a  declaration 
of  war.  No  candid  man  can  read  with  pleasure  the 
account  of  the  course  our  Government  pursued  in  that 
movement 

Mr.  Buchanan  identified  himself  thoroughly  with 
the  party  devoted  to  the  perpetuation  and  extension 
of  slavery,  and  brought  all  the  energies  of  his  mind 
to  bear  against  the  Wilmot  Proviso.  He  gave  his 
cordial  approval  to  the  compromise  measures  of  1S50, 
which  included  the  fugitive -slave  law.  Mr.  Pierce, 
upon  his  election  to  the  Presidency,  honored  Mr. 
Buchanan  with  the  mission  to  England. 

In  the  year  1856,  a  national  Democratic  conven- 
tion nominated  Mr.  Buchanan  for  the  Presidency.  The 
political  contlict  was  one  of  the  most  severe  in  which 
our  country  has  ever  engaged.  All  the  friends  of 
slavery  were  on  one  side;  all  the  advocates  of  its  re- 
striction and  final  abolition,  on  the  other.  Mr.  Fre- 
mont, the  candidate  of  the  enemies  of  slavery,  re- 
reived  114  electoral  votes.  Mr.  Buchanan  received 
t74,  and  was  elected.  The  popular  vote  stood 
1,340,618,  for  Fremont,  1,224,750  for  Buchanan.  On 
March    4th,    1857,  Mr.  Buchanan  was  inaugurated. 

Mr.  Buchanan  was  far  advanced  in  life.  Only  four 
years  were  wanting  to  fill  up  his  tiireescore  years  and 
ten.  His  own  friends,  those  with  whom  he  had  been 
allied  in  political  principles  and  action  for  years,  were 
seeking  the  destruction  of  the  Government,  that  they 
might  rear  upon  the  ruins  of  our  free  institutions  a 
nation  whose  corner-stone  should  be  human  slavery. 
In  this  emergency,  Mr.  Buchanan  was  hopelessly  be- 
wildered     He  could  not,  with  his  long-avowed  prin- 


ci[)les,  consistently  oppose  the  State-rights  party  in 
their  assumptions.  .As  Presidejit  of  the  United  States, 
bound  by  his  oath  faithfully  to  administer  the  laws 
he  could  not,  without  perjury  of  the  grossest  kind, 
unite  with  those  endeavoring  to  overthrow  the  repub- 
lic.     He  tlieretbre  did  nothing. 

The  opponents  of  Mr.  Buchanan's  administration 
nominated  .-Xbraiiam  Lincoln  as  their  standard  bearer 
in  the  next  I'residential  canvass.  The  pro-slaverv 
party  declared,  that  if  he  were  elected,  and  the  con- 
trol of  the  Government  were  thus  taken  from  their 
hands,  they  would  secede  from  the  Union,  taking 
with  them,  as  they  retired,  the  National  Capitol  at 
Washington,  and  the  lion's  share  of  the  territory  of 
the  United  States. 

Mr.  Buchanan's  sympathy  with  the  pro-slavery 
party  was  such,  that  he  had  been  willing  to  offer  them 
far  more  than  they  liad  ventured  to  claim.  All  the 
South  had  professed  to  ask  of  the  North  was  non- 
intervention upon  the  subject  of  slavery.  Mr.  Bu- 
chanan had  been  ready  to. offer  them  the  active  co- 
operation of  the  Government  to  defend  and  extend 
the  institution. 

As  the  storm  increased  in  violence,  the  slaveholders 
claiming  the  right  to  secede,  and  iNIr.  Buchanan  avow- 
ing that  Congress  had  no  power  to  prevent  it,  one  of 
the  most  pitiable  exhibitions  of  governmental  im- 
becility was  exhibited  the  world  has  ever  seen.  He 
declared  that  t'ongress  had  no  power  to  enforce  its 
laws  in  any  State  which  had  withdrawn,  or  which 
was  attempting  to  withdraw  from  the  Union.  This 
was  not  the  doctrine  of  Andrew  Jackson,  when,  with 
his  hand  upon  his  sword-hilt,  he  exclaimed,  "The 
Union  must  and  shall  be  preserved.'" 

South  Carolina  seceded  in  December,  i860;  nearly 
three  months  before  the  inauguration  of  President 
Lincoln.  Mr.  Buchanan  looked  on  in  listless  despair. 
The  rebel  flag  was  raised  in  Charleston  •  Fort  Sumpter 
was  besieged ;  our  forts,  navy-yards  and  arsenals 
were  seized;  our  depots  of  military  stoies  were  plun- 
dered ;  and  our  custom-houses  and  post-offices  were 
appropriated  by  the  rebels. 

The  energy  of  the  rebels,  and  the  imbecility  of  our 
Executive,  were  alike  marvelous.  The  Nation  looked 
on  in  agony,  waiting  for  the  slow  weeks  to  glide  away, 
and  close  the  administration,  so  terrible  in  its  weak- 
ness At  length  the  long-looked-for  hour  of  deliver- 
ance came,  when  Abraham  Lincoln  was  to  receive  the 
scepter. 

The  administration  of  President  Buchanan  was 
certainly  the  most  calamitous  our  country  has  ex- 
l)erienced.  His  best  friends  cannot  recall  it  with 
jileasure.  .And  still  more  deplorable  it  is  for  his  fame, 
that  in  that  dreadful  conflict  which  rolled  its  billows 
of  flame  and  blood  over  our  whole  land,  no  word  came 
from  his  lips  to  indicate  his  wish  that  our  country's 
banner  should  triumph  over  the  flag  of  the  rebellion. 
He  died  at  his  Wheatland   retreat,   June    i,    1868. 


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BRAHAM  LINCOLN,  the 
sixteenth  President  of  the 
Jj^United  States,  was  born  in 
Hardin  Co.,  Ky.,  Feb.  12, 
1809.  About  the  yean  7  80,  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Abraham 
Lincohi  left  Virginia  with  liis 
family  and  moved  into  the  then 
wilds  of  Kentucky.  (3nly  two  years 
after  this  emigration,  still  a  young 
man,  while  working  one  day  in  a 
field,  was  stealthily  a])pro2ched  by 
an  Indian  and  shot  dead.  His  widow 
was  left  in  extreme  poverty  with  five 
little  children,  three  boys  and  two 
girls.  Thomas,  the  youngest  of  the 
boys,  was  four  years  of  age  at  his 
father's  death.  This  Thomas  was 
the  father  of  Aliraham  Lincoln,  the 
President  of  the  United  States 
whose  name  must  henceforth  foi-ever  be  enrolled 
with  the  most  prominent  in  the  annals  of  our  world. 
Of  course  no  record  has  been  kept  of  the  life 
of  one  so  lowly  as  Thomas  Lincoln.  He  was  among 
the  poorest  of  the  poor.  His  home  was  a  wretched 
log-cabin;  his  food  the  coarsest  and  the  meanest. 
Education  he  had  none;  he  could  never  either  read 
or  write.  As  soon  as  he  was  able  to  do  anything  for 
himself,  he  was  compelled  to  leave  the  cabin  of  his 
starving  mother,  and  push  out  into  the  world.a  friend- 
.ess.,  wandering  boy,  seeking  work.  He  hired  him- 
self out,  and  thus  spent  the  whole  of  his  youth  as  a 
laborer  in  the  fields  of  others. 

When  twenty-eight  years  of  age  he  built  a  log- 
cabin  of  bis  own,  and  married  Nancy  Hanks,  the 
daughter  of  another  family  of  poor  Kentucky  emi- 
grants, who  had  also  come  from  Virginia.  Their 
second  child  was  Abraham  Lincoln,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch.  The  mother  of  Abraham  was  a  noble 
woman,  gentle,  loving,  pensive,  created  to  adorn 
a  palace,  doomed  to  toil  and  pine,  and  die  in  a  hovel. 
"All  that  I  am,  or  hope  to  be,"  exclaims  the  grate- 
ful son  "I  owe  to  my  angel-mother.  " 

When  he  was  eight  years  of  age,  his  father  sold  his 


cabin  and  small  farm,  and  moved  to  Indiana    Where 
two  years  later  his  mother  died. 

Abraham  soon  became  the  scribe  of  the  uneducated 
community  around  hira.  He  could  not  have  had  a 
better  school  than  this  to  teach  him  to  put  thoughts 
into  words.  Lie  also  became  an  eager  reader.  The 
books  he  could  obtain  were  few;  but  these  he  read 
and  re-read  until  they  were  almost  committed  to 
memory. 

As  the  years  rolled  on,  the  lot  of  this  lowly  family 
was  the  usual  lot  of  humanity.  There  were  joys  and 
griefs,  vi'eddings  and  funerals.  Abraham's  sister 
Sarah,  to  whom  he  was  tenderly  attached,  was  mar- 
ried when  a  child  of  but  fourteen  years  of  age,  and 
soon  died.  The  family  was  gradually  scattered.  Mr. 
Thomas  Lincoln  sold  out  his  squatter's  claim  in  1830, 
and  emigrated  to  Macon  Co.,  111. 

Abraham  Lincoln  was  then  twenty-one  years  of  age. 
With  vigorous  hands  he  aided  his  father  in  rearing 
another  log-cabin.  Abraham  worked  diligently  at  this 
until  he  saw  the  family  comfortably  settled,  and  their 
sm.all  lot  of  enclosed  prairie  planted  with  corn,  when 
he  announced  to  his  father  his  intention  to  leave 
home,  and  to  go  out  into  the  world  and  seek  his  for- 
tune. Little  did  he  or  his  friends  imagine  how  bril- 
liant that  fortune  was  to  be.  He  saw  the  value  of 
education  and  was  intensely  earnest  to  improve  his 
mind  to  the  utmost  of  his  power.  He  saw  the  ruin 
which  ardent  spirits  were  causing,  and  became 
strictly  temperate;  refusing  to  allow  a  drop  of  intoxi- 
cating liquor  to  pass  his  lips.  And  he  had  read  in 
God's  word,  "  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the 
Lord  thy  God  in  vain ;"  and  a  profane  expression  he 
was  never  heard  to  utter.  Religion  he  revered.  His 
morals  were  pure,  and  he  was  uncontaminated  by  a 
single  vice. 

Young  Abraham  worked  for  a  time  as  a  hired  laborer 
among  the  farmers.  Then  he  went  to  Springfield, 
where  he  was  employed  in  building  a  large  flat-boat. 
In  this  he  took  a  herd  of  swine,  floated  them  down 
the  Sangamon  to  the  Illinois,  and  thence  by  the  Mis- 
sissippi to  New  Orleans.  Whatever  Abraham  I-in- 
coln  undertook,  he  performed  so  faithfully  as  to  give 
great  satisfaction  to  his  employers.      In  this  advcii- 


ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 


ture  hia  employers  were  so  we'll  pleased,  that  upon 
his  return  tney  placed  a  store  and  uiill  under  his  care. 

In  1832,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Black  Hawk  war,  lie 
enlisted  and  was  chosen  captain  of  a  company.  He 
returned  to  Sangamon  County,  and  although  only  23 
years  of  age,  was  a  candidate  for  the  Legislature,  but 
was  defeated.  He  soon  after  received  from  Andrew 
Jackson  the  appointmentof  Postmaster  of  New  .Salem, 
His  only  post-office  was  his  hat.  All  the  letters  he 
received  he  carried  there  ready  to  deliver  to  those 
he  chanced  to  meet.  He  studied  surveying,  and  soon 
made  this  his  business.  In  1834  he  again  became  a 
candidate  for  the  Legislature,  and  was  elected  Mr. 
Stuart,  of  Springfield,  advised  him  to  study  law.  He 
walked  from  New  Salem  to  Springtield,  borrowed  of 
Mr.  Stuart  a  load  of  books,  carried  them  back  and 
began  his  legal  studies.  When  the  Legislature  as- 
sembled he  trudged  on  foot  with  his  pack  on  his  back 
o:Te  hundred  miles  to  Vandalia,  then  the  capital.  In 
1836  he  was  re-elected  to  the  Legislature.  Here  it 
was  he  first  met  Stephen  A.  Douglas.  In  1839  he  re- 
moved to  Springfield  and  began  the  practice  of  law. 
His  success  with  the  jury  was  so  great  that  he  was 
soon  engaged  in  almost  every  noted  case  in  the  circuit. 

In  1854  the  great  discussion  began  between  Mr. 
Lincoln  and  Mr.  Douglas,  on  the  slavery  question. 
In  the  organization  of  the  Republican  party  in  Illinois, 
in  1856,  he  took  an  active  part,  and  at  once  became 
one  of  the  leaders  in  that  party.  Mr.  Lincoln's 
speeches  in  opposition  to  Senator  Douglas  in  the  con- 
test in  1858  for  a  seat  in  the  Senate,  form  a  most 
notable  part  of  his  history.  The  issue  was  on  the 
ilavery  question,  and  he  took  the  broad  ground  of 
.he  Declaration  of  Independence,  that  all  men  are 
created  e([ual.  Mr.  Lincoln  was  defeated  in  this  con- 
test, but  won  a  far  higher   prize. 

The  great  Republican  Convention  met  at  Chicago 
on  the  i6lh  of  June,  i860.  The  delegates  and 
strangers  who  crowded  the  city  amounted  to  twenty- 
five  thousand.  An  immense  building  called  "The 
Wigwam,"  was  reared  to  accommodate  the  Conven- 
tion. There  were  eleven  candidates  for  whom  votes 
were  thrown.  William  H.  Seward,  a  man  whose  fame 
as  a  statesman  had  long  filled  the  land,  was  the  most 
orominent.  It  was  generally  supposed  he  would  be 
th.e  nominee,  Abraham  Lincoln,  however,  received 
the  nomination  on  the  third  ballot.  Little  did  he  then 
dream  of  the  weary  years  of  toil  and  care,  and  the 
bloody  death,  to  which  that  nomination  doomed  him: 
and  as  little  did  he  dream  that  he  was  to  render  services 
to  his  country,  which  would  fix  upon  him  the  eyes  of 
the  whole  civilized  world,  and  which  would  give  him 
a  place  in  the  affections  of  his  countrymen,  second 
cnly,  if  second,  to  that  of  Washington. 

Election  day  came  and  Mr.  Lincoln  received  180 
electoral  votes  out  of  203  cast,  and  was,  therefore, 
constitutionally  elected  President  of  the  United  States. 
The  tirade  of  abuse  that  was  poured  upon   this    good 


and  merciful  man,  especially  by  the  slaveholders,  was 
greater  than  upon  any  other  man  ever  elected  to  this 
high  position.  In  February,  1861,  Mr.  Lincoln  started 
for  Washington,  stopping  in  all  the  large  cities  on  his 
way  making  speeches.  The  whole  journey  was  frought 
with  much  danger.  Many  of  the  Southern  States  had 
already  seceded,  and  several  attempts  at  assassination 
were  afterwards  brought  to  light.  A  gang  in  Balti- 
more had  arranged,  upon  his  arrival  to"  get  \\\>  a  row," 
and  in  the  confusion  to  make  sure  of  his  death  with 
revolvers  and  hand-grenades.  A  detective  unravelled 
the  plot.  .A  secret  and  special  train  was  provided  to 
take  him  from  Harristuirg,  through  Baltimore,  at  an 
une.xpected  hour  of  the  night.  The  train  started  at 
halfqjast  ten  ;  and  to  prevent  any  possible  communi- 
cation on  the  part  ot  the  Secessionists  with  theirCon- 
federate  gang  in  Baltimore,  as  soon  as  the  train  had 
started  the  telegraph-wires  were  cut.  Mr.  Lincoln 
reached  Washington  in  safety  and  was  inaugurated, 
although  great   anxiety  was  felt  by  all  loyal  people. 

In  the  selection  of  his  cabinet  Mr.  Lincoln  gave 
to  Mr  Seward  the  Department  of  State,  and  to  other 
prominent  ojiponents  before  the  convention  he  gave 
important  positions. 

During  no  other  administration  have  the  duties 
devolving  upon  the  President  been  so  manifold,  and 
the  responsibilities  so  great,  as  those  which  fell  to 
the  lot  of  President  Lincoln.  Knowing  this,  and 
feeling  his  own  weakness  and  inability  to  meet,  and  in 
his  own  strength  to  cope  with,  the  difficulties,  he 
learned  early  to  seek  Divine  wisdom  and  guidance  in 
determining  his  plans,  and  Divine  comfort  in  all  his 
trials,  bo'h  personal  and  national  Contrary  to  his 
own  estimate  of  himself,  Mr,  Lincoln  was  one  of  the 
most  courageous  of  men.  He  went  directly  into  the 
rel)cl  capita!  just  as  the  retreating  foe  was  leaving, 
with  no  guard  but  a  few  sailors.  From  the  time  he 
had  left  Springfield,  in  1861,  however,  plans  had  been 
made  for  his  assassination,and  he  at  last  fell  a  victim 
to  one  of  them,  April  14,  1865,  he,  with  Gen.  Grant, 
was  urgently  invited  to  attend  Fords'  Theater.  It 
was  announced  that  they  would  be  present.  Gen. 
Grant,  however,  left  the  city.  President  Lincoln,  feel- 
ing, witli  his  characteristic  kindliness  of  heart,  that 
it  would  l)e  a  disappointment  if  he  should  fail  them, 
very  reluctantly  consented  to  go.  While  listening  to 
the  play  an  actor  by  the  name  of  John  Wilkes  Booth 
entered  the  bo.x  where  the  President  and  family  were 
seated,  and  firtd  a  bullet  into  his  brains.  He  died  the 
next  morning  at  seven  o'clock. 

Never  before,  in  the  history  of  the  world  was  a  nation 
plunged  into  such  deep  grief  by  the  death  of  its  ruler. 
Strong  men  met  in  the  streets  and  wept  in  speechless 
anguish.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  a  nation  was 
in  tears.  His  was  a  life  which  will  fitly  become  a 
model.  His  name  as  the  savior  of  his  country  -will 
live  with  that  of  Washington's,  its  father;  his  c'^'.^ntry- 
men  being  unable   to  decide    whi<  h  is    tl^e  greater. 


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^^teenth  President  of  the  United 
*"  States.  The  early  hfe  of 
Andrew  Johnson  contains  but 
the  record  of  poverty,  destitu- 
tion and  friendlessness.  He 
was  born  December  29,  180S, 
in  Raleigh,  N.  C.  His  parents, 
belonging  to  the  class  of  the 
"poor  whites  "  of  the  South,  were 
in  such  circumstances,  that  they 
could  not  confer  even  the  slight- 
est advantages  of  education  upon 
their  child.  When  Andrew  was  five 
years  of  age,  his  father  accidentally 
lost  his  life  while  herorically  endeavoring  to  save  a 
friend  from  drowning.  Until  ten  years  of  age,  Andrew 
was  a  ragged  boy  about  the  streets,  supported  by  the 
labor  of  his  mother,  who  obtained  her  living  with 
her  own  hands. 

He  then,  having  never  attended  a  school  one  day, 
and  being  unable  either  to  read  or  write,  was  ap- 
prenticed to  a  tailor  in  his  native  town.  A  gentleman 
was  in  the  habit  of  going  to  the  tailor's  shop  occasion- 
ally, and  reading  to  the  boys  at  work  there.  He  often 
read  fioni  the  speeches  of  distinguished  British  states- 
men. .'\ndrew,  who  was  endowed  with  a  mind  of  more 
than  ordinary  native  ability,  became  much  interested 
in  these  speeches ;  his  ambition  was  roused,  and  he 
was  inspired  with  a  strong  desire  to  learn  to  read. 

He  accordingly  applied  himself  to  the  alphabet,  and 
with  the  assistance  of  some  of  his  fellow-workmen, 
kirned  his  letters.  He  then  called  upon  the  gentle- 
man to  borrow  the  book  of  speeches.      The  owner, 


pleased  with  his  zeal,  not  only  gave  him  the  book, 
but  assisted  him  in  learning  to  combine  the  letters 
into  words.  Under  such  difficulties  he  pressed  oi. 
ward  laboriously,  spending  usually  ten  or  twelve  hours 
at  work  in  the  shop,  and  then  robbing  himself  of  rest 
and  recreation  to  devote  such  time  as  he  could  to 
reading. 

He  went  to  Tennessee  in  1826,  and  located  at 
Greenville,  where  he  married  a  young  lady  who  pos 
sessed  some  education.  Under  her  instructions  he 
learned  to  write  and  cipher.  He  became  prominent 
in  the  village  debating  society,  and  a  favorite  with 
the  students  of  Greenville  College.  In  1828,  he  or- 
ganized a  working  man's  party,  which  elected  him 
alderman,  and  in  1830  elected  him  mayor,  which 
position  he  held  three  years. 

He  now  began  to  take  a  lively  interest  in  political 
affairs;  identifying  himself  with  the  working-classes, 
to  which  he  belonged.  In  1835,  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Tennes- 
see. He  was  then  just  twenty-seven  years  of  age. 
He  became  a  very  active  member  of  the  legislature, 
gave  his  adhesion  to  the  Democratic  party,  and  in 
1840  "stumped  the  State,"  advocating  Martin  Van 
Buren's  claims  to  the  Presidency,  in  opposition  to  thos^ 
of  Gen.  Harrison.  In  this  cami)aign  he  acquired  much 
readiness  as  a  speaker,  and  extended  and  increased 
his  reputation. 

In  1841,  he  was  elected  State  Senator;  in  1843,  he 
was  elected  a  member  of  Congress,  and  by  successive 
elections,  held  that  important  post  for  ten  years.  In 
1853,  he  was  elected  Governor  of  Tennessee,  and 
was  re-elected  in  1855.  In  all  these  res])onsible  jxisi- 
tions,  he  discharged  his  duties  with  distinguished  abi. 


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ity,  and  proved  himself  the  warm  friend  of  the  work- 
ing classes.  In  1857,  Mr.  Johnson  was  elected 
United  .States  Senator. 

Years  before,  in  1845,  he  had  warmly  advocated 
the  anne.xation  of  Texas,  stating  however,  as  his 
reason,  that  he  thought  this  annexation  would  prob- 
ably prove  "  to  be  the  gateway  out  of  which  the  sable 
sons  of  Africa  are  to  pass  from  bondage  to  freedom, 
and  become  merged  in  a  population  congenial  to 
themselves."  In  1850,  he  also  supported  the  com- 
promise measures,  the  two  essential  features  of  which 
were,  that  the  white  people  of  the  Territories  should 
be  permitted  to  decide  for  themselves  whether  they 
would  enslave  the  colored  people  or  not,  and  that 
the  "'ree  States  of  the  North  should  return  to  the 
South  persons  who  attempted  to  escape  from  slavery. 

Mr.  Johnson  was  never  ashamed  of  his  lowly  origin: 
on  the  contrary,  he  often  took  pride  in  avowing  that 
he  owed  his  distinction  to  his  own  exertions.  "Sir,'" 
said  he  on  the  floor  of  the  Senate,  "  I  do  not  forget 
that  I  am  a  mechanic;  neither  do  I  forget  that  Adam 
was  a  tailor  and  sewed  fig-leaves,  and  that  our  Sav- 
ior was  the  son  of  a  carpenter." 

In  the  Charleston- B.altimore  convention  of  iScj,  ne 
ivas  the  choice  of  the  Tennessee  Democrats  for  the 
Presidency.  In  186 1,  when  the  purpose  of  the  Soutl;- 
2rn  Democracy  became  apparent,  he  took  a  decided 
■itand  in  favor  of  the  Union,  and  held  that  "  slavery 
must  be  held  subordinate  to  the  Union  at  whatever 
cost."  He  returned  to  Tennessee,  and  repeatedly 
imperiled  his  own  life  to  protect  the  Unionists  of 
Tennesee.  Tennessee  having  seceded  from  the 
Union,  President  Lincoln,  on  March  4th,  1862,  ap- 
pointed him  Military  Governor  of  the  State,  and  he 
established  the  most  stringent  military  rule.  His 
numerous  proclamations  attracted  wide  attention.    In 

1864,  he  was  elected  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States,  and  upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Lincoln,  April   15, 

1865,  became  President.  In  a  speech  two  days  later 
he  said,  "  The  American  people  must  be  taught,  if 
?hey  do  not  already  feel,  that  treason  is  a  crime  and 
must  be  punished;  that  the  Government  will  not 
always  bear  with  its  enemies;  that  it  is  strong  not 
only  to  protect,  but  to  punish.  *  *  The  people 
must  understand  that  it  (treason)  is  the  blackest  of 
crimes,  and  will  surely  be  punished."  Yet  his  whole 
administration,  the  history  of  which  is  so  well  known, 
was  in  utter  inx'.onsistency  with,  and  the  most  violent 


opposition  to.  the  principles  laid  down  in  that  speech. 

In  his  loose  policy  of  reconstruction  and  general 
amnesty,  he  was  opposed  by  Congress;  and  he  char- 
acterized Congress  as  a  new  rebellion,  and  lawlessly 
defied  it,  in  everything  possible,  to  the  utmost.  In 
the  beginnirig  of  1868,  on  account  of  "high  crimes 
and  misdemeanors,"  the  principal  of  which  was  the 
removal  of  Secretary  Stanton,  in  violation  of  tlie  Ten- 
ure of  Office  Act,  articles  of  impeachment  were  pre- 
ferred against  him,  and  the    trial   began    March   23. 

It  was  very  tedious,  continuing  for  nearly  three 
months.  A  test  article  of  the  impeachment  was  at 
length  submitted  to  the  court  for  its  action.  It  was 
certain  that  as  the  court  voted  upon  that  article  so 
would  it  vote  upon  all.  Thirty-four  voices  pronounced 
the  President  guilty.  As  a  two-thirds  vote  was  neces- 
sary to  his  condemnation,  he  was  pronounced  ac- 
quitted, notwithstanding  the  great  majority  against 
him.  The  change  of  one  vote  from  the  not  guilty 
side  would  have  sustained  the  impeachment. 

The  President,  for  the  remainder  of  his  term,  was 
but  little  regarded.  He  continued,  though  imiwtent';  , 
his  conflict  with  Congress.  His  own  party  did  not 
think  it  expedient  to  renominate  him  for  the  Presi- 
dency. The  Nation  rallied,  with  enthusiasm  unpar- 
alleled since  the  days  of  Washington,  around  the  name 
of  Gen.  Grant.  Andrew  Johnson  was  forgotten. 
The  bullet  of  the  assassin  introduced  him  to  the 
President's  chair.  Notwithstanding  this,  never  was 
there  presented  to  a  man  a  better  opportunity  to  im- 
mortaUze  his  name,  and  to  win  the  gratitude  of  a 
nation.  He  failed  utterly.  He  retired  to  his  home 
in  Greenville,  Tenn.,  taking  no  very  active  part  in 
politics  until  1875.  On  Jan,  26,  after  an  exciting 
struggle,  he  was  chosen  by  the  Legislature  of  Ten- 
nessee, United  States  Senator  in  the  forty-fourth  Con- 
gress, and  took  his  seat  in  that  body,  at  the  special 
session  convened  by  President  Grant,  on  the  5th  of 
March.  On  the  27th  of  July,  1875,  the  ex-President 
made  a  visit  to  his  daughter's  home,  near  Carter 
Station,  Tenn.  When  he  started  on  his  journey,  he  was 
apparently  in  his  usual  vigorous  health,  but  on  reach- 
ing the  residence  of  his  child  the  following  day,  was 
stricken  with  paralysis,  rendering  him  unconscious. 
He  rallied  occasionally,  but  finally  passed  away  at 
2  ,.\.  M.,  July  31,  aged  si.xty-seven  years.  His  fun- 
eral WIS  attended  at  Geenville,  on  the  3d  of  August, 
with  every  demonstration  of  respect. 


THE 

PUBLIC  U8RARY 


EIGH  TF.ENTH  PRESIDENT. 


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LYSSES     S.    GRANT,    the 
eighteenth    President   of  the 
United  States,  was   born   on 
the   29th    of  April,    1822,    of 
Christian  parents,  in  a  humble 
'  home,  at  Point  Pleasant,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Ohio.  Shortly  after 
his   father   moved   to    George- 
town, Brown  Co.,  O.  In  this  re- 
mote frontier   hamlet,    Ulysses 
received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation.     At  the  age   of  seven- 
teen, in  the  year  1839,  he    entered 
the    Military    Academy    at    West 
Point.     Here  he  was  regarded  as  a 
.50iid,  sensilile  young  man    of   fair  abilities,    and    of 
sturdy,  honest  character.     He  took   respectable  rank 
as  a  scholar.     In  June,  1843,  he  graduated,  about  the 
middle  in  his  class,  and  was  sent  as  lieutenant  of  in- 
fantry to  one  of  the  distant  military  [wsts  in  the  Mis- 
souri Territory.     Two  years  he  ))ast   in  these  dreary 
sohtudes,  watching  the  vagabond    and   exasperating 
Indians. 

The  war  with  Me.xico  came.  Lieut.  Grant  was 
sent  with  his  regiment  to  Corpus  Christi.  His  first 
battle  was  at  Palo  Alto.  There  was  no  chance  here 
for  the  exhibition  of  either  skill  or  heroism,  nor  at 
Resacade  la  Palma,  his  second  battle.  At  the  battle 
of  Monterey,  his  third  engagement,  it  is  said  that 
.le  performed  a  signal  service  of  daring  and  skillful 
horsemanship.  His  brigade  had  exhausted  its  am- 
munition. A  messenger  must  be  sent  for  more,  alon" 
•a  route  exposed  to  the  bullets  of  the  foe.  Lieut. 
Grant,  adopting  an  expedient  learned  of  the  Indians, 
grasped  the  mane  of  his  horse,  and  hanging  upon  one 
side  of  the  anirv^;il,  ran  the   gauntlet  in  entire  safety. 


From  Monterey  he  was  sent, with  the  fourth  infantry, 
10  aid  Gen.  Scott,  at  the  siege  of  Vera  Cruz.  In 
preparation  for  the  march  to  the  city  of  Mexico,  he 
was  appointed  quartermaster  of  his  regiment.  At  the 
battle  of  Molino  del  Rey,  he  was  promoted  to  a 
first  lieutenancy,  and  was  brevetted  captain  at  Cha- 
pultepec. 

At  the  close  of  the  Mexican  War,  Capt.  Grant  re- 
turned with  his  regiment  to  New  York,  and  was  again 
sent  to  one  of  the  military  posts  on  the  frontier.  The 
discovery  of  gold  in  California  causing  an  immense 
tide  of  emigration  to  flow  to  the  Pacific  shores,  Capt. 
Grant  was  sent  with  a  battalion  to  Fort  Dallas,  in 
Oregon,  for  the  protection  of  the  interests  of  the  im- 
migrants. Life  was  wearisome  in  those  wilds.  Capt. 
Grant  resigned  his  commission  and  returned  to  the 
States;  and  having  married,  entered  upon  the  cultiva- 
tion of  a  small  farm  near  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  had  but 
httle  skill  as  a  farmer.  Finding  his  toil  not  re- 
munerative, he  turned  to  mercantile  life,  entering  into 
the  leather  business,  with  a  younger  brotlier,  at  Ga- 
lena, 111.  This  was  in  the  year  i860.  As  the  tidings 
of  the  rebels  firing  on  Fort  Sumpter  reached  the  ears 
of  Capt.  Grant  in  his  counting-room,  he  said, — 
•'Uncle  Sam  has  educated  me  for  the  army;  though 
I  have  served  him  through  one  war,  I  do  not  feel  that 
I  have  yet  repaid  the  debt.  I  am  still  ready  to  discharge 
my  obligations.  I  shall  Iherefore  buckle  on  my  sword 
and  see  Uncle  Sam  through  this  war  too." 

He  went  into  the  streets,  raised  a  company  of  vol- 
unteers, and  led  them  as  their  captain  to  Springfield, 
the  capital  of  the  Slate,  where  their  services  were 
offered  to  Gov.  Yates.  The  Governor,  impressed  by 
the  zeal  and  straightforward  executive  ability  of  Capt. 
Grant,  gave  him  a  desk  in  his  oflfice,  to  assist  in  the 
volunteer  organization  that  was  being  formed  in  the 
State  in  behalf  of  the  Government.      On  the  15th  of 


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June,  1 86 1,  Capt.  Grant  received  a  commission  as 
Colonel  of  the  Twenty-first  Regiment  of  Illinois  Vol- 
unteers. His  merits  as  a  West  Point  graduate,  who 
had  served  for  15  years  in  the  regular  army,  were  such 
that  he  was  soon  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Brigadier- 
General  and  was  placed  in  command  at  Cairo.  The 
rebels  raised  their  banner  at  Paducah,  near  the  mouth 
of  the  Tennessee  River.  Scarcely  had  its  folds  ap- 
peared in  the  breeze  ere  Gen.  Grant  was  there.  The 
rebels  fled.  Their  banner  fell,  and  the  star  and 
stripes  were  unfurled  in  its  stead. 

He  entered  the  service  with  great  determination 
and  immediately  began  active  duty.  This  was  the  be- 
ginning, and  until  the  surrender  of  Lee  at  Richmond 
he  was  ever  pushing  tlie  enemy  with  great  vigor  and 
effectiveness.  At  Belmont,  a  few  days  later,  he  sur- 
prised and  routed  the  rebels,  then  at  Fort  Henry 
won  another  victory.  Then  came  the  brilliant  fight 
at  Fort  Donelson.  The  nation  was  electrified  by  the 
victory,  and  the  brave  leader  of  the  boys  in  blue  was 
immediately  made  a  M.njor-General,  and  the  militar_\- 
district  of  Tennessee  was  assigned  to  him. 

Like  all  great  captains.  Gen.  Grant  knew  well  how 
to  secure  the  results  of  victory.  He  immediately 
pushed  on  to  the  enemies'  lines.  Then  came  the 
terrible  battles  of  Pittsburg  Landing,  Corinth,  and  the 
siege  of  Vicksburg,  where  Gen.  Pemberton  made  an 
imconditional  surrender  of  the  city  with  over  thirty 
thousand  men  and  one-hundred  and  seventy-two  can- 
non. The  fall  of  Vicksburg  was  by  far  the  most 
severe  blow  which  the  rebels  had  thus  far  encountered, 
and  opened  up  the  Mississippi  from  Cairo  to  the  Gulf. 

Gen.  Grant  was  next  ordered  to  co-operate  with 
Gen.  Banks  in  a  movement  upon  Te.\as,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  New  Orleans,  where  he  was  thrown  from 
his  horse,  and  received  severe  injuries,  from  which  he 
was  laid  up  for  months.  He  then  rushed  tc  the  aid 
of  Gens.  Rosecrans  and  Thomas  at  Chattanooga,  and 
by  a  wonderful  series  of  strategic  and  technical  meas- 
ures put  the  Union  Army  in  fighting  condition.  Then 
followed  the  bloody  battles  at  Chattanooga,  Lookout 
Mountain  and  Missionary  Ridge,  in  which  the  rebels 
were  routed  ^vith  great  loss.  This  won  for  him  un- 
bounded praise  in  the  North.  On  the  4th  of  Febru- 
ary, 1864,  Congress  revived  the  grade  of  lieutenant- 
general,  and  the  rank  was  conferred  on  Gen.  Grant. 
He  repaired  to  Washington  to  receive  his  credentials 
and  enter  upon  '.'ip  duties  of  his  new  office. 


Gen.  Grant  decided  as  soon  as  he  took  charge  of 
ihe  army  to  concentrate  the  widelv-dispersed  National 
troops  for  an  attack  upon  Richmond,  the  nominal 
capital  of  the  Rebellion,  and  endeavor  there  to  de- 
stroy the  rebel  armies  which  would  be  promptly  as- 
sembled from  all  quarters  for  its  defence.  The  whole 
continent  seemed  to  tremble  under  the  tramp  of  these 
majestic  armies,  rushing  to  the  decisive  battle  field. 
Steamers  were  crowded  with  troops.  Railway  trains 
were  burdened  with  closely  packed  thousands.  His 
lilans  were  comprehensive  and  involved  a  series  of 
c.impaigns,  which  were  e.xecuted  with  remarkable  en- 
ergy and  ability,  and  were  consummated  at  the  sur- 
render of  Lee,  April  9,   1865. 

The  war  was  ended.  The  Union  was  saved.  The 
almost  unanimous  voice  of  tlie  Nation  declared  Gen. 
Grant  to  be  the  most  prominent  instrument  in  its  sal- 
vation. The  eminent  services  he  had  thus  rendered 
the  country  brought  him  conspicuously  forward  as  the 
Republican  candidate  for  the  Presidential  chair. 

At  the  Republican  Convention  held  at  Chicago. 
May  2  1,  1868,  he  was  unanimously  nominated  for  the 
Presidency,  and  at  the  autumn  election  received  a 
majority  of  the  jiopular  vote,  and  214  out  of  294 
electoral  votes. 

The  National  Convention  of  the  Republican  party 
whichmet  at  Philadel[ihia  on  the5th  of  June,  1872, 
placed  Gen.  Grant  in  nomination  for  a  second  term 
by  a  unanimous  vote.  The  selection  was  emphati- 
cally indorsed  by  the  people  five  months  later,  292 
electoral  votes  being    cast    for  him. 

Soon  after  the  close  of  his  second  term.  Gen.  Grant 
started  upon  his  famous  trip  around  the  world.  He 
visited  almost  every  country  of  the  civilized  world, 
and  was  everywhere  received  with  such  ovations 
and  demonstrations  of  respect  and  honor,  private 
as  well  as  public  and  official,  as  were  never  before 
bestowed  upon  any  citizen  of  the  United  States. 

He  was  the  most  prominent  candidate  before  the 
Republican  National  Conventior;  in  1880  for  a  re- 
nomination  for  President.  He  went  to  New  York  and 
embarked  in  the  brokerage  business  under  the  firm 
nameof  Grant  &  Ward.  The  latter  proved  a  villain, 
wrecked  Grant's  fortune,  and  for  larceny  was  sent  to 
the  penitentiary.  The  General  was  attacked  with 
cancer  in  the  throat,  but  suffered  in*  his  stoic-like 
manner,  never  complaining.  He  was  re-instated  as 
General  of  the  Army  and  retired  by  Congress.  Tlie 
cancer  soon  finished  its  deadly  work,  and  July  23, 
1885,  the  nation  went  in  mourning  over  the  death  of 
the  illustrious  General. 


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UTHERKORl)  B.    HAYES, 

'"I  the  nineteenth  President  of 
■^  ■'  the  United  States,  was  born  in 
Delaware,  O.,  Oct.  4,  1822,  al- 
most three  months  after  the 
death  of  his  father,  Rutherford 
Hayes.  His  ancestry  on  both 
the  paternal  and  maternal  sides, 
was  of  the  most  honorable  char- 
acter. It  can  be  traced,  it  is  said, 
as  far  back  as  1280,  when  Hayes  and 
Rutherford  were  two  Scottish  chief- 
tains, fighting  side  by  side  with 
Baliol,  William  Wallace  and  Robert 
Bruce.  Both  families  belonged  to  the 
nobility,  owned  extensive  estates, 
and  had  a  large  following.  Misfor- 
tune ov-;-i  caking  the  family,  George  Hayes  left  Scot- 
land in  i6;io,  and  settled  in  Windsor,  Conn.  His  son 
George  wai  born  in  Windsor,  and  remained  there 
during  his  lii'e.  Daniel  Hayes,  son  of  the  latter,  mar- 
ried Sarah  L;e,  and  lived  from  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage until  his  death  in  Simsbury,  Conn.  Ezekiel, 
son  of  Daniel,  was  born  in  1724,  and  was  a  manufac- 
turer of  scythe-j  at  Bradford,  Conn.  Rutherford  Hayes, 
son  of  Ezekiel  aud  grandfather  of  President  Hayes,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  in  August,  1756.  He  was  a  farmer, 
blacksmith  and  tavern-keeper.  He  emigrated  to 
Vermont  at  an  unknown  date,  settling  in  Brattleboro, 
where  he  established  a  hotel.  Here  his  son  Ruth- 
erford  Hayes    the  father   of  President  Hayes,  was 


born.  He  was  married,  in  September,  18 13,  to  Sophia 
Birchard,  of  Wilmington,  Vt.,  whose  ancestors  emi- 
grated thither  from  Connecticut,  they  having  beeti 
among  the  wealthiest  and  best  famlies  of  Norwich. 
Her  ancestry  on  the  male  side  are  traced  back  ic 
1635,  to  John  Birchard,  one  of  the  principal  founders 
of  Norwich.  Both  of  her  grandfathers  were  soldiers 
in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

The  father  of  President  Hayes  was  an  industrious 
frugal  and  opened-hearted  man.  He  was  of  a  me 
chanical  turn,  and  could  mend  a  plow,  knit  a  stock- 
ing, or  do  almost  anything  else  that  he  choose  to 
undertake.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Church,  active 
in  all  the  benevolent  enterprises  of  the  town,  and  con- 
ducted his  business  on  Christian  principles.  After 
the  close  of  the  war  of  18 1 2,  for  reasons  inexplicable 
to  his  neighbors,  he  resolved  to  emigrate  to   Ohio. 

The  journey  from  Vermont  to  Ohio  in  that  day 
when  there  were  no  canals,  steamers,  nor  railways. 
was  a  very  serious  affair.  A  tour  of  inspection  was 
first  made,  occupying  four  months.  Mr.  Hayts  deter 
mined  to  move  to  Delaware,  where  the  family  arrived 
in  1817.  He  died  July  22,  1822,  a  victim  of  malarial 
fever,  less  than  three  nronths  before  the  birth  of  th; 
son, of  whom  we  now  write.  Mrs.  Hayes,  in  her  sore  be- 
reavement, found  the  support  she  so  much  needed  in 
her  brother  Sard  is,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the 
household  from  the  day  of  its  departure  from  Ver- 
mont, and  in  an  orphan  girl  whom  she  had  adopted 
some  time  before  as  an  act  of  charity. 

Mrs.  Hayes  at  this  period  wns  very  weak,  and  the 


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subject  of  this  sketch  was  so  feeble  at  birth  that  he 
was  not  expected  ta  live  beyond  a  month  or  two  at 
most.  As  the  months  went  by  he  grew  weaker  and 
weaker,  so  that  the  neighbors  were  in  the  habit  of  in- 
quiring from  time  to  time  ''  if  Mrs.  Hayes'  baby  died 
;ast  night.  '  On  one  occasion  a  neighbor,  who  was  on 
f.imiliar  terras  with  the  family,  after  alluding  to  the 
bi)y's  big  head,  and  the  mother's  assiduous  care  of 
•lim,  said  in  a  bantering  way,  "  That's  right!  Stick  to 
iiim.  You  have  got  iiim  along  so  far,  and  1  shouliln't 
wonder  if  he  wo;ild  really  come  to  something  yet." 

"  You  reed  not  laugh,"  said  Mrs.  Hayes.  "  You 
■vait  and  see.  You  can't  tell  but  I  shall  make  him 
Preiident  of  the  United  .States  yet."  The  boy  lived, 
in  spite  of  the  universal  predictions  of  his  speedy 
death;  and  when,  in  1825,  his  older  brother  was 
drowned,  he  became,  if  possible,  still  dearer  to  his 
mother. 

The  boy  was  seven  years  old  before  he  wjnt  to 
school.  His  education,  however,  was  not  neglected. 
He  probably  learned  as  much  from  his  mother  and 
s  ister  as  lie  would  have  done  at  school.  His  sjiorts 
were  almost  wholly  within  doors,  his  playmates  being 
liis  sister  and  her  associates.  These  circumstances 
tended,  no  doulit,  to  foster  that  gentleness  of  dispo- 
sition, and  that  delicate  consideration  for  the  feelings 
of  others,  which  are  marked  traits  of  his   character. 

His  uncle  Sardis  Birchard  took  the  deei)est  interest 
in  his  education ;  and  as  the  boy's  healtli  had  im- 
proved, and  he  was  making  good  progress  in  his 
studies,  he  proposed  to  send  him  to  college.  His  pre- 
paration commenced  with  a  tutor  at  home;  bit  he 
was  afterwards  sent  for  one  year  to  a  professor  in  the 
\Vesleyan  University,  in  Middletown,  Conn.  He  en- 
tered Kenyon  College  in  1838,3!  the  age  of  sixteen, 
and  was  graduated  at  tlie  head  of  his  class  in   1842. 

Innnediately  after  his  graduation  he  began  the 
study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Thoaias  .Sparrow,  Esq., 
in  Columbus.  Finding  his  opportunities  for  study  in 
Columbus  somewhat  limited,  he  determined  to  enter 
the  Law  School  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years. 

In  1845,  after  graduatmg  at  the  Law  School,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Marietta,  Oliio,  and  shortly 
afterward  went  into  practice  as  an  attorney-at-law 
with  Ralph  P.  Buckland,  of  Fremont.  Here  he  re- 
mained three  years,  acciuiring  Init  a  limited  practice, 
and  apparently  unambitious  of  distinitii)n  in  !iis  pro- 
fession. 

In  1849  he  moved  to  Cincmnati,  where  his  ambi- 
tion found  a  new  stimulus.  For  several  years,  how- 
ever, his  progress  was  slow.  Two  events,  occurring  at 
th.is  period,  had  a  powerful  influence  upon  his  sul)se- 
rnent  life.  One  of  these  was  his  marrage  with  Miss 
lyacy  Ware  Webb,  daughter  of  Dr.  James  Webb,  of 
Chilicothe;  the  othei  was  his  introduction  to  the  Cin- 
cinnati Literary  Club,  a  body  embracing  among  its 
members  such  mei"i  as '"'hief  Justice  Salmon  P.  Cliase, 


Gen.  John  Pope,  Gov.  Edward  F.  Noyes,  and  many 
others  hardly  less  distinguished  in  after  life.  The 
marriage  was  a  fortunate  one  in  every  respect,  as 
everybody  knows.  Not  one  of  all  the  wives  of  our 
Presidents  wi«  more  universally  admired,  reverenced 
and  beloved  than  was  Mrs.  Hayes,  and  no  one  c!J 
more  than  she  to  reflect  honor  upon  American  woman 
hood.  The  Literary  Cluu  brought  Mr.  Hayes  'nte 
constant  association  with  young  men  of  high  char 
acter  and  noble  aims,  and  lured  him  to  display  ^he 
qualities  so  long  hidden  by  his  bashfulne.s  anc 
modesty. 

In  1856  he  was  nominated  to  the  office  of  Judg;  o' 
the  Court  of  Common  Pleas;  but  he  declined  to  sr- 
cept  the  nomination.  Two  years  later,  the  office  o 
city  solicitor  becoming  vacant,  the  City  Co-mic:' 
elected  him  for  the  unexpired  term. 

In  1861,  when  the  Rebellion  broke  out,  he  was  a, 
the  zenith  of  his  professional  life.  His  rank  at  'dn- 
bar  was  among  tlie  the  tirst.  But  the  news  of  the 
attack  on  Fort  Sumpter  found  him  eager  to  take  -lo 
arms  for  the  defense  of  liis  country. 

His  military  record  was  bright  ard  illustrious.  in 
October,  1861,  he  was  made  Lieulenant-Colonel,  and 
in  August,  1862,  promoted  Colonel  of  the  7gth  Ohio 
regiment,  but  he  refused  to  leave  his  old  comrades 
and  go  among  strangers.  Subsequently,  however,  he 
was  made  Colonel  of  his  old  regiment.  At  the  battle 
of  South  Mountain  he  received  a  wound,  and  while 
faint  and  bleeding  displayed  courage  and  fortitude 
that  won  admiration  from  all. 

Col.  Hayes  was  detached  from  his  regiment,  after 
his  recovery,  to  act  as  Brigadier-General,  and  iilaced 
in  command  of  the  celebrated  Kanawha  division, 
and  for  gallant  and  meritorious  seivices  in  the  battles 
of  Winchester,  Fisher's  Hill  and  Cedar  Creek,  he  was 
promoted  Brigadier-General.  He  was  also  brevetted 
Major-General,"forgallant  and  distii^guished  services 
during  the  campaigns  of  1864,  in  West  Virginia."  In 
the  course  of  his  arduous  services,  four  horses  were 
shot  from  under  him,  and  he  was  wounded  four  times 

In  1864,  Gen.  Hayes  was  elected  to  Congress,  from 
the  Second  Ohio  District,  which  had  long  been  Dem- 
ocratic. He  was  not  present  during  the  campaign, 
and  after  his  election  was  iniportuned  to  resign  his 
commission  iu  the  army  ;  iiut  he  finally  declared,  "  1 
shall  never  come  to  Wasliington  until  I  can  come  by 
tlie  way  of  Richmond."  He  was  re-elected  in  1866. 

Ir.  1867,  Gen  Hayes  was  elected  GovernorofOhiO; 
over  Hon.  .Vllen  G.  Thurman,  a  populai  Democrat.' 
In  1869  was  re-elected  over  George  H.  Pendleton. 
He  was  elected  Governor  for  the  third  term  in   1875. 

In  1876  he  was  the  standard  bearer  of  the  Repul)- 
lican  Party  in  the  Presidential  contest,  and  after  a 
hard  long  contest  was  chosen  President;  and  was  v.: 
augurated  Monday,  March  5,  1875.  He  served  his 
full  term,  not,  h,  wever,  with  satisfaction  to  his  party, 
l)ut  his  adniiiixstration  was  an  average  on  ' 


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AMES  A.  ClARi'IELD,  twen- 
tieth President  of  the  United 
Slates,    was    born    Nov.    ig, 
i83[,  i:i  the  woods  of  Orange, 
Cuyahoga  Co.,  O      His    par- 
ents were  Abram  and    Eliza 
/&"'$'\lZ«5  (Ballou)    Garfield,    both   of   New 
England  ancestry  and  from   fami- 
lies well  known  in  the  early  his- 
tory of  that  section  of  our  coun- 
try, but  had  moved  to  the  Western 
Reserve,  in  Ohio,  early  in  its  settle- 
ment. 

The  house  in  which  James  A.  was 
born  was  not  unlike  tiie  houses  of 
poor  Ohio  farmers  of  that  day.  It 
.as  about  20 x 30  feet,  built  of  logs,  with  the  spaces  be- 
,ween  the  logs  filled  witli  clay.  His  father  was  a 
iard  working  farmer,  and  he  soon  had  his  fields 
.:leared,  aa  orchard  planted,  and  a  log  barn  built. 
The  household  comprised  the  father  and  mother  and 
_heir  four  children — Mehetabel,  Thomas,  Mary  and 
ames.  In  May,  1823,  the  father,  from  a  cold  con- 
. /acted  in  helping  to  put  out  a  forest  fire,  died.  At 
diis  time  James  was  about  eighteen  months  old,  and 
Thomas  about  ten  years  old.  No  one,  perhaps,  can 
.ell  how  much  James  was  indebted  to  his  biother's 
(cil  and  self-sacrifice  during  the  twenty  years  suc- 
ceeding his  father's  death,  but  undoubtedly  very 
much.  He  now  lives  in  Michigan,  and  the  two  sis- 
xtrs  live  in  Solon,  O.,  near  their  liirthplace. 

The  early  educational  advantages  young  Garfield 
enjoyed  were  very  limited,  yet  he  made  the  most  of 
them.  He  labored  at  farm  work  for  others,  did  car- 
penter work,  chopped  wood,  or  did  anytliing  that 
would  bring  in  a  few  dollars  to  aid  his  widowed 
mother  in  he'  'Struggles  to  keep  the  little   family  to- 


gether. Nor  was  Gen.  Garfield  ever  ashamed  of  his 
origin,  and  he  never  forgot  the  friends  of  his  strug- 
gling childhood,  youtli  and  manhood,  neither  did  they 
ever  forget  him.  When  in  the  highest  seats  cf  honor 
the  humblest  fiiend  of  his  boyhood  was  as  kindly 
greeted  as  ever.  The  poorest  laborer  was  3ureof  the 
sympathy  of  one  who  had  known  all  the  bitterness 
of  want  and  the  sweetness  of  bread  earned  by  the 
sweat  of  the  brow.  He  was  ever  the  simple  plain, 
modest  gentleman. 

The  highest  ambition  of  young  Garfield  until  hi 
was  about  sixteen  years  old  was  to  be  a  captain  of 
a  vessel  on  Lake  Erie.     He  was  anxious  to  go  aboard 
a  vessel,  which  his  mother  strongly  opposed.     She 
finally  consented  to  his  going  to  Cleveland,  with  th'" 
understanding,  however,  that  he  should  try  to  obtair 
some  other  kind  of  employment.     He  walked  all  the 
way  to  Cleveland.    This  was  his  first  visit  to  the  city 
After  making  many  applications  for  work,  and  trying 
to  get   aboard  a   lake  vessel,  and  not  meeting  witii 
success,  he  engaged  as  a  driver  for  his  cousin,  Amos 
Letcher,  on  the  Ohio  &  Pennsylvania  Canal.     He  re- 
mained at  this  work  but  a  short  time  when  he  wen' 
home,    and  attended   the   seminary   at  Chester   for 
about  three  years,  when  he  entered  Hiram  and  the 
Eclectic  Listitute,  teaching  a  few  terms  of  school  in 
the  meantime,  and  doing  other  work.     This  school 
was  started  by  the  Disciijles  of  Christ  in   1850,  of 
which  church  he  was   then  a  member.     He  became 
janitor  and  bell-ringer  in  order  to  help  pay  his  way. 
He  then  became  both  teacher  and  pupil.     He  soon 
"  exhausted  Hiram  "  and  needed  more  ;  hence,  in  the 
fall  of  1854,  he  entered  Williams  College,  from  which 
he  graduated  in  1856,  taking  one  of  the  highest  hon- 
ors of  his  class.     He  afterwards  returned  to  Hiram 
College  as  its  President.     As  above  stated,  he    early 
united    with   the   Christian   or   Diciples    Church    at 
Hiram,  and  was  ever  after  a  devoted,  zealous  mem- 
ber, often  preaching  in  its  pulpit  and    places  where 
he  happened  to  be.     Dr.  Noah  Porter,  President  of 
Yale  College,  says  of  him  in  reference  to  hisreliaion; 


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"  President  Garfield  was  more  than  a  man  of 
strong  moral  and  religious  convictions.  His  whole 
hiitory,  from  boyhood  to  the  last,  siiows  that  duty  to 
man  and  to  God,  and  devotion  to  Christ  and  life  and 
f.iith  and  spiritual  commission  were  controlling  springs 
of  his  being,  and  to  a  more  than  usual  degree.  In 
ny  judgment  there  is  no  more  interesting  feature  of 
nis  character  than  his  loyal  allegiance  to  tlie  body  of 
Cinistians  in  which  he  was  trained,  and  the  fervent 
sympathy  which  he  ever  showed  in  their  Christian 
communion.  Not  many  of  the  few  'wise  and  mighty 
and  noble  who  are  called'  show  a  similar  loyalty  to 
the  less  stately  and  cultured  Christian  communions 
in  which  they  have  been  reared.  Too  often  it  is  true 
that  as  they  step  upward  in  social  and  political  sig- 
nificance they  step  upward  from  one  degree  to 
another  in  soiue  of  the  many  types  of  fashionable 
Christianity.  President  Garfield  adhered  to  the 
church  of  his  mother,  the  church  in  which  he  was 
trained,  and  in  which  he  served  as  a  pillar  and  an 
evangelist,  and  yet  with  the  largest  and  most  unsec- 
tarian  charity  (or  all  'who  loveour  Lord  in  sincerity.'" 

Mr.  Garfield  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Lucretia  Rudolph,  Nov.  ii,  1S58,  who  proved  herself 
worthy  as  the  wife  of  one  whom  all  the  world  loved  and 
mourned.  To  them  were  born  seven  children,  five  of 
v/lioni  are  still  living,  four  boys  and  one  girl. 

Mr.  Garfield  made  his  first  political  speeches  in  1856, 
in  Hiram  and  the  neighboring  villages,  and  three 
yjars  later  he  began  to  speak  at  county  mass-ineet- 
•-.igs,  and  became  the  favorite  speaker  wherever  he 
was.  During  this  year  he  was  elected  to  the  Ohio 
Senate.  He  also  began  to  study  law  at  Cleveland, 
and  in  186 1  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  The  great 
Rebellion  broke  out  in  the  early  part  of  this  year, 
and  Mr.  Garfield  at  once  resolved  to  fight  as  he  had 
talked,  and  enlisted  to  defend  the  old  flag.  He  re- 
ceived his  commission  as  Lieut.-Colonel  of  the  Forty- 
second  Regiment  of  Ohio  Volunteer  Infantry,  Aug. 
14,  1861.  He  was  immediately  put  into  active  ser- 
vice, and  before  he  had  ever  seen  a  gun  fired  in  action, 
was  placed  in  command  of  four  regiments  of  infantry 
and  eight  companies  of  cavalry,  charged  with  the 
work  of  driving  out  of  his  native  State  the  officer 
'Humphrey  Marshall)  reputed  to  be  the  ablest  of 
those,  not  educated  to  war  whom  Kentucky  liad  given 
to  the  Rebellion.  This  work  was  bravely  and  speed- 
ily accomplislied,  although  against  great  odds.  Pres- 
ident Lincoln,  on  his  success  commissioned  him 
Brigadier-General,  Jan.  10,  1862;  and  as  "he  had 
heeii  tlie  youngest  man  in  the  Ohio  Senate  two  years 
before,  so  now  he  was  the  youngest  General  in  the 
army."  He  was  witli  Gen.  Buell's  army  at  Shiloh, 
iu  iiK  operations  around  Corinth  and  its  march  through 
Alabama.  He  was  then  detailed  as  a  memberof  the 
General  Court-Martial  for  the  trial  of  Gen.  Fitz-John 
Porter.  He  was  then  ordered  to  report  to  Gen.  Rose- 
crans,  and  was  assigned  to  the  "Chief  of  Staff." 

The  military  Wstory  of  Gen.  Garfield  closed  with 


his  brilliant  services  at  Chickamauga,  where  he  wor 

the  stars  of  the  Major-General. 

Without  an  effort  on  liis  part  Gev  Garfield  wav 
elected  to  Congress  iu  the  fall  of  1862  from  the 
Nineteenth  District  of  Ohio.  This  section  of  Ohio 
had  been  represented  in  Congress  for  si.xty  years 
mainly  by  two  men — Elisha  Whittlesey  and  Joshua 
R.  Giddings.  It  was  not  without  a  struggle  that  he 
resigned  his  jilace  in  the  army.  At  the  time  he  en- 
tered Congress  he  was  the  youngest  member  in  thai 
body.  Ther>  he  remained  by  successive  re- 
elections  until  he  was  elected  President  in  1880. 
Of  liis  labors  in  Congress  Senator  Hoar  says  :  "  Since 
the  year  1864  you  cannot  think  of  a  question  which 
has  been  debated  in  Congress,  or  discussed  before  a 
tribunel  of  the  American  people,  in  regard  to  which 
you  will  not  find,  if  you  wish  instruction,  the  argu- 
ment on  one  side  stated,  in  almost  every  instance 
better  than  l.iy  anybody  else,  in  some  speech  made  in 
the  House  of  Representatives  or  on  the  hustings  by 
Mr.  Garfield." 

UiJon  Jan.  14,  1880,  Gen.  Garfield  was  elected  tu 
the  U.  S.  Senate,  and  on  the  eighth  of  June,  of  the 
same  year,  was  nominated  as  the  candidate  of  his 
party  for  President  at  the  great  Chicago  Convention. 
He  was  elected  in  the  following  November,  and  on 
March  4,  1881,  was  inaugurated.  Probably  no  ad- 
ministration ever  opened  its  existence  under  brighter 
auspices  than  that  of  President  Garfield,  and  every 
day  it  grew  in  favo.'  with  the  people,  and  by  the  first 
of  July  he  had  completed  all  the  initiatory  and  pre- 
liminary work  of  his  administration  and  was  prepar- 
ing to  leave  the  city  to  meet  his  friends  at  Williams 
College.  While  on  his  way  and  at  the  depot,  in  cora- 
l)any  with  Secretary  lilaine,  a  man  stepped  behind 
him,  drew  a  revolver,  and  fired  directly  at  his  back. 
I'he  President  tottered  and  fell,  and  as  he  did  so  the 
assassin  fired  a  second  shot,  the  bullet  cutting  the 
left  coat  sleeve  of  his  victim,  but  in.licting  nofurthei 
injury.  It  has  been  very  truthfully  said  that  this  was 
"  the  shot  that  was  heard  round  the  world  "  Never 
before  in  the  history  of  the  Nation  had  anything  oc- 
curred which  so  nearly  froze  the  blood  of  the  peop^; 
for  the  moment,  as  this  awful  deed.  He  was  smit 
ten  on  the  brightest,  gladdest  day  of  all  his  life,  and 
was  at  the  summit  of  his  power  and  hope.  Foreighty 
days,  all  during  the  hot  months  of  July  and  August, 
he  lingered  and  suffered.  He,  however,  remained 
master  of  himself  till  the  last,  and  by  his  magnificent 
bearing  was  teaching  the  country  and  the  world  the 
noblest  of  human  lessons — how  to  live  grandly  in  the 
very  clutch  of  death.  Great  in  life,  he  was  surpass- 
ingly great  in  death.  He  passed  serenely  away  Sept. 
19,  1883,  at  Elberon,  N.  J  ,  on  the  very  bank  of  the 
ocean,  where  he  had  been  taken  shortly  previous.  The 
world  wept  at  his  death,  as  it  never  had  done  on  the 
death  of  any  other  man  who  had  ever  lived  \ipon  it. 
The  murderer  was  duly  tried,  found  guilty  and  exe- 
cuted, in  one  year  after  he  committed  the  fou;  deed. 


TWENTY. FIRST  PRESIDENT. 


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HESTER      A.      ARTHUR, 

p  twenty-first    Presi^'.^in   uf  the 

"■"'United    States     was    born    in 

Franklin  Cour  ty,  Vermont,  on 

thefifthofOc'ober,  1S30,  and  is 

the  oldest   of  a    family    of  two 

sons  and    five    daughters.     His 

father  was  thi  Rev.  Dr.  William 

Arthur,  a  Baptistd  ,rgyman,  who 

emigrated  to   tb'.s  country  fro-n 

the  county  Antrim,   Ireland,   in 

Vfi     his  18th  year,  and  died  in  1S75,  in 

Newtonville,   neai    Albany,   after  a 

long  and  successful  ministry. 

Young  Arthur  was  educated  at 
Union  College,  S(  henectady,  where 
he  excelled  in  all  his  studies.  Af- 
ter his  graduation  he  taught  schoo! 
in  Vermont  for  two  years,  and  at 
the  expiration  cf  that  time  came  to 
New  York,  with  ,^500  in  his  jjocket, 
and  eiitered  the  office  of  ex-Judge 
E.  D,  Culver  as  student.  After 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  his  intimate  friend  and  room-mate, 
Henry  D.  Gardiner,  with  the  intention  of  practicing 
in  the  West,  and  for  three  months  they  roamed  about 
in  the  Western  States  in  search  of  an  eligible  site, 
but  in  the  end  returned  to  New  York,  where  they 
hung  out  their  shingle,  and  entered  upon  a  success- 
ful career  almost  from  the  start.  General  Arthur 
soon  afterward  nwrppd  the  daughter  of  Lieutenant 


Herndon,  of  the  United  States  Navy,  who  was  lost  at 
sea.  Congress  voted  a  gold  medal  to  his  widow  ir, 
recognition  of  the  bravery  he  displayed  on  that  occa- 
sion. Mrs.  Arthur  died  shortly  before  Mr.  Arthurs 
nommation  to  the  Vice  Presidency,  leaving  two 
children. 

Gen.  Arthur  obtained  considerable  legal  celebrity 
in  his  first  great  case,  the  famous  Lemmon  suit, 
brought  to  recover  possession  of  eight  slaves  who  had 
been  declared  free  by  Judge  Paine,  of  the  Superior 
Court  of  New  York  City.  It  was  in  1852  that  Jon. 
athan  Lemmon,  of  Virginia,  went  to  New  York  with 
his  slaves,  intending  to  ship  them  to  Texas,  when 
they  were  discovered  and  freed.  The  Judge  decided 
that  they  could  not  be  held  by  the  owner  under  the 
Fugitive  Slave  Law.  A  howl  of  rage  went  up  from 
the  South,  and  the  Virginia  Legislature  authorized  the 
Attorney  General  of  that  State  to  assist  in  an  appeal. 
Wm.  M.  Evarts  and  Chester  A.  Arthur  were  employed 
to  represent  the  People,  and  they  won  their  case, 
which  then  went  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States.  Cliatles  O'Conor  here  espoused  the  cause 
of  the  slave-holders,  but  he  too  was  beaten  by  Messrs 
Evarts  and  Arthur,  and  a  long  step  was  taken  toward 
the  emancipation  of  the  black  race. 

Another  great  service  was  rendeied  by  General 
.\rthur  in  the  same  cause  in  1856.  Lizzie  Jennings, 
a  respectable  colored  woman,  was  put  off  a  Fourth 
Avenue  car  with  violence  after  she  had  paid  her  fare. 
General  Arthur  sued  on  her  behalf,  and  secured  a 
verdict  of  $500  damages.  The  next  day  the  compa- 
ny issued  an  order  to  admit  colored  persons  to  ride 
on  their  cars,  and   the  other  car  companies  quickly 


CHESTER  A.  ARTHUR. 


followed  their  example.  Before  that  the  Sixth  Ave- 
nue Company  ran  a  few  special  cars  for  colored  per- 
sons and  the  other  lines  refused  to  let  them  ride  at  all. 

General  Arthur  was  a  delegate  to  the  Convention 
at  Saratoga  that  founded  the  Republican  party. 
Previous  to  the  war  he  was  Judge-Advocate  of  the 
Second  Brigade  of  the  State  of  New  York,  and  Gov- 
ernor Morgan,  of  that  State,  appointed  hnn  Engineer- 
in-Chief  of  his  staff.  In  1861,  he  was  made  Inspec- 
tor General,  and  soon  afterward  became  Quartermas- 
ter-General. In  each  of  these  ofifices  he  rendered 
great  service  to  the  Government  during  the  war.  At 
the  end  of  Governor  Morgan's  term  he  resumed  the 
practice  of  the  law,  forming  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Ransom,  and  then  Mr.  Phelps,  the  District  Attorney 
of  New  Yoik,  was  added  to  the  firm.  The  legal  prac- 
tice of  this  well-known  firm  was  very  large  and  lucra- 
tive, each  of  the  gentlemen  composing  it  were  able 
lawyers,  and  possessed  a  splendid  local  reputation,  if 
not  indeed  one  of  national  extent. 

He  always  took  a  leading  part  in  State  and  city 
politics.  He  was  appointed  Collector  of  the  Port  of 
New  York  by  President  Grant,  Nov.  21  1872,  to  suc- 
ceed Thomas  Murphy,  and  held  the  office  until  July, 
?o,  1878,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Collector  Merritt. 

Mr.  Arthi'.r  was  nominated  on  the  Presidential 
ticket,  with  Gen.  James  A.  Garfield,  at  the  famous 
National  Republican  Convention  held  at  Chicago  in 
June,  1880.  This  was  perhaps  the  greatest  political 
convention  that  ever  assembled  on  the  continent.  It 
was  composed  of  the  'wading  politicians  of  the  Re- 
publican party,  all  able  men,  and  each  stood  firm  and 
fought  vigorously  and  with  signal  tenacity  for  their 
respective  candidates  that  were  before  the  conven- 
tion for  the  nomination.  Finally  Gen.  (iarfield  re- 
ceived the  nomination  for  President  and  Gen.  Arthur 
for  Vice-Presider;t.  The  campaign  which  followed 
was  one  of  the  most  animated  known  in  the  history  of 
our  country,  (ien.  Hancock,  the  standard-bearer  of 
the  Democratic  party,  was  a  popular  man,  and  his 
party  made  a  valiant  fight  for  his  election. 

Finally  the  election  came  and  the  country's  choice 
.vas  Garfield  and  Arthur.  They  were  inaugurated 
March  4,  i88r,  as  President  and  Vice-President. 
.''i  few  months  only  had  passed  ere  the  newly  chosen 
President  was  the  victim  of  the  assassin's  bullet.  Then 
came  terrible  weeks  of  suffering, — those  moments  of 
anxious  suspense,  when  the  hearts  of  all  civilized  na- 


tions were  throbbing  in  unison,  longing  for  the  re- 
covery of  the  noble,  the  good  President.  The  remark- 
able [jalience  that  he  manifested  during  those  hours 
and  weeks,  and  even  months,  of  the  most  terrible  suf- 
fering man  has  often  been  called  upon  to  endure,  was 
seemingly  more  than  human.  It  was  certainly  God- 
like. During  all  this  period  of  deepest  anxiety  Mr. 
Arthur's  every  move  was  watched,  and  be  it  said  to  his 
credit  that  his  every  action  displayed  only  an  earnest 
desire  that  the  suffering  Garfield  might  recover,  to 
serve  the  remainder  of  the  term  he  had  so  auspi- 
ciously begun.  Not  a  selfish  feeling  was  manifested 
in  deed  or  look  of  this  man,  even  though  the  most 
honored  ix)sition  in  the  world  was  at  any  moment 
likely  to  fiill  to  him. 

At  last  God  in  his  mercy  relieved  President  Gar- 
field from  further  suffering,  and  the  world,  as    never 
before  in    its    history  over  the  deatli  of    any  other 
man,  wept  at  his  bier.     Then  it  became   the  duty  of 
the  Vice  President  to  :,ssume  the  responsibilities  of 
the  high  office,  and  he  took  the  oath  in    New  York. 
Sept.  20,  i88r.     The  position  was  an    embarrassing 
one  to  him,  made  doubly  so  from  the  facts  that  all 
eyes  were  on  him,  anxious  to  know  what  he  would  do, 
what  policy  he  would  pursue,  and  who  he  would  se- 
lect as  advisers.    The  duties  of  the  oflSce  had  been 
greatly  neglected  during  the  President's  long  illness, 
and  many  important  measures  were  to  be  immediately 
decided  by  him ;  and  still  farther  to  embarrass  him  he 
did  not  fail  to  realize  under  what  circumstances  he 
became  President,  and  knew  the  feelings  of  many  on 
this  point.  Under  these  trying  circumstances  President 
Arthur  took  the  reins  of  the  Government  in  his  own 
hands ;  and,  as  embarrassing  as  were  the  condition  of 
affairs,  he  happily   surprised  the   nation,  acting  so 
wisely   that   but   few   criticised    his   administration. 
He  served    the  nation  well  and  fa'thfully,  until  the 
close  of  his  administration,  March  4,  1885.,  and  was 
a  popular  candidate  before  his   party  for  a  second 
term.     His  name  was  ably  presented  before  the  con  ■ 
vention    at    Chicago,  and   was  received  with  great 
favor,  and  doubtless  but  for  the  personal  popularity 
of  one  of  the  opposing  candidates,   he  would  have 
been   selected   as  the   standard-bearer  of  his   party 
for  another  campaign.     He  retired  to  private  life  car- 
r)'ing  with  him  the  best  wishes  of  the  American  peo- 
ple, whom  he  had  served  in  a  manner  satisfactory 
to  then  and  witli  i;r-"dir  t-  himself. 


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TWENTY-SECOND  PRESIDENT. 


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TEPHEN  GROVER  CLEVE- 
LAND, the  twenty- second  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States,  was 
born  in  1837,  in  the  obscure 
town  of  Caldwell,  Essex  Co., 
N.  J.,  and  in  a  little  two-and-a- 
half-story  white  house  which  is  still 
standing,  characteristically  to  mark 
the  humble  birth-place  of  one  of 
America's  great  men  in  striking  con- 
trast with  the  Old  World,  where  all 
men  high  in  office  mast  be  high  in 
origin  and  born  in  the  cradle  of 
wealth.  When  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  three  years  of  age,  his 
father,  who  was  a  Presbyterian  min- 
ister, with  a  large  family  and  a  small  salary,  moved, 
by  way  of  the  Hudson  River  and  Erie  Canal,  to 
FayetteviUe,  in  search  of  an  incveased  income  and  a 
larger  field  of  work.  FayetteviUe  was  then  the  most 
straggling  of  country  villages,  about  five  miles  from 
Ponipey  Hill,  where  Governor  Seymour  was  born. 

At  the  last  mentioned  place  young  Grover  com- 
menced going  to  school  in  the  "good,  old-fashioned 
way,"  and  presumably  distinguished  himself  after  the 
manner  of  all  village  boys,  in  doing  the  things  he 
ought  not  to  do.  Such  is  the  distinguishing  trait  of 
all  geniuses  and  independent  thinkers.  When  he 
arrived  at  the  age  of  14  years,  he  had  outgrown  the 
capacity  of  the  village  school  and  expressed  a  most 


emphatic  desire  to  be  sent  to  an  academy.  To  this 
his  father  decidedly  objected.  Academies  in  those 
days  cost  money;  besides,  his  father  wanted  him  to 
become  self-supporting  by  the  quickest  possible 
means,  and  this  at  that  time  in  FayetteviUe  seemed 
to  be  a  position  in  a  country  store,  where  his  fathe" 
and  the  large  family  on  his  hands  had  considerable 
infl.ienc.;.  Grover  was  to  be  paid  $50  for  his  services 
t'le  first  year,  and  if  he  proved  trustworthy  he  was  to 
receive  $100  the  second  year.  Here  the  lad  com- 
menced his  career  as  salesman,  and  in  two  years  he 
hid  earned  so  good  a  reputation  for  trustworthiness 
that  his  employers  desired  to  retain  him  for  an  in- 
difinite  length  of  time.  Otherwise  he  did  not  ex- 
hibit as  yet  any  particular  "flashes  of  genius"  or 
eccentricities  of  talent.  He  was  simply  a  good  boy. 
Bat  instead  of  remaining  with  this  firm  in  Fayette- 
viUe, he  went  with  the  family  in  their  removal  to 
Clinton,  where  he  had  an  opportunity  of  attending  a 
high  school.  Here  he  industriously  pursued  his 
studies  until  the  family  removed  with  him  to  a  point 
oa  Black  River  known  as  the  "  Holland  Patent,"  a 
village  of  500  or  600  people,  15  miles  north  of  Utica, 
.V.  Y.  At  this  place  his  father  died,  after  preaching 
but  three  Sundays.  This  event  broke  up  the  family, 
and  Grover  set  out  for  New  York  City  to  accept,  at  a 
small  salary,  the  position  of  "  under-teacher  "  in  an 
asylum  for  the  blind.  He  taught  faithfully  for  two 
years,  and  although  he  obtained  a  good  reputation  in 
this  capacity,  he  concluded  that  teaching  was  not  his 


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S.    GROVER   CLEVELAAB. 


calling  for  life,  and,  reversing  the  traditional  order, 
he  left  the  city  to  seek  his  fortune,  instead  of  going 
to  a  city.  He  first  thought  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  as 
there  was  some  charm  in  that  name  for  him;  but 
before  proceeding  to  that  place  he  went  to  Buffalo  to 
isk  the  advice  of  liis  uncle,  Lewis  F.  Allan,  a  noted 
Etock- breeder  of  that  place.  The  latter  did  not 
[■])eak  enthusiascically.  ''What  is  it  you  want  to  do, 
my  boy.'"  he  asked.  "Well,  sii,  I  want  to  study 
'aw,"  was  the  reply.  "Good  gracious!"  remarked 
he  old  gentleman  ;  "do  you,  indeeJ  ?  What  ever  put 
that  into  your  head?  How  uuich  money  have  you 
got?"  "Well,  sir,  to  tell  the  truth,  I  haven't  got 
any. 

After  a  long  consultation,  his  uncle  offered  him  a 
place  temporarily  as  assistant  herd-keeper,  at  $50  a 
year,  wiiile  lie  could  "look  around."  One  day  soon 
Afterward  he  boldly  walked  into  the  office  of  Rogers, 
Bowen  &  Rogers,  of  Buffalo,  and  told  Ihem  what  he 
wanted.  A  number  of  young  men  were  already  en- 
gaged in  the  office,  but  Grover's  persistency  won,  and 
ne  was  finally  permitted  to  come  as  an  office  boy  and 
have  the  use  of  the  law  library,  for  the  nominal  sum 
of  $3  or  $4  a  week.  Out  of  this  he  had  to  pay  for 
liis  board  and  washing.  Tiie  walk  to  and  from  his 
uncle's  was  a  long  and  rugged  one;  and,  although 
the  first  winter  was  a  memorably  severe  one,  his 
shoes  were  out  of  repair  and  his  overcoat— he  had 
lone — yet  he  was  nevertheless  prompt  and  regular. 
On  the  first  day  of  his  service  here,  his  senior  em- 
ployer threw  down  a  copy  of  Blackstone  before  him 
with  a  bang  that  made  the  dust  fly,  saying  "That's 
v.liere  they  all  begin."  A  titter  ran  around  the  little 
(ircle  of  clerks  and  students,  as  they  thought  that 
was  enough  to  scare  young  Grover  out  of  his  plans  ; 
but  in  due  time  he  mastered  that  cumbersome  volume. 
Then,  as  ever  afterward,  however,  Mr.  Cleveland 
exhibited  a  talent  for  executiveness  rather  than  for 
i;hasing  principles  through  all  their  metaphysical 
iiossibilitles.  "  Let  us  quit  talking  and  go  and  do 
t,"  was  practically  his  motto. 

The  first  public  office  to  which  Mr.  Cleveland  was 
C'.ected  v.-as  that  of  Sheriff  of  Erie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  in 
which  Buffalo  is  situated;  and  in  such  capacity  it  fell 
to  his  duty  to  inflict  capital  punishment  upon  two 
criminals.  In  18S1  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  the 
City  of  Buffalo,  01  the  Democratic  ticket,  with  es- 
pecial reference  to  the  bringing  about  certain  refoffps 


in  the  administration  of  the  municipal  affairs  of  that 
city.  In  this  office,  as  well  as  that  of  Sheriff,  his 
performance  of  duty  has  generally  been  considered 
fair,  with  possibly  a  few  exceptions  which  were  fer- 
reted out  and  magnified  during  the  last  Presidential 
campaign.  As  a  specimen  of  his  plain  language  in 
a  veto  message,  we  quote  from  one  vetoing  an  iniqui- 
tous street-cleaning  contract:  "This  is  a  time  fo; 
I)lain  speech,  and  my  objection  to  your  action  s'lall 
be  plainly  stated.  I  regard  it  as  the  culmination  of 
a  mos  bare-faced,  impudent  and  shameless  scheme 
to  betray  the  interests  of  the  peopl-.  and  to  wors3 
than  squander  the  people's  money."  The  New  York 
Sun  afterward  very  higlily  commended  Mr.  Cleve- 
land's administration  as  Mayor  of  Buffalo,  and  there- 
upon recommended  him  for  Governor  of  tlie  Empirs 
State.  To  the  latter  office  he  was  elected  in  1882, 
and  his  administration  of  the  affairs  of  State  was 
generally  satisfactory.  The  mistakes  he  made,  if 
any,  were  made  very  public  throughout  the  nation 
after  he  was  nominated  for  President  of  the  United 
States.  For  this  high  office  he  was  nominated  July 
IT,  1884,  by  the  National  Democratic  Convention  at 
Chicago,  when  other  competitors  were  Thomas  F. 
Bayard,  Roswell  P.  Flower,  Thomas  A.  Hendricks, 
Benjamin  F.  Butler,  Allen  G.  Thunr.an,  etc.:  and  he 
was  elected  by  the  peojjle,  by  a  majority  of  about  a 
thousand,  over  the  brilliant  and  long-tried  Repub- 
lican statesman,  James  G.  Blaine.  President  Cleve- 
land resigned  his  office  as  Governor  of  New  York  in 
January,  1885,  in  order  to  prepare  for  his  duties  as 
the  Chief  Executive  of  the  United  States,  in  which 
capacity  his  term  commenced  at  noon  on  the  4th  of 
March,  1885.  For  his  Cabinet  officers  he  selected 
the  following  gentlemen:  For  Secretary  of  State, 
Thomas  F.  Bayard,  of  Delaware  ;  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  Daniel  Manning,  of  New  York;  Secretary 
of  War,  William  C.  Endicott,  of  I\Lissachusettr> ; 
Secretary  of  the  Navy,  William  C.  Whitney,  of  New 
York;  Secretary  of  the  Interior,  L.  Q.  C.  Lamar,  (>(" 
Mississippi;  Postmaster-General,  William  F.  Vilas, 
of  Wisconsin ;  Attorney-General,  A.  H.  Garland,  of 
.Arkansas. 

The  silver  question  precipitated  a  controversy  be- 
tween those  who  were  in  favor  of  the  continuance  of 
silver  coinage  and  those  who  were  opposed,  Mr. 
Clevelaiid  answering  for  the  latter,  even  before  !iis 
inauguration. 


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ENJAMIN   HARRISON,  the 
\  J  '^wenty-thircl     I'resident,    is 
•"4b?   the  descendant  of  one  of  the 
historical   families  of  this 
country.     The  head  of  the 
iJ3    family  was  a  Major  General 
— ;  u^^    Harrison,  one  of   Oliver 
^-'  Cromwell's  trusted   follow- 

ers and  fighters.  In  the  zenith  of  Croni- 
well's  power  it  became  the  duty  of  this 
Harrison  to  participate  in  the  trial  of 
Charles  I,  and  afterward  to  sign  the 
deaih  warrant  of  the  king.  He  subse- 
quently paid  for  this  with  his  life,  being 
hung  Oct.  13,  IGCO.  His  descendants 
came  to  America,  and  the  next  of  the 
family  that  appears  in  history  is  Benja- 
.•".:in  'larrison,  of  Virginia, great-grand- 
father of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and 
after  wbom  he  was  named.  Benjamin  Harrison 
was  a  member  of  the  Continental  Congress  during 
the  years  i774-5-G,  and  was  one  of  the  original 
signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  He 
was  three  times  elected  Governor  of  Virginia. 
QeVi    V.'iliiani   Ilcniy    ilnrrisim,  the  son  of  the 


distinguished  patriot  of  the  Revolution,  after  a  suc- 
cessful career  as  a  soldier  during  the  War  of  1812, 
and  with -a  clean  record  as  Governor  of  the  North- 
western Territor}',  was  elected  President  of  the 
United  States  in  1840.  His  career  was  cut  short 
by  death  within  one  month  after  his  inauguration. 
President  Harrison  was  born  at  North  Bem;, 
Hamilton  Co.,  Ohio,  Aug.  .'>0,  18S3.  His  life  up  to 
the  time  of  his  graduation  by  the  Miami  University' 
at  Oxford,  Ohio,  was  the  uneventful  one  of  a  coun- 
try lad  of  a  family  of  small  means.  His  fathe"  was 
able  to  give  him  a  good  education,  and  nothing 
more.  He  became  engaged  while  at  college  to  th3 
daughter  of  Dr.  Scott,  Princip.al  of  a  female  schoo 
at  Oxford.  After  graduating  he  determined  to  en- 
ter upon  the  study  of  the  law.  He  went  to  Cir. 
cinnati  and  then  read  law  for  two  years.  At  the 
ex|)iration  of  that  time  young  Harrison  received  tb  . 
only  inheritance  of  his  life;  his  aunt  dying  left  iiia 
a  lot  valued  at  $800.  He  regarded  this  legacy  as  t 
fortune,  and  decided  to  get  married  at  once,  <ak3 
this  money  and  go  to  some  Eastern  town  an "  oe- 
gin  the  practice  of  law.  He  sold  his  lot,  and  with 
tlie  money  in  his  pocket,  he  started  out  wita  his 
young  wife  to  fight  for  a  place  in  t!;p  world,     lie 


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BEl\JAMiN  ilAKKiSON, 


decidetl  to  go  to  Indianapolis,  which  was  even  at 
Uiat  time  a  town  of  pioniise.  lie  met  with  slight 
encouragement  at  fust,  making  scarcely  anything 
the  first  year.  lie  worUcil  diligently,  applying  him- 
self closely  to  his  calling,  built  up  an  extensive 
practice  and  took  a  leading  rank  in  the  legal  pro- 
fession.    He  is  the  father  of  two  children. 

In  1860  Mr.  Harrison  was  nominated  for  tiie 
position  of  Supreme  Court  ltep(jrtcr,  and  then  be- 
gan his  experience  as  a  stump  speake:  lie  can- 
vassed the  State  thoroughly,  and  was  elected  by  a 
handsome  majority.  In  18G2  he  raised  the  17th 
Indiana  Infantry,  and  was  chosen  its  Colonel.  His 
regiment  was  composed  of  the  rawest  of  material, 
Jut  Col.  Harrison  enipio^'ed  all  his  time  at  first 
mastering  military  tactics  and  drilling  his  men, 
when  he  therefore  came  to  move  toward  the  Plast 
with  Sherman  his  regiment  was  one  of  the  best 
trilled  and  organizccl  in  the  army.  At  Resaca  he 
especially  distinguished  himself,  and  for  his  bravery 
'.it  Peachtree  Creek  he  was  made  a  Brigadier  Gen- 
cial,  Geu.  Hooker  speaking  of  him  in  the  most 
■•oraplimentar}'  terms. 

During  the  absence  of  Gen.  Harrison  in  the  field 

he  Supremo  Court  declared  the  office  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  Reporter  vacant,  and  another  person 
was  elected  to  tiie  jiosition.  From  the  time  of  leav- 
ii.g  Indiana  with  his  regiment  until  the  fall  of  1864 
he  had  taken  no  leave  of  absence,  but  having  been 
Dominated  that  year  for  the  .same  office,  he  got  a 
thirty-d.ay  leave  of  absence,  and  during  that  time 
made  a  brilliant  canvass  of  the  State,  and  was  elected 
for  another  term.  He  then  started  to  rejoin  Sher- 
man, but  on  the  way  was  stricken  down  with  scarlet 
jcver,  and  after  a  most  trying  siege  made  his  w.ay 
to  the  front  in  time  to  participate  in  the  closing 
Incidents  of  the  war. 

In  1868  Gen.  Harrison  declined  ,  re-election  as 
.;eporter,  and  resumed  the  practice  of  law.  In  187G 
ije  was  a  candidate  for  Governor.     Although  de- 

eated,  the  brilliant  campaign  he  made  won  for  him 
a  National  reputation,  and  he  was  much  sought,  es- 
peciaLy  in  the  East,  to  in.ake  speeches.  In  1880, 
as  usual,  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  campaign, 
snd  wr/.  elected  to  the  United  States  Senate.  Here 
he  served  six  years,  auO  w'as  known  as  one  of  the 
ablest  men,  best  lawyer^'  ,ind  strongest  debaters  in 


that  bo<ly.  AVitli  the  expiration  of  his  Senatorial 
term  he  returned  to  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
becoming  the  head  of  one  of  the  strongest  firms  in 
tiie  State. 

The  i)olitical  campaign  of  1888  was  one  of  the 
most  memorable  in  the  history  of  our  country.  The 
convention  which  assembled  in  Ciiicago  in  .lime  and 
named  Mr.  Harrison  as  the  chief  standard  bearer 
of  tlie  Rei)ublican  [larty,  w.as  great  in  every  partic- 
ular, and  on  this  account,  and  the  attitude  it  as- 
sumed u^on  the  vital  questions  of  the  day,  chief 
among  which  was  the  tariff,  awoke  a  deep  interest 
in  the  campaign  througho.ut  the  Nation.  Shortly 
after  the  nomination  delegations  began  to  visit  Mr. 
Harrison  at  Indianapolis,  his  home.  This  move- 
ment ))ecame  popular,  and  from  all  sections  of  the 
country  societies,  clubs  and  delegations  journeyed 
thither  to  pay  their  respects  to  the  distinguished 
statesman.  The  popularity  of  these  was  greatly 
increased  on  account  of  the  remarkable  speeches 
made  by  IMr.  Harrison.  He  spoke  daily  all  through 
the  sununer  and  autumn  to  these  visiting  delega- 
tions, and  so  varied,  masterly  and  eloquent  were 
his  speeches  that  they  at  once  placed  him  in  the 
foremost  rank  of  American  orators  and  statesmen. 

On  account  of  his  eloquence  as  a  speaker  and  liir; 
jjower  as  a  debater,  he  was  called  upon  at  an  un- 
commonly early  age  to  take  part  in  the  discussion 
<if  the  great  questums  that  then  began  la  agitate 
tlu'  country.  He  was  an  nncomprcmiising  ant: 
slavery  man.  and  was  matched  against  some  of  '"..e 
ir.ost  eminent  Denidcratic  speakers  of  his  State. 
\o  ninn  who  fell  the  touch  of  his  blade  desired  to 
1)1-  pitted  with  him  again.  "With  all  his  eloq''cnce 
as  an  orator  he  never  spoke  for  oratoi'ical  effect. 
1ml  liis  words  always  Avent  like  bullets  to  the  mark 
lie  is  purely  American  in  his  ide.as  and  is  a  si)ler 
did  t^-pe  of  the  American  statesman.  Gifted  witi 
(piick  perception,  a  logical  mind  and  a  ready  tongue, 
he  is  one  of  the  most  distinguished  impromptu 
speakers  in  the  Nation.  Many  of  these  siieeehes 
.sparkled  with  tlie  rarest  of  eloquenceaud  contained 
arguments  of  greatest  weight.  Many  of  liis  terse 
statements  have  already  bectmie  aphorisms.  Gi'igi- 
nal  in  thought,  precise  in  logic,  terse  in  statement, 
yet  withal  faultless  in  eloquence,  he  is  reeog-nized  as 
the  sound  statcsm,au  and  brilliant  orator  o*  the  day 


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HARLES  ROBINSON,  the 
first  Governor  of  Kansas, 
was  eloeted  under  tlie  Wy- 
andotte Constitution,  and 
upon  the  admission  of  the 
State,  Jan.  2'.),  1801,  was 
i  inaugurated    as    Chief   Ex- 

ecutive No  bettor  man  could  have 
been  ^tlected  to  lay  tlu;  foundations 
of  the  State,  for  his  mind  was  crca- 
<  »  ■  ffir^'j  tivc,  original  and  vigorous.  Rarely 
C-.,, '■*■  ;!>  working  by  copy,  he  belongs  to  the 
■^VVtVF*  ^'^'^^"^  ^^'"^  think  and  originate,  and 
^^^'k^"  with  wiiom  precedence  and  text- books 
have  little  authority.  At  this  time  a 
great  State  was  to  be  formed  from  most  incongru- 
ous elements.  It  required  men  of  genius  and  orig- 
inality to  formulate  laws  and  a  constitution,  and 
to  this  work  the  vigor  and  ingenuity  of  Rob- 
inson were  peculiarly  adapted.  Men  of  all  classes, 
sorts  and  conditions,  had  rushed  to  this  section 
upon  different  objects  bent — some  to  assist  in  build- 
ing up  a  State,  some  to  make  nionej',  to  secure  no- 
toriety and  political  preferment,  but  more,  perhaps, 
as  cosmopolitans,  having  little  interest  in  its  repu- 
tation or  its  future. 

That  the  work  before  Gov.  Robinson  was  ac- 
complished in  a  praiseworthy  manner,  a  grateful, 
people  readily  acknowledge.  In  his  course,  which 
necessarily  was  opposed  to  the  rough  and  irrespon- 
sible element,  ho  made  many  enemies  and  was  im- 
pcaclieil  ]iy  the  House,  but  on  his  trial  by  the 
Scnntc  no  evidence  svas  adduced  to  comiect  him 
■\\  ilh  any   illegal  transaction,  and  a  case  of  malicious 


prosecution  was  clearly  established,  which  left   his 
good  name  untarnished. 

In  reviewing  the  career  of  a  jirominent  public 
man,  it  cannot  be  called  complete  without  the  storj' 
of  his  early  life.  Ciov.  Robinson  was  born  at 
Hardwick,  Mass.,  July  21,  1818,  and  received  a 
good  common-school  and  academic  education,  be- 
sides two  years'  drill  at  Amherst  College.  His 
father,  Charles  Robinson,  was  a  pious  and  consci- 
entious man,  who  cherished  an  inherent  hatred  of 
slavery,  and  the  latter  quality  of  his  father's  char- 
acter Charles  inherited  in  a  marked  degree.  Upon 
religious  subjects,  however,  he  was  always  inde- 
pendent and  liberal,  and  is  considered  heterodox, 
although  for  the  great  principles  of  Christianity, 
which  serve  to  improve  society  and  make  better 
men  and  women,  he  has  the  highest  regard. 

There  is  but  little  which  is  ideal  or  sentimental 
in  the  nature  of  Gov.  Robinson,  as  his  life  has 
been  spent  principally  dealing  with  men  upon  prac- 
tical principles.  Before  completing  his  studies  he 
was  obliged  to  leave  college  on  account  of  ill- 
health,  and  his  eyes  failing  him  from  hard  study, 
he  walked  forty  miles  to  consult  a  celebrated  phj'- 
sician.  Dr.  Twichel,  of  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  there 
became  so  sensibly  impressed  with  both  the  quack- 
erics  of  medicine  as  so  often  practiced,  and  the  real 
utility  of  the  healing  art  as  a  science,  that  he  deter- 
mined to  study  medicine,  and  after  a  preparatory 
course  entered  for  a  series  of  lectures  at  Wood- 
stock, Vt.,  and  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  and  from  the 
school  of  the  latter  he  was  gradnatcd,  receiving  his 
diploma  with  the  high  honors  of  the  class.  Subse- 
qnentl}'  he  became  connected    with    the  celebrated 


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CHARLES  ROBINSON. 


Dr.  J.  G.  Holland  in  the  m.ancaoenient  of  a  hospital. 
In  1849  lie  started  out  as  a  pliysician  to  a  colony 
bound  overland  to  California.  Tlie\-  aiTJved  in 
Kansas  City  April  10,  and  on  the  10th  of  iMay  fol- 
lowing, left  with  ox  and  rnule  teams  for  the  I'aeific 
Slope. 

On  the  11th  of  May,  thirty-nine  j'ears  ago,  rid- 
ing his  horse  at  the  head  of  a  colony  of  gold- 
seekers,  Gov.  Robinson  ascended  Mt.  Oread,  where 
now  stands  the  State  University  of  Kansas,  whose 
Regent  he  has  been  for  thirteen  consecutive 
years,  as  well  as  its  faithful,  intelligent  and  gener- 
ous friend.  In  his  note  book  at  that  time  he  wrote 
that  if  the  land  was  opened  to  settlement  and  entry, 
he  would  go  no  further,  as  there  seemed  to  be  gold 
enough  for  all  human  wants  in  the  rich  soil  of  the 
Kaw  Valley,  and  beauty  enough  in  the  rolling  jirai- 
ries  beyond  to  meet  all  the  aspirations  of  ordinary 
men.  He  pushed  on,  however,  to  California,  and 
there  followed  a  variety  of  occupations,  being  mi- 
ner, restauranteur,  editor  and  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature. Then  he  returned  to  Massachusetts,  and 
in  1852  commenced  the  publication  of  the  Fitch- 
burg  iVe»'s,  which  he  conducted  two  years. 

At  the  time  of  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Com- 
promise, and  the  intense  excitement  coincident 
with  the  organization  of  the  Territories  of  Kansas 
and  Nebr.aska,  Gov.  Robinson  was  sent  out  by 
'Jie  New  England  Aid  Society  to  Kansas,  charged 
with  saving  it  to  freedom.  In  the  darkest  hours  of 
that  long  struggle,  as  well  as  in  its  hour  of  victoiy, 
he  seemed  to  be  the  one  safe  counselor  and  leader 
of  the  Free-State  forces.  His  California  experience 
had  rounded  and  ripened  a  robust  nature,  and  the 
perils  that  the  hero  of  the  squatter  troubles  had 
passed  through  in  that  strange  combination  of  craft 
and  cunning,  fitted  and  schooled  him  for  his  Kan- 
sas work.  In  the  "Wakarnsa  War,"  when  the  city 
of  Lawrence,  only  600  strong,  was  besieged  by  an 
opposing  force  of  1,200,  Dr.  Robinson,  as  he  was 
called  in  those  days,  was  chosen  Major  (Jeiieral  of 
the  Free-State  parly,  lie  constructed  forts  and 
rifle-pits  which  did  their  service,  but  as  a  negotiator 
and  diplomat  he  excelled.  He  wanted  Kansas  to 
be  lawfully  free,  and  felt  justified  in  availing  him- 
self of  any  agency  which  would  assist  him  in  ac~ 
roinplishiiig  this.     Although  the  recognized  leader 


of  the  Free-State  forces,  it  was  not  Robinson,  but 
Lane,  that  the  Ciuaiitrell  rufliaiis  sought  when  they 
massacred  in  cold  blood  180  of  the  inoffensive  citi- 
zens of  Lawrence. 

In  1855  the  Free-State  men  had  been  driven 
from  the  polls.  Robinson  was  among  the  first  to 
repudiate  the  authority  of  the  bogus  laws,  and  was 
unaniniouslj'  chosen  a  delegate  to  the  convention 
u  hicli  met  at  Topeka  to  formulate  a  State  govern- 
ment. From  May,  185G,  until  September,  he  was  a 
[irisoner  at  Loconipton,  charged  with  treason.  Af- 
ter serving  his  term  as  the  first  Governor  of  the 
State,  he  was,  in  1872.  chosen  a  member  of  the 
Lower  House  of  the  Legislature,  and  in  1874 
elected  State  Senator  and  re-elected  in  1S7C.  At 
the  last  election  he  came  within  fortj--threc  votes 
of  beating  his  opponent  for  the  State  Senate,  and 
where  the  party  majority  of  the  latter  \yas  about 
1,500. 

Gov.  Robinson  has  been  twice  married.  By 
his  first  wife.  Miss  Sarah  Adams,  daughter  of 
a  highly  respected  Massachusetts  farmer,  two  chil- 
dren were  born  and  both  died  in  infancj'.  The 
mother  died  in  184G.  On  the  oOth  of  October, 
1851,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Sarah  D.  T.  Law- 
rence, daughter  of  a  distinguished  Massachusetts 
lawyer,  and  connected  with  the  celebr.ated  Law- 
rence family  of  that  State.  Of  this  union  there 
are  no  children.  Mrs.  Robinson  is  a  lad}'  of 
hi"-li  literaiy  culture,  and  has  written  one  of  the 
tiest  of  the  many  books  which  have  been  published 
on  Kansas.  Though  highly'  accomplished,  she  is 
not  much  of  a  society  woman,  being  content  to 
dwell  quietly  at  home  on  their  farm,  wdiich  lies 
five  miles  out  from  Lawrence,  and  is  the  resort 
of  man}'  friends,  who  meet  a  refined  and  elegant 
hospitality. 

In  1856  Gov.  Robinson  pre-empted  a  portion 
(if  the  land  which,  upon  his  journey  to  Califor- 
nia, he  had  viewed  with  so  much  admiration.  He 
now  has  one  of  the  finest  homes  in  his  section 
of  country,  where  he  resides  in  atHuent  circnni- 
st-ances,  busying  himself  in  looking  after  his  farm, 
esteemed  by  his  neighbors,  and  amply  honored  by 
the  great  State,  in  laying  the  firm  foundations  of 
wliich  ho  rendered  such  clliricnt  service  over  a 
quarter    of    a   century  ago. 


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;%vHOMAS  CARNEY,  the  sec- 
ond GovciT.oi'  (if  Kansas, 
was  born  in  Delaware  Coun- 
ty, Ohio,  Aug.  20,  1824. 
His  ancestry  was  a  mixed 
one,  composed  of  Irisli  and 
German.  His  father,  James 
Carnc}',  was  of  Irish  descent,  be- 
ing the  grandson  of  one  of  the 
same  name,  who  came  to  this 
country  and  assisted  tlie  Colonies 
in  tiie  war  with  Great  Britain. 
His  mother  was  remotely  of  Ger- 
Y^^'  J]|3%  man  descent,  and  like  his  father 
'^iux^A^  was  born  in  Pennsylvania.  They 
removed  to  Ohio  the  year  before 
the  birth  of  Gov.  Carney.  They 
were  Presbyterians,  in  which  failh  Mr.  C.  was  reared. 
The  portion  of  Ohio  in  wiiich  Jlr.  Carney  was 
Dorn  was  then  a  wilderness,  and  the  family  engaged 
in  farming,  the  land  having  to  be  cleared  first.  The 
father  died  when  the  lad  was  but  four  years  old,  leav- 
ing the  mother  with  four  children,  tiie  eldest  being 
only  six  years  of  age,  the  early  life  of  young  Carney 
therefore  was  spent  in  work  of  the  hardest  kintl, 
from  the  moment  he  was  old  enough  to  be  of  any 
assistance.  From  the  age  of  seven  to  eighteen  he 
worked  on  the  farm  belonging  to  tin;  family,  and 
then  started  for  himself  as  a  farm  hand  for  six 
months,  at  $10  a  month.  From  the  lime  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age  until  he  left  home,  he  was  the 
teamster  of  the  family,  and  carried  the  products  of 
tiie  farm  to  Kewark,  tliirty-six  miles,  his  motive 
power  being  .i  yoke  of  oxen  for  most  of  the  time. 
He    attended    schoul     some    duriuL;'    the    winter 


months,  and  after  he  was  eighteen  went  to  school 
in  Berkshire,  Ohio,  for  six  months.  After  this  he 
commenced  a  long,  persistent  and  weary  search  for 
employment  in  a  store,  and  was  finally  successful 
in  Columbus,  where  he  remained  in  the  employ  of 
a  retail  dry-goods  house  for  two  years,  and  then  took 
service  with  a  wholesale  dry-goods  establishment  in 
Cincinnati.  He  obtained,  while  in  the  retail  house, 
$50  a  year  and  his  board  for  the  first  year's  serv- 
ice, and  for  the  second  year  $100.  At  the  end 
of  this  period  he  was  given  a  quarter  interest  in 
the  firm,  with  his  name  at  the  head  of  it.  A  rise 
of  so  great  rapidity  is  unprecedented.  He  resided 
in  Cincinnati  twelve  3'oars. 

Jlr.  Carney's  health  became  impaired  by  his  de- 
votion to  business,  and  in  18o7  he  visited  the  "West, 
and  commenced  business  in  Leavenworth  in  the 
spring  of  1858.  In  1861  he  was  elected  to  the 
State  Legislature,  and  in  18C2  was  elected  Gov- 
ernor. He  entered  on  his  duties  the  1st  of  Janu- 
ary. 18G3,  at  a  time  when  Kansas  affairs  were  in 
a  most  critical  condition. 

In  18G4  he  w.as  elected  to  the  United  States  Sen- 
ate, but  as  there  was  some  doubt  as  to  whether  or 
not  the  time  at  which  the  election  was  held  was 
the  proper  one,  he  declined  the  jiosition.  He  was 
soon  after  elected  Mayor  of  Leavenworth,  and  was 
re-elected.  Since  that  period,  18GG,  he  has  occupied 
himself  wholly  with  his  private  business. 

The  earlier  struggles  of  the  future  Governor 
were  arduous  and  severe,  but  probably  had  their 
effect  in  strengthening  him  for  the  career  for  wliicii 
he  was  destined.  When  he  took  possession  of  the 
gubernatorial  office,  in  January,  ISG:],  he  found  the 
State  of  Kansas  but  litl^le  better  than  a  iiolitical  and 


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financial  wreck.  A  local  writer  referring  to  that 
period  sa.vs,  that  tiic  "State  was  in  peril  at  almost 
every  point,  and  its  settled  portions  were  one  ex- 
tended camp.  A  rebel  force  hovered  on  its  eastern 
and  southern  borders,  while  Indians  were  murdering 
and  scalping  in  the  west.  Nothing  short  of  a  con- 
stant vigilance  could  prevent  the  reliel  enemy 
invading  the  State  and  butchering  the  people." 

An  appeal  was  made  to  the  military  authorities 
for  assistance  and  to  Gov.  Carney  for  protection. 
It  was  at  u  time  when  the  General  Government  was 
too  busy  with  the  Rebellion  to  give  close  attention 
to  matters  in  a  new  and  remote  State,  and  hence 
the  Governor  was  obliged  to  depend  on  his  own 
resources.  He  was  equal  to  the  emergency.  The 
State  had  no  money,  no  men,  no  arms,  no  ammuni- 
tion, with  which  to  protect  itself,  but  even  this  did 
not  discourage  him.  He  visited  the  menaced  re- 
gions, and  soon  satisfied  himself  that  something  bad 
to  be  done,  or  the  State  would  be  overwhelmed  by 
the  perils  which  threatened  it.  In  the  counties 
which  were  more  particularly  threatened,  the  popu- 
lation became  uneasy,  and  removals  were  being 
made  to  places  of  safety  by  so  many  of  the  resi- 
dents that  there  loomed  up  a  probability  that  the 
entire  region  would  become  a  desert. 

After  looking  over  the  ground.  Gov.  Carney  de- 
termined to  raise  a  force  of  150  men  from  citizens 
of  the  menaced  region,  and  to  employ  them  as  a 
patrol  along  the  border,  so  that  no  hostile  move- 
ment could  be  made  without  detection,  and  the 
people  could  be  warned  of  danger  in  time  to  rail}' 
at  tlie  necessary  points  for  defense,  all  being  armed 
and  organized  into  militarj'  organizations.  This 
l)alrol  was  hired  by  the  Governor  for  the  public 
defense  out  of  his  private  means.  He  agreed  to 
pay  $1  a  day  each,  for  man  and  horse,  the  United 
States  Government  fiu-nishing  the  rations.  He  put 
this  force  in  the  field,  and  kept  it  in  active  opera- 
tion, at  a  cost  to  himself  of  over  $10,000.  At  the 
sniiie  time  he  was  a  Captain  in  the  home  guards', 
and  many  a  night  was  on  guard  like  the  private 
soldier. 

The  little  patrol  iiut  in  the  field  by  the  Governor 
preserved  the  borders  from  invasion  so  long  as  it 
lasted,  which  was  some  tiiree  months.  At  a  later 
period  the  Governor  was  notified  by  the  com- 
mander of  the  Federal  forces  that  he  was  able  to 
care  for  the  safety  of  the  State,  and  thereupon  the 
patrol  was  abolished.  Almost  immediately  after  it 
was  disbanded  (^nantreil  made  his  raid  into  Kansas, 
and  Lawrence  was  attacked,  burned,  and  its  resi- 
dents massacred.  Concerning  this  feature  of  the 
transaction  tlie  Governor  s.'i.ys:  "While  this  patrol 
was  on  the  border  the  arrangements  weie  such  that 
the  different  nienibers  could  speak  with  each  other 


every  hour,  and  thus  be  in  a  position  to  almost  in- 
stantly communicate  with  the  residents  in  case  of 
invasion.  When  the  Government  notified  me  that 
it  could  take  care  of  the  border  1  disbanded  the 
patrol,  and  within  three  days  Lawrence  was  in  a.shes 
and  180  [leople  were  foully  murdered.  The  mili- 
tary was  scattered  in  squads  over  a  distance  of 
twenty-five  miles  along  the  border,  and  when  Quan- 
trell  moved  into  Kansas  he  had  no  difiiculty  in 
marching  between  the  Federal  divisions.  The  march 
of  (iuantrell  was  entirely  unknown  and  wholly  un- 
expected. Not  a  living  soul  know  that  he  was  in 
the  State  when  he  arrived  before  Lawrence..  A 
man  living  on  the  route  taken  by  the  guerrillas  saw 
them,  and  mounted  a  horse  and  undertook  to  carry 
the  information  to  Lawrence.  His  liorse  fell  and 
the  rider's  neck  was  broken,  and  thus  the  sole  wit- 
ness of  the  invasion  was  silenced." 

It  will  show  the  benevolent  disposition  of  the 
Governor  to  state  that  from  his  own  pocket  he  gave 
$500  to  the  widow  of  the  man  who  undertook  to 
cany  the  warning  of  danger  to  Lawrence. 

The  entire  official  career  of  Gov.  Carney  was  of 
the  stormiest  and  most  perplexing  character,  and  it  is 
certain  that,  with  an  offlci.al  head  less  clear  and 
efficient,  the  embarrassments  and  perplexities  of 
Kansas  would  have  proved  insoluble.  Cool,  self- 
possessed,  firm,  intelligent,  he  guided  the  Stale 
through  the  storms,  breakers,  whirlpools  and  rocks, 
which  were  encouutered,  and  finally  reached  the 
harbor,  with  the  vessel  much  battered  but  sound  in 
frame  and  in  all  essenti.al  particulars. 

The  following  is  a  copy  of  a  resolution  passed  by 
the  Kansas  Legislature  after  his  term  of  ollicc  had 
expired  : 

"Resolved  by  the  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  State  of  Kansas,  that  the  thanks  of  this  House 
and  the  people  of  the  State  of  Kansas  are  justly 
due  to  Hon.  Thomas  Carney,  late  Governor  of  the 
State  of  Kansas,  for  the  honest,  faithful  and  im- 
partial manner  in  which  he  discharged  his  executive 
duties." 

Gov.  Cainey  is  possessed  of  am|)le  wealth,  which 
he  uses  to  the  best  advantage.  Ilis  wife  was  Re- 
becca Canady,  of  Kenton,  Ohio,  who  has  devoted 
much  of  her  time  for  a  number  of  years  in  caring 
for  the  orphaned  children  of  the  State.  His  chil- 
dren aie  four  in  number,  all  boys. 

No  man  in  Kansas  is  more  honored  and  re- 
spected tiian  lie,  and  no  man  has  done  more,  either 
in  a  public  or  private  wa}-,  for  the  ailvancement  of 
the  State  and  its  institutions.  Its  railro.ads,  bridges, 
churches,  school-iiouses,  and  its  citizens  needing 
assistance,  all  bear  witness  to  his  liberality  and 
b(_)iuily. 


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>>AMUEL  J.  CRAAVFOED,  the 
third  Governor  of  the  State  of 
Kansas,  was  born  in  Lawrence 
Countj',  Ind.,  April  10,  1833. 
His  ancestors  were  Scotch- 
Irish,  wlio  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica at  an  early  period  in  Col- 
onial da}-s.  His  paternal  grandfather 
served  in  the  war  of  the  Revolution 
as  a  soldier  from  the  State  of  North 
Carolina,  and  his  maternal  grand- 
father was  a  planter  in  the  same  State. 
His  father,  William  Crawford,  emi- 
grated, in  1815,  to  the  then  Territory 
of  Indiana,  and  located  in  Lawrence 
County,  where  he  became  a  success- 
ful farmer.  Although  born,  reared 
and  educated  in  a  slave  .State,  the  elder  Crawford 
had  imbibed  unconquerable  prejudice  to  the  insti- 
tution of  slavery,  and  as  a  consequence  turned  his 
l)acku|ion  friends  and  kindred  and  .sought  a  home 
in  the  Northwest  Territory,  in  which  slavery  and 
involuntary  servitude  had  been  forever  inhibited. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  upon  his 
father's  farm,  and  received  a  common-school  and 
academic  education.  At  the  age  of  twenty-one  he 
became  a  student  at  law  in  the  oflice  of  the  Hon.  .S. 
W.  .Short,  of  Bedford,  Ind.,  pursuing  his  studies 
until  the  fall  of  1857,  when  he  entered  the  Law 
College  at  Cincinnati,  from  which  institution  he 
was  graduated  in  1858. 

In  March,  1 859,  he  bade  adieu  to  home  and  friends, 
proceeded  to  the  Territory  of  Kansas,  and  located 
in  Garnctt,  the  county  seat  of  Anderson  County. 
Here  he  practiced  his  profession  of  the  law,  and  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  first  State  Legislature, 
which  convened  at  Topeka,  March  27,   LSGI. 

The  attack  upon  Ft.  Sumter,  following  swiftly 
after  the  Montgomery  Secession  Convention,  the 
failure  of  the  Peace  Conference,  the  Proclamation 
of  Jefferson  Davis  calling  for   100,000  men,  and 


the  seizure  of  Govenimeut  i)ro!)erty  by  Floyd 
and  Twiggs,  without  protest  from  the  Executive, 
thrilled  loyal  Kansas  to  the  very  core.  President 
Lincoln  made  liis  first  call  for  75.000  volunteers  in 
April,  18G1.  Res[iondiug  to  this  call,  Jlr.  Craw- 
ford resigned  his  seat  in  the  Legislature,  returned 
home,  recruited  a  company,  was  chosen  its  Captain, 
assigned  to  the  2il  Kansas  Infantry,  and  juustercd 
into  the  United  .States  service.  He  served  with  the 
regiment,  participating  under  the  gallant  Gen. 
Lyon  in  the  battle  of  Wilson's  Creek  and  various 
other  battles  of  the  Missouri  Campaign  fought 
during  the  summer  and  fall  of  18G1.  In  the  winter 
of  1861-62,  the  regiment  was  re-organized,  and 
became  the  2d  Kansas  Cavalry.  Capt.  Crawford 
was  assigned  to  the  command  of  Company  A,  and 
soon  thereafter  promoted  to  the  command  of  a 
batt.alion.  He  participated  with  iiis  regiment  in  the 
battles  of  Newtonia,  Old  Ft.  W.ayne,  Cane  Hill, 
Prairie  Grove,  Van  Buren,  and  various  other  en- 
g.agements  fought  by  Gen.  Blunt  during  the  Trans- 
Mississippi  campaign  of  l.s62. 

It  was  in  these  engagements  that  Capt  Crawford 
developed  extraordinary  abilitj'  as  a  cavahy  leader. 
At  the  battle  of  Old  Ft.  Wayne  he  charged  the 
enemy's  lines  and  captured  a  battery  under  circum- 
stances which  almost  forbade  the  venture,  and  for 
which  achievement  lie  was  complimented  in  General 
Orders.  At  the  battles  of  Cane  Hill  and  Prairie 
Grove  he  acquitted  himself  with  great  credit,  and 
was  again  complimented  by  the  conimanding  Gen- 
eral. In  March,  1863,  although  holding  the  rank 
of  Captain,  he  was  assigned  to  the  command  of  the 
2d  Kansas  Cavalry,  and  led  the  regiment  in  the 
campaign  of  that  year  through  the  Indian  Territory 
and  AVestern  Arkansas,  which  resulted  in  the  baltl.  s 
of  Perryville,  McAllister  and  the  Backbone  Mount- 
ain, and  the  capture  of  Ft.  .Smith  ly  the  Federal 
arms.  The  2d  Kansas  Cavalry  covered  itself  with 
glory  in  these  memorable  cam|)aigns. 

In  October,  1863,  Capt.  Crawford  was  promoted 
to  be  Colonel  of  the  83d  United  States  Iiifamry, 
and  with  his  regiment  accompanied  Gen.  .Slet  le  on 
the  Shreveport,  La.,  expedition,  which  moved 
southward,  in  March,   1861,  from   Ft.   Smith  and 


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SAMUEL  J.  CRA\\'FORD. 


Little  Rock  to  co-operate  with  Gen.  Banks  in  liis 
Rod  Rivor  campaign,  participating  in  the  battles 
of  Prairie  De  Hand  and  Saline  River.  At  the  latter 
affair  Col.  Crawford  cliarged  and  captured  a  Ijatlcry, 
which  his  men  brouglit  off  the  field  b}'  hand,  all  the 
artillery  horses  having  been  killed  or  disabled. 
This  battle  resulted  in  a  complete  victory  for  the 
Union  forces,  to  which  consummation  Col.  Craw- 
ford's regiment  largely  contriliuted.  After  this 
battle  he  returned  with  the  7th  Corps  to  Little 
Rock,  and  thence,  with  the  Kansas  Division,  under 
the  command  of  Gen.  Thayer,  to  Ft.  Smith,  Ark. 
In  July,  1864,  Col.  Crawford  commanded  anexiie- 
dition  into  the  Choctaw  Nation  in  pursuit  of  the 
rebel  General,  Standweight}',  whom  he  routed. 

September  8,  1864,  while  still  in  the  field.  Col. 
Crawford  was  nominated  as  the  Republican  candi- 
date for  Governor  of  Kansas.  Obtaining  leave  of 
absence,  he  bade  adieu  to  tiie  gallant  army  with 
which  he  had  served  so  long,  and  on  the  9th  of 
October  returned  to  Kansas.  Upon  arriving  at  Ft. 
Scott  lie  learned  that  a  heavy  body  of  the  encni}', 
under  (ien.  Price,  was  moving  westward  througli 
Central  Missouri,  with  the  design  of  laying  Kansas 
in  waste.  He  hastened  to  Kansas  City,  arriving 
October  17,  reported  to  Gen.  Curtis,  commanding 
the  Federal  forces  there  concentrating  to  resist  Gen. 
Price,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  as  a  volunteer  aid 
on  his  staff.  A  few  da3's  subsequently  the  battles 
of  the  Blue,  Westportand  Mine  Creek  were  fought, 
and  at  the  latter  engagement  Col.  Crawford  ordered 
and  |)articipated  in  a  charge  with  two  brigades  of 
e.vahy,  which  resulted  in  the  capture  of  the  Con- 
federate Generals,  Marmaduke  and  Cabell,  600 
prisoners  and  eight  pieces  of  artiller3-.  This  battle 
closed  his  military  career  in  the  war  for  the  sup- 
pression of  the  Rebellion,  and  on  April  13,  186.5,  he 
was  promoted  by  the  President  of  the  United  States 
to  the  rank  of  Brigadier  General  by  brevet,  for 
meritorious  services  in  the  field. 

On  the  7th  of  November,  1864,  Col.  Crawford 
was  elected  Governor  of  the  State  of  Kansas,  and 
in  1866  was  re-chosen  for  a  second  term.  During 
his  holding  of  the  gubernatorial  office,  he  re-organ- 
ized and  consolidated  the  Kansas  Volunteer  Regi- 
ments, and  secured  the  enactment  of  new  laws, 
under  which  the  State  Jlilitia  was  placed  on  war 
footing  for  the  protection  of  the  people  against 
rebel  invasions  and  Indian  incursions.  He  devoted 
much  of  his  time  to  the  establishment  and  main- 
tenance of  the  various  State  institutions,  and  on 
retiring  from  oflice  he  left  the  Deaf  ]\lute.  Blind  and 
Insane  Asylums,  the  .Stale  Universit}',  the  Agricult- 
ural College  and  State  Normal  School,  in  success- 
ful operation.  He  also  gave  considerable  attention 
M  the  preparation  and   dissemination  of  pamphlet 


literature    respecting  the  advantages  of  his  State, 
with  the  view  of  encouraging  emigration  thereto. 

During  the  memorable  5'ears  of  1867  and  1868, 
hostile  bands  of  Indians  hovered  on  the  borders  of 
Kan.sas,  driving  back  tiie  settlers,  checking  the  con- 
struction of  the  railroads  and  threatening  to  cut  off 
communication  between  Kansas  and  the  Western 
States  and  Territories.  For  two  3'ears  an  Indian 
war  of  savage  barbarity  was  carried  on.  Manj' 
settlers  were  killed,  scalped,  and  their  bodies  mutil 
ated.  Large  amounts  of  properly  were  captured 
and  destro3'ed.  Women  and  even  children  were 
outraged,  and  others  carried  into  captivity  to  suffer 
a  fate  worse  than  a  thousand  deaths. 

The  Federal  forces  stationed  on  the  border  and 
the  State  troops  furnished  b3'  Gov.  Crawford  were 
inadequate  for  the  protection  of  the  people.  The 
Indians  followed  their  custom  of  making  war  dur- 
ing the  summer  months,  and  then  retreating  to  their 
homes  in  the  Indian  Territoiy  to  be  fed,  clothed 
and  nurtured  113'  the  Government  in  winter.  I<'inall3', 
in  August,  1868,  the  settlemeiits  of  Northwest 
Kansas  were  raided  b3'  these  Indians,  who  killed 
and  wounded  some  forty  persons,  carried  women 
into  captivit3',  and  also  committed  other  atrocities. 

As  soon  as  the  terrible  details  of  this  last  mas- 
sacre reached  the  ears  of  Gov.  Crawford,  he  pro- 
ceeded at  once  to  the  scene  of  disaster,  saw  that  the 
dead  were  properly  buried  and  tlie  wounded  cared 
for,  returned  to  Topeka.  organized  a  regiment  of 
cavalry,  resigned  the  office  of  Governor,  and  with 
his  regiment  accompanied  Gen.  Sheridan  on  his  his- 
toric campaign  into  the  interior  of  the  wild  country 
bordering  on  Texas,  where  the  hostile  tribes  had 
alwav's  felt  secure  from  punishment  during  the  win- 
ter season.  These  Indians  were  att.acked  and  cap- 
tured in  the  AYashita  Valle3',  in  December,  1868, 
and  several  of  their  chiefs  held  as  hostages  until  the 
captive  white  women  were  delivered  up. 

Gov.  Crawford  returned  home  after  the  ch)se  of 
this  campaign  and  has  since  been  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  Nov.  27, 
186G,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Isabel  M.  Chase, 
an  estimable  and  accomplished  lad3%  of  Topeka, 
where  the3'  now  reside,  and  the  union  has  been 
blessed  by  two  children,  daughter  and  son.  Gov. 
Crawford  is  possessed  of  an  imposing  presence,  his 
height  being  six  feet  two  inches,  with  the  accom- 
paniment of  a  Herculean  frame,  symnietricall3- 
proportioned,  and  a  pair  of  shoulders  Atlas  miglit 
fairly  en V3-.  His  manners  are  the  veiy  essence  of 
courte.S3'  and  gentleness,  and  altogether  he  presents  a 
marked  t3'pe  of  the  energetic,  patriotic  and  sturdy 
sons  of  the  great  West — nuaviter  in  modo,  fortiter 
ill  re — with  whom  the  high  sense  of  dut3' stands  first 
and  foremost  in  ever3'  relation  of  life. 


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NEIIEMIAH  GiREEN, 
foLirtli  Governor  of  the 
Slate  of  Kaiisns  was.  dur- 
ing the  years  of  his  active 
life,  a  man  essentially  in 
advance  of  liis  time. 
Dgressive  in  thought,  cultured, 
and  to  a  great  extent  self-educated, 
lie  was,  in  addition  to  these  quali- 
ties, endowed  by  nature  with  a 
strong  character  and  deep  sympa- 
thies, a  temperament  sanguine  }'et 
sedate,  and  with  a  steady  inspira- 
tion to  good  deeds.  He  is  now  a 
confirmed  invalid,  having  been  con- 
fined U)  his  room  for  the  last  three  years,  an 
uncomi)laining  sufferer.  Comparatively  few  are 
aware  of  the  fact  that  this  affliction,  overtaking 
him  in  the  prime  of  life,  is  due  to  his  exertions 
while  tm  officer  in  the  arm}',  relieving  his  exhausted 
soldiers  by  himself  carrying  their  guns  and  haver- 
sacks, during  which  a  blood  vessel  was  ru|)tured, 
and  since  My.  Green  h.is  never  seen  a  well  day. 

Mr.  Green  was  born  March  8,  1837,  in  Grassy 
Point  Township,  Hardin  Co.,  Ohio.  His  father, 
.She|)ard  (i  reen,  was  a  native  of  Washington  County, 
Pa.,  where  he  was  born  August  2,  1808,  and  the 
son  of  Nehcmiah  Green,  Sr.,  who  was  born  in 
England,  and  canje  to  America  during  revolution- 
ary times.  He  espoused  the  cause  of  the  Colonists, 
and  while  doing  his  duty  as  a  soldier,  was  taken 
prisoner  and  conveyed  to  Entcland,  where  he  was 
ciinHned  until  after  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis, 
when  he  was  exchanged.  He  tlien  located  in  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa. 

iShepard  Green,  when  a  boy  in  his  teens,  went  to 
Ohio  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Cham- 
paign County.     There  he  learned  the  tinner's  trade. 


which  he  followed  a  few  years,  but  after  marriage 
he  purchased  a  tract  of  timber  land  in  Grassy  Pf)int 
Township,  Hardin  County,  and  put  up  a  log  house. 
In  that  humble  dwelling  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  born.  Tlie  country  was  wild  and  new,  and 
there  were  no  railroads  for  many  ye.ars  afterward. 
The  State  road,  known  as  the  Sandusky  &  Dayton 
road,  passed  by  the  farm,  and  after  a  few  years 
Shepard  (ireen  put  ui)a  hotel  which  he  conducted  for 
several  years,  and  which  was  made  a  stage  staticni. 
Many  distinguished  guests  sought  entertainment 
under  its  roof;  among  them  were  Henry  Clay,  Tom 
Corwin,  and  Richaid  M.  Johnson.  About  IS.jf) 
Mr.  Green  removed  to  Logan  County,  where  his 
death  occurred  July  2G,  1880. 

For  his  wife  Shepard  Green  cliose  in  early  man- 
hood Miss  Mary  A.  Fisher.  This  lady  was  born  at 
Faiif.-ix  Court  House,  Va.,  and  was  the  daughter  of 
AVilliam  Fisher,  a  Virginian  by  birtli,  and  one  of 
the  earliest  pioneers  of  Ohio,  he  locating  first  on 
the  Scioto  river  above  Columbus.  Later  he  re- 
moved to  Logan  County,  where  he  purchased  tim- 
ber land,  improved  a  farm  and  died.  The  mother 
of  our  subject  made  her  home  with  her  jjarents 
until  her  marriage,  learning  to  card,  spin  and 
weave,  and  when  her  children  were  small  she  made 
the  greater  part  of  the  cloth  in  use  in  the  family. 
Having  no  stove,  her  cooking  was  performed  many 
years  by  a  fire-place.  She  died  at  the  home  farm 
in  Logan  County,  Ohio,  in  1859. 

Both  Shepard  Green  and  his  excellent  wife  wci-o 
conscientious  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcoj/al 
Church,  and  the  father  for  many  years  was  one  of 
its  chief  |)illars.  His  house  was  the  headquarters 
of  the  pioneer  preachers,  and  services  were  fre- 
quently held  there.  Politically,  he  was  an  Olff 
Line  Whig.  The  parental  family  included  nine 
children,  all  of  whom  lived  to  mature  years,  viz : 
William  F.,  Louis  F.,  Nehemiah,  Nanc}-,  Fanny, 
Shepard,  George  S.,  Mary  and  Emma.  Tiie  sons 
all  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War. 


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NEIIEMIAII  GREEN. 


When  the  Green  family  changed  their  resirlence 
to  Logan  County,  l)hio,  Nehomiah  was  a  lacl  of 
thirteen  j-eai'S.  He  continued  attending  the  sub- 
scriiition  school  until  sixteen  j'ears  old  during  the 
winter  season,  and  in  the  meantime  improved  his 
opportunities  for  useful  knowledge.  His  desire  was 
for  a  finished  education,  and  now  to  his  great  satis- 
faction he  w.as  i>crmitted  to  enter  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity at  Delaware,  Ohio,  where  he  studied  two 
years.  In  185.5  he  left  school  to  visit  the  Territory 
of  Kansas.  The  journey  was  made  by  steamer  on 
the  Ohio,  Mississippi  and  [Missouri  rivers  to  Kansas 
City;  thence  by  team  to  Douglas  Count}-,  this 
State.  Jlr.  Green  made  a  claim  twelve  miles  south  of 
Lawrence,  and  during  that  spring  the  troubles  be- 
gan between  the  Eree  State  and  Pro-Slavery  men. 

Mr.  Green  was  an  ardent  Free  State  man,  and 
was  prominently  identified  with  John  Brown,  Jim 
Lane,  Montgomery  Bain,  Gov.  Robinson  and  Mar- 
cus Parrott,  with  whom  he  participated  in  the 
trials,  struggles  and  triumphs  which  followed.  He 
remained  in  Kansas  until  late  in  1857,  then  returned 
to  Ohio  and  entered  theministry,  l)ecoming  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Cincinnati  Methodist  Episcopal  Confer- 
ence. He  was  stationed  at  Aberdeen  and  Williams- 
burg until  the  first  call  by  President  Lincoln  for 
troops  to  quell  the  Rebellion. 

It  was  not  long  before  Mr.  Green  proffered  bis 
services  as  a  soldier  of  the  Tnion,  enlisting  as  a 
l)rivate  in  Company  B  8iilh  Ohio  Infantry.  Two 
weeks  later  he  was  commissioned  by  Gov.  Todd,  as 
First  Lieutenant  and  served  with  his  regiment  in 
Kentucky  and  West  Virginia.  He  was  in  tiie  cam- 
paign which  drove  Kirby  Smith  out  of  the  Blue 
Grass  State  and  Loring  out  of  the  Kanawa  Valley. 
While  on  the  Kirby  Smith  campaign  he  ruptured  a 
blood  vessel  and  suffered  hemorrhages  and  has  not 
seen  a  well  day  since.  In  1863  he  was  obliged  to 
resign.  He  recuperated  in  a  measure  and  in  18G4 
enlisted  in  the  Ohio  National  Guards  and  was  Ser- 
geant JIajor  of  the  153d  Regiment,  serving  in  the 
Army  of  tlie  Potomac.  He  received  his  discharge 
in  September,  1864,  and,  returning  to  Kansas,  re- 
sumed his  ministerial  labors,  being  placed  in  charge 
of  the  IMethodist  Episcopal   Church  at  Manhattan. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  Green  had  kept  himself  well 
posted  upon  State  and  national  events  and  was 
looked  uiion  as  a  fit  representative  of  the  people's 
interest  in  legislative  halls.  In  18G6  he  w.as  nomi- 
nated fur  Lieutenant-Governor  and  elected.  In 
1868  the  Cimaron  War  broke  out  and  Kansas  was 
asked  to  raise  a  regiment  of  cavalry  for  the  United 
States  service.  Gov.  Crawford  resigned  and  was 
appointed  Colonel  of  the  regiment  and  Mr.  Green 
was  then  sworn  in  as  his  successor,  administering 
tJK!  duties  of  his  oltice  until  the  close  of  the  term. 
Executive  business  had  in  the  meantime  accumu- 


lated while  Gov.  Crawford  was  raising  the  regi- 
ment, and  the  military  and  contingent  fund  had 
been  cxiiaustcd  while  the  whole  frontier  was  threat- 
ened bv  hostile  Inilians.  The  soldiers  and  tlieir 
horses  had  to  be  fed  and  the  former  clothed.  (4ov. 
Green  was  equal  to  the  emergency  and  borrowed 
money,  while  at  the  same  time  letting  contracts  sub- 
ject to  the  approval  of  the  Legislature  to  carry  on  all 
business,  both  militar}'  and  civil.  He  visited  the 
various  military  posts,  traveling  in  an  ambul.ance, 
and  personally  inspecting  the  militia.  The  war  ended 
with  the  capture  and  destruction  of  the  bands  of 
Indians  commanded  by  Black  Kettle  and  Little 
Raven,  by  Gen.  Custer. 

After  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  Gov. 
Green  delivered  the  great  seal  of  the  State  to  his 
successor  and  resumed  preaching.  In  due  time  he 
was  chosen  Presiding  Elder  of  Manhattan  District, 
which  inchidecl  the  western  half  of  the  north  half  of 
the  State.  He  followed  up  the  frontier  and  laid  the 
foimdation  for  many  prosperous  churches.  He  thus 
labored  actively  in  the  church  until  1873,  when 
failing  health  comi)elled  liini  to  retire.  That  year 
he  settled  on  his  farm  in  Grart  Township,  Riley 
County.     This  farm  comprises   840  acres   of  land. 

Gov.  Green  lived  a  few  j'ears  in  comparative 
quiet  but  in  1880  was  brought  forward  again  by 
his  old  constituents,  elected  to  the  State  Legisla- 
tiu'e  and  took  an  imiiortant  part  in  the  proceedings 
being  iinally  elected  Speaker  j)>v)  P'ln.  During  this 
term  the  principal  subjects  acted  u[)on  were  educa- 
tion, transportation,  agriculture  and  temperance. 
Mr.  Green  took  an  important  part  in  the  i)rocecd- 
ings  to  compel  the  Union  Pacific  Railroad  to  ac- 
knowledge its  obligation  to  the  State.  A  measure 
w.as  p.assed  which  forced  the  matter  to  the  Supreme 
Court  when  the  Company  surrendereil  every  point 
and  although  its  offices  were  moved  from  the  Stale. 
agreed  to  accept  service  on  any  local  agent. 

The  marriage  of  Nehemiah  Green  and  Miss  Ida 
K.  Leflingwell,  of  Williamsburg,  Ohio,  was  cele- 
brated in  1860.  Tliis  lady  was  born  at  that  place 
r.nd  was  the  daughter  of  Sidney  and  Melissa 
(Bryant)  Leffingwell.  She  became  the  mother  of 
three  children  and  died  in  1871.  The  eldest  child, 
Glenzen  S.,  is  a  resident  of  Oregon.  Effie  married 
Dr.  William  B.  Sweatnian,  and  they  live  in  Parkers 
villc,  Morris  Co.,  this  State.  Alice  is  the  wife  of 
Prof.  John  E.  Edgerton,  Princiiial  of  the  schools 
of  AVhite  Cit3'.  In  1873  Mr.  Green  contracted  a 
second  marriage  with  JSIiss  Mary  Sturdevant.  This 
lady  was  born  in  Kushville,  N.  Y.  and  is  the  daugli- 
ter  of  Josiah  and  Hannah  (Peabod^-)  Sturdevant, 
who  were  natives  respectively  of  New  England  and 
New  York  State;  they  spent  their  last  years  in 
Rushvillc,  N.  Y.  Of  this  union  there  have  been 
born  tw-o  children — Burlis  AV.  and  Ned  M. 


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^^^^f^AMES  M.  HARVEY,  fifth  Gov- 
^^^r/Afi''^:  t'l'iior  of  the  State  of  Kansas,  and  a 
ffi  rl^w  Virginian  by  birth,  is  a  native 
-~  ""'  of  Monroe  County,  and  was  born 
Sept.  21,  1833.  His  parents, 
Thomas  and  Margaret  (Walker) 
Harve^',  were  also  natives  of  the 
Old  Dominiun,  but  removed 
from  that  State  when  their  son 
James  M.  was  quite  young. 
He  acquired  his  education  in  the 
public  and  select  schools  of  In- 
diana, Illinois  and  Iowa,  and 
following  his  tastes  and  talents, 
became  a  finished  practical  sur- 
veyor and  civil  engineer.  Mr. 
Harvey,  in  the  jear  1859,  just  before  Kansas  was 
freed  from  Territorial  enthrallment,  and  when  she 
was  struggling  to  become  one  of  the  sisterhood  of 
States,  removed  hither,  settling  in  Riley  County. 
He  at  once  became  warmly  interested  in  the  affairs 
of  this  section  of  country,  and  distinguished  him- 
self for  his  ability',  intelligence  and  enthusiastic  sup- 
port of  the  measure  which  was  to  make  the  Territory 
.1  full  member  of  the  American  Union.  The  pur- 
suit of  agriculture  at  that  time  offered  a  more  ample 
income  than  his  profession,  and  in  this  he  at  once 
engaged,  but  the  seclusion  of  the  farm  did  not  con- 
ceal his  eminent  ability  and  his  talents  from  the 
public,  and  he  was  a  prominent  factor  in  the  affairs 
^f  Kansas  for  a  jieriod  of  nearly  thirty  years. 
It  was  not  long  after  his  arrival  here  until  the 


Civil  War  was  precipitated  upon  the  countrj^,  and 
James  M.  Harvey  enlisted  as  a  soldier  of  the  Union 
army,  and  was  soon  given  a  Captain's  commission 
in  the  4i,hand  10th  Regiments,  which  were  consoli- 
dated. He  served  with  honor  in  the  campaign  in 
which  his  command  took  part,  and  was  mustered  out 
in  1864.  The  following  year,  and  also  in  1866,  he 
was  elected  to  represent  his  count}'  in  the  Kansas 
Legislature,  where  he  displayed  such  power  as  to 
attract  the  leading  men  of  the  commonwealth,  and 
in  which  he  gave  unmistakable  indications  of  the 
distinction  he  would  achieve  in  the  future.  After 
serving  his  terms  creditably  as  a  member  of  the 
House,  he  was,  in  18G7-71,  a  member  of  the  Senate, 
and  in  the  latter  3ear  was  elected  Governor. 

The  duties  of  these  various  offices  Mr.  Harvey 
discharged  with  that  fidelity  and  ability  which  en- 
titled him  to  still  higher  distinction,  and  accordingly 
on  the  assembling  of  the  State  Leglature,  in  1871, 
he  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  tlie 
resignation  of  Alexander  Caldwell,  United  States 
Senator.  This  vacancy  had  been  temporarily  filled 
by  the  appointment  of  Robert  Crozier,  but  the 
Legislature  promptly  recognized  the  claims  of  Mi-. 
Harve}-,  and  gave  him  the  merited  compliment  of 
his  regular  election  to  that  position.  He  took  his 
seat  on  the  12  th  of  February,  and  in  this,  as  in  all 
other  places  which  he  was  called  upon  to  fill,  dis- 
charged his  duties  with  great  credit  to  himself  and 
honor  to  his  State  until  the  4th  of  March,  1877,  at 
which  time  his  term  expired. 


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JAMES  M.   HARVEY. 


During  Mr.  Harvey's  incumbency  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's office  much  important  work  was  done  b3'  the 
Legislature,  including  tlio  issuance  of  Ixnids  for 
the  military  expenses  of  the  Indian  War.  and  pro- 
viding a  military  contingent  fund  for  the  protection 
of  the  frontier  of  the  State  against  Indian  depreda- 
tions— these  two  objects  calling  for  §275,000;  and 
also  the  further  issuance  of  bonds  to  aid  in  com- 
pleting the  west  wing  of  the  State  Capitol,  170,000; 
to  defray  the  expenses  of  raising  the  1  Oth  Regiment, 
$14,000;  and  $1,500  was  appropriated  to  buy  seed 
wheat  for  destitute  farmers  on  the  frontier.  Dur- 
ing tliat  term  also  the  east  wing  of  the  new  capitol  at 
Topeka  was  so  far  completed  that  on  December  25 
they  were  occupied  by  the  State  officers.  At  that 
date  there  had  been  expended  on  the  wing  com- 
pleted and  on  the  west  wing,  on  which  work  was 
still  progressing,  the  sum  of  $417,588.29.  At  the 
annual  election,  which  occurred  Nov.  8,  1870, 
Gov.  Harvey  received  over  19,000  majority  over 
his  Democratic  opponent.  For  United  States  Sena- 
tor, to  serve  the  unexpired  term  of  Caldwell,  the 
balloting  commencecIJanuary  27,  and  was  continued 
four  days,  no  candidate  receiving  the  required 
seventy  votes  necessary  to  a  choice.  On  the  2d  of 
Eebruary,  Mr.  Harvey  was  elected  on  a  joint  vote 
of  seventy-six  as  against  fiftj'-eight  thrown  for  all 
other  candidates. 

During  the  twelfth  session  of  the  Kansas  Legis- 
lature, James  M.  Harve}',  Governor,  thirty-eight 
laws  were  passed.  Among  them  were  bills  authoriz- 
ing or  legalizing  the  issuance  of  municipal  bonds ;  the 
State  Board  of  Agriculture  was  created ;  $3,000  w.as 
appropriated  for  the  I'elief  of  Western  settlers,  and 
$2,500  for  the  Freedman's  University  of  Quindaro; 
the  boundaries  of  Kingman  and  Harvey  Counties 
were  defined,  the  latter  named  in  honor  of  James 
M.;  two  new  judicial  districts  were  created,  the 
Thirteenth  and  Fourteenth;  the  salaries  of  State 
officers  and  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Courts  and 
Districts  Courts  were  increased ;  and  an  act  passed 
providing  for  the  sale  of  Normal  School  lands; 
Counnissioners  were  also  ai)pointed  to  provide  for 
the  settlement  of  losses  by  Indian  depredations 
between  1860  and  1871. 

Gov.  Harvey  upon  retiring  from  pnlilic  life  re- 
turned to  his  farm  at  ^'inton,  Riley  County,  where 


'  he  resided  for  a  time,  and  then  returned  to  the 
vicinity  of  his  old  home  in  Virginia,  and  is  now 
living  in  Richmond.  On  the  4tliof  October,  1854, he 
was  united  in  mairiage  with  Miss  Charlotte  Cutter, 
of  Adams  County,  111.,  and  of  this  union  there 
were  born  six  cliildrcn,  four  daughters  and  two 
sons,  namely :  Clara,  Emma,  Lillian,  Martha,  James 
N.  and  John  A. 

The  assuring  smile  of  peace  fell  upon  Kansas  for 
the  first  time  in  her  existence  when  the  war  of  the 
Rebellion  ended,  and  about  the  time  Mr.  Harvey, 
after  serving  valiantly  in  the  ranks  of  the  Union 
army,  returned  to  Riley  County,  and  was  called 
upon  to  assist  in  the  further  great  work  which  lay 
before  both  legislators  and  people.  It  was  a  time 
demanding  the  best  efforts  of  its  wisest  men,  and 
Mr.  Harvey  in  his  sphere  was  equal  to  the  emer- 
gency, and  to  the  perplexing  duties  devolving  upon 
him  as  Legislator,  Senator  and  Governor.  Twelve 
j'ears  of  turmoil  and  strife  had  trained  the  inhabitants 
to  know  no  rest  save  in  motion,  and  no  safety-  ex- 
cept in  incessant  vigilance.  Under  this  discipline 
their  character  had  become  as  peculiar  as  the  expe- 
riences through  which  thcj'  had  passed.  A  rest- 
less energy  was  the  controlling  element,  and  the  life 
of  ease  and  peace  was  one  so  foreign  to  their  ex- 
perience as  to  strike  them  as  almost  unnatural. 
They,  however,  under  the  fortunate  rule  of  a  wise 
executive,  turned  to  the  pursuit  of  the  peaceful  arts 
and  conquered  the  right  to  the  free  soil  they  now 
tread.  Mines  were  opened,  railroads  l)uilt,  hus- 
bandry and  manufactures  brought  wealth  and  plenty, 
and  peace  and  prosperitj'  reigned. 

Along  with  the  happy  state  of  affairs  just  above 
mentioned,  there  were  also  built  up  the  indispensa- 
ble adjuncts  of  churches,  schools  and  charitable 
institutions,  together  with  happy  homes,  villages 
and  cities,  and  all  else  which  marks  the  develop- 
ment of  a  civilized  and  free  people.  Every  man 
who  at  that  critical  period  performed  his  dutj'  de- 
serves to  be  perpetuated  in  history.  Among  these 
James  M.  Harvey  was  likewise  equal  to  the  emer- 
geucy,  and  is  amply  entitled  to  li:ive  his  name  en- 
rolled among  the  patriots  of  that  period,  who  labore<l 
efficiently  in  bringing  about  the  future  prosperity 
of  the  commonwealth  which  now  occupies  a  i)roud 
position  among  the  States  west  of  the  Mississippi, 


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(if  the  most  popular  and 
distinguished,  gentlemen 
who  ever  served  the  State 
of  Kansas  as  her  Executive, 
is  to-day  an  honored  citi- 
'^*  zcn  of  that  great  common- 
wealth and  a  resident  of  her  capital 
city.  He  was  chosen  to  this  high 
position  at  a  critical  time  in  tlie 
history  of  tlio  State.  While  it 
is  true  tliat  no  commonwealth  in 
inr  glorious  galaxy  of  States  has 


/^^IIM  Jl^,   ^'t'cn   so   sorely    tried   or   passed 
wPs!/ft  ^'        through  so  many  and  such  severe 


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ordeals,  there  have  been  some  peri- 
ods of  greater  trials  than  others. 
One  crisis  after  another  has  come  upon  this  people, 
but  there  w.as  always  a  firm  and  wise  hand  ready 
and  able  to  guide  the  ship  of  State  through  the 
storm  and  over  the  shoals.  Kansas  found  in  the 
person  of  Mr.  Osborn  a  safe  leader,  a  patriot  and  a 
statesman.  From  the  year  1872  to  1S77  was  an 
important  period  in  the  history  of  Kansas,  and  during 
this  time  Thomas  A.  Osborn  stood  at  tlie  head  of 
its  affairs.  Many  vital  questions  were  forced  upon 
the  Executive  during  these  eventful  years,  and  the 
record  he  made  then  will  ever  endear  him  to  tlie 
hearts  of  the  people  of  the  State  he  so  efliciently 
served.  When  tried  he  was  not  found  wanting, 
but  demonstrated  that  he  possessed  a  sound  judg- 
ment, a  keen  foresight,  and  an  unfaltering  devotion 
to  tlie  well-being  and  prosperity  of  the  State.  Though 
a  stanch  Republican  as  a  citizen,  as  a  Governor  he 
was  non  partisan,  and  worked  impartially  to  the  bet- 
terment and  welfare  of  the  whole  people.     Not  only 


h.as  he  been  a  v.alued  citizen  of  the  State  because 
he  so  ably  filled  the  Gubernatorial  Chair  for  two 
terms,  but  because  for  over  a  quarter  of  a  century 
he  has  stood  in  the  front  rank  of  her  most  progres- 
sive and  patriotic  citizens,  aiding  in  every  laudable 
enterprise  having  for  its  object  tlie  public  good. 

Thomas  A.  Osborn  was  born  nearly  fifty-two 
years  ago,  at  Meadville,  Pa.,  Oct.  2G,  183G.  He 
attended  the  common  sciiools  of  his  neighborhood 
during  his  boyhood,  and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  com- 
menced life  .as  a  printer  by  carrying  the  newspapers 
of  the  office.  Here  he  served  a  full  apprenticeship, 
and  in  the  meantime  pursued  the  course  of  study 
which  had  been  interrupted  by  the  necessity  of 
making  his  own  living.  By  his  labors  at  the  case 
he  was  enabled  in  due  time  to  earn  enough  money 
to  pay  his  way  through  Allegheny  College,  and  i;i 
1  850  he  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the  oflico 
of  Judge  Derrrickson,  of  his  native  town.  The 
year  following  he  came  to  Michigan,  and  was  soon 
afterward  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  November, 
1857,  he  migrated  to  Kansas,  and  began  his  career 
in  the  Territory  at  Lawrence,  asacompositor  in  tlie 
office  of  the  Herald  of  Freedom.  Such  w.as  his 
fidelity  to  duty,  and  his  industry  and  efflciency. 
that  he  was  soon  promoted  to  the  position  of  foreman, 
and  in  March,  1858,  the  editor  of  the  paper,  after 
a  two- weeks  absence,  expressed  his  thanks  "to  his 
worthy  foreman,  T.  A.  Osborn,  Esq.,  for  the  very 
satisfactory  manner  in  which  he  has  conducted  its 
columns." 

Before  Mr.  Osborn  was  twenty-two  years  old  he 
commenced  the  practice  of  law  at  Elwood,  Doni- 
phan County,  and  soon  acquired  a  fine  reputation 
in  his  chosen  profession.  Politically,  he  was  a  strong 


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THOMAS  A.  OS  BORN. 


Republican  and  Free-State  man,  and  in  1859  was 
ulefted  Senator  from  Doiiiplian  (.'ount^'  to  the  first 
State  Legislature,  taking'  liis  seat  in  18G1,  when 
twenty-live  3ears  old.  The  year  following  he  was 
chosen  Fiesident  j"'"  '«"*■  of  the  Senate  during  the 
absence  of  tiie  Lieutenant  Governor,  and  during 
tlie  inii)eaclinient  trial  of  Gov.  Robinson  .and  others. 
His  next  promotion  was  liis  election  to  tlie  office  of 
Lieutenant  Governor  over  his  competitor,  Hon.  J.  J. 
Ingalls. 

In  1864  Mr.  Osborn  received  the  appointment  of 
United  .States  Marshal  in  Kansas,  by  President 
Lincoln,  and  occupied  the  position  until  18()7,  re- 
siding during  and  after  his  terra  of  office  atLeaveii- 
wortli.  In  the  fall  of  1872  he  acceiited  from  the 
hands  of  his  party  the  nomination  for  Governor  of 
Kansas.  The  convention  assemljled  atTopeka,  and 
their  candidate  was  elected  by  a  m.ajority  of  34,000. 
He  was  duly  inaugurated  in  January,  1873,  and 
served  with  so  great  ability  and  rendered  such  sat- 
isfaction that  he  w.as  again  chosen  at  the  State  Con- 
vention of  his  part}'  for  a  second  term.  The  fol- 
lowing November  he  was  duly  elected,  and  served 
another  two  years. 

It  is  proi>er  in  this  connection  to  give  a  resume 
of  some  of  the  occurrences  in  Kansas  at  the  time 
Gov.  Osborn  occupied  the  position  of  State  Execu- 
tive. In  May,  1874,  during  his  second  j-ear  as 
Governor,  the  Indians  on  the  southwestern  frontier 
commenced  depredations  upon  the  settlers  in  Bar- 
bour County,  which  were  confined  for  a  time  to  the 
stealing  of  their  cattle  and  horses.  In  an  attempt 
to  recover  some  of  tlie  plunder,  a  detachment  of 
United  States  Cavalry  fatally  wounded  a  son  of 
Little  Robe,  a  chief  of  tiie  Chcyennes.  This  in- 
cited the  Indians  to  open  outrages,  and  in  June  five 
murders  were  committed.  These  outrages  alarmed 
the  entire  southwestern  border,  and  action  was  at  once 
taken  to  place  the  more  exposed  points  in  as  good 
a  condition  of  defense  as  was  possible.  Companies 
were  organized  and  armed  in  readiness  for  an  emer- 
gency, and  stockades  were  constructed  by  the  set- 
tlers at  Jledicine  Lodge,  Kiowa,  Sun  City,  and  at 
points  midway  between  the  two  latter  i)laces.  Not- 
withslaniling  tliese  precautions,  hundreds  of  |)eople 
deserted  tlieir  homes  and  sought  protection  in  the 
larger  towns.  In  .Inly  other  murders  were  com- 
mitted, and  suspicion  pointed  strongly  to  the  Osage 
Indians.  Early  in  August  a  party  of  these,  twenty- 
live  in  nun;ber,  appeared  near  the  town  of  Kiowa, 
claiming  to  be  out  on  a  buffalo  hunt,  and  upon  be- 
ing ordered  to  return  to  their  reservation  the}'  re- 
fused to  do  so.  This  was  communicated  to  Capt. 
Ricker,  who  was  in  command  of  a  company  of 
mounted  militia,  and  who  in  setting  out  to  find 
them,  overtook  them  about  flflccii  miles  northeast 


of  Medicine  Lodge.  In  the  skirmish  which  ensued 
four  Indians  weie  killed.  The  savages  now  grew 
more  bold  and  decided  in  their  onslaught  upon  the 
white  settlers,  and  by  the  1st  of  September  they 
had  slain  sixteen  citizens,  six  of  whom  were  resi- 
dents of  Lawrence  and  peaccabl}'  engaged  in  sur- 
veying public  lands  forty  miles  south  and  twenty 
miles  west  of  Dodge  City.  Gov.  Osborn  was  com- 
pelled to  keep  the  volunteer  militia  companies  on 
the  border  in  active  service  until  nearly  the  close 
of  1874,  and  between  those  who  urged  extreme 
measures  and  those  who,  more  timid,  advised  a  pol- 
icy of  extreme  forbearance,  he  was  in  a  position  re- 
quiring great  ingenuity  and  temperance  of  aclion. 
Few  men  in  his  position  could  have  done  better, 
and  more  would  probably  have  failed  in  assisting  to 
bring  all  these  troubles  to  a  iieaccalile  conclusion. 

After  leaving  the  Gubernatorial  Chair  in  1877, 
Sir.  Osborn  was  appointed  by  President  Hayes, 
United  States  Minister  to  Chili.  In  this  position  he 
remained  for  four  years,  when  he  was  tendered  by 
President  Garfield  the  i)()sition  of  Minister  to  the 
Empire  of  Brazil.  This  he  accepted,  and  remained 
near  the  court  of  Don  Pedro  until  the  administra- 
tion of  President  Cleveland  came  into  power. 

Mr.  Osborn's  record  as  a  foreign  Minister  was 
not  onlv  highly  creditable  to  our  own  Kation,  but 
doubly  so  to  him  as  an  official  and  a  citizen  of  the 
great  peace-loving  Republic  of  America.  While  in 
Chili  he  was  quite  active  in  trying  to  bring  to  an 
end  the  bloody  war  in  which  that  country  was  en- 
gaged with  Peru  and  Bolivia,  and  in  l.s,sO  presided 
over  a  conference  of  representatives  of  the  bellig- 
erent power  on  board  the  American  man-of-war 
'•Lackawanna"  in  the  b.ay  of  Arica,  which  had  in 
view  that  object.  He  also  interested  himSL-lf  in 
bringing  to  a  peaceful  conclusion  the  long-iiending 
boundary  dispute  between  Cliili  and  the  Argentine 
Republic.  For  his  valued  and  able  services  in  this 
coiniection  he  received  the  thanks  of  both  nations. 

Since  Gov.  Osborn's  return  to  the  United  States 
he  has  occu|)ied  himself  in  various  enterprises,  and 
while  not  entirely  eschewing  politics,  has  made 
known  his  desire  to  be  excused  from  filling  further 
ollicial  positions.  He  stood  at  the  bend  of  the  Kansas 
delegation  to  the  National  Republican  Convention  in 
1888,  and  in  that  august  assembly  was  .i  prominent 
figure.  He  is  a  niau  whose  opinions  are  universally 
held  in  respect,  and  one  who  has  no  unimportant 
inlUience  in  the  councils  of  his  party.  His  early 
life  and  training  served  to  build  up  within  him  that 
patience  and  self-reliance,  and  that  perseverance  in 
behalf  of  a  worthy  principle,  which  has  been  the 
secret  of  his  standing  among  his  fellownicn,  and 
distinguished  him  as  a  man  of  more  than  orclinary 
ability,  and  one  eminently  to  be  trusted. 


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EORGE  T.   A  N  T  H  O  N  Y, 

the  seventh  Governor  of 
the  State  of  Kansas,  came 
of  an  excellent  family  of  the 
Empire  State,  who  were  or- 
thodox Quakers  religiously, 
and  who  in  point  of  the  ele- 
ments which  go  to  make  up  the  bone 
and  sinew  of  the  social  fabric,  pos- 
sessed all  the  clmractei'istics  of  that  jie- 
^Wi4^^^%  culiar  people.  He  was  born  in  May- 
'  r  '  3I  fif'l'^^'-  l^'iilton  Co.,  N.  Y.,  June  9, 1  8lH, 
■^t^lV'  '""^  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  on  a 
"^Ssj^r'  ""     farm,  acquiring  his  education  most!}' 


f^  "  in  the  winter  season,  and  making  him- 
self useful  at  agricultural  pursuits  in  summer. 
About  the  age  of  nineteen  he  commenced  learning 
the  tin  and  c<)p[>er  smith's  trade  at  Union  Springs, 
Cayuga  County,  which  he  followed  as  a  juurncy- 
man  five  3-ears,  then  repaired  to  liallston  Spa,  and 
clerked  in  a  hardware  store  until  his  removal  to 
Mciliiia,  in  IS.'.O. 

Ill  the  town  above  mentionetl  Mr.  Anthony  found 


his  future  wife,  Miss  Rose  A.  Lyons,  to  whom  he 
was  married  Dee.  14,  1852,  and  thereafter  for  a 
period  of  nine  years  was  engaged  in  trade  in  hard- 
ware, tin  and  stoves,  and  also  carried  on  the  manu- 
facture of  stoves  and  agricultural  implements.  Later 
he  engaged  in  the  commission  business,  and  in  due 
time  was  made  Loan  Commissioner  for  Orleans 
County,  being  thus  occupied  three  years. 

During  the  late  Rebellion  and  under  the  call  of 
July  2,  18G2,  for  additional  troops,  Mr.  Anthonj^ 
was  selected  hy  request  of  Gov.  Morton  as  one  of  a 
committee  of  seven  to  raise  and  organize  troops  in  the 
Twenty-eighth  District  of  New  York,  embracing  the 
counties  of  Orleans,  Niagara  and  Genesee.  In  Au- 
gust following  he  was  authorized  to  recruit  an  inde- 
pendent liattery  of  light  artillery  of  six  guns,  and 
which  was  subsequently  known  as  the  ITtli  New- 
York  Independent  Battery.  Such  was  the  in- 
dustry' with  which  he  set  about  this  commission, 
that  in  four  days  the  maximum  number  was  secured 
and  mustered  into  service,  with  Mr.  Anthony  as 
Captain,  and  they  proceeded  at  once  to  W.ashington. 


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GEORGK  T.  ANTHONY. 


Capt.  Anthony  served  witli  his  liatteiy  until  the 
ulose  of  the  war.  operating-  between  Wasliington  and 
Uielunond,  and  in  front  of  the  latter  eity  and  Pe- 
tersburg, being  witii  tlie  18th  Army  Corps  during 
the  last  year  of  the  war.  He  was  breveted  Major 
for  services  in  the  last  campaign  ending  at  Apj)o- 
mattox  Court  House,  and  after  the  surrender  of  the 
Confederate  forces,  was  mustered  out  of  service  at 
Richmond,  Va.,  June  12,  18G5. 

In  November,  1865,  ]Mr.  Anthony  changed  his 
residence  from  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  to  Leavenworth, 
this  State,  and  became  editor  of  the  Leavenworth 
Dally  Bulletin,  also  of  the  Leavenworth  Dally  Con- 
servatloe,  filling  the  position  two  years  and  one-half. 
He  subsequently  assumed  proprietorship  of  the  Kan- 
sas Farmer,  which  he  conducted  six  years.  In  the 
meantime  such  had  been  the  zeal  with  which  he  in- 
terested himself  in  the  affairs  of  a  State  struggling 
for  recognition,  and  only  needing  good  men  for 
leaders,  that  he  was  recognized  as  a  man  eminently 
fitted  for  promotion,  and  in  December,  1867,  was 
appointed  United  States  Internal  Revenue  Assistant 
Assessor,  and  the  following  year  Collector  of  Inter- 
nal Revenue.  For  three  years  he  was  President  of 
the  Kansas  State  Board  of  Agriculture,  and  for  two 
years  held  the  same  position  on  tlie  Board  of  Cen- 
tennial Managers  for  the  State,  and  was  discharging 
the  duties  of  the  three  offices  at  the  time  of  his 
election  as  Governor,  on  the  7th  of  November, 
:87G. 

(iov.  Anthon}-,  while  State  Executive,  presided 
wisely  as  counselor  over  the  many  diflicult  ques- 
tions arising  at  that  time,  and  retired  from  the 
ollice  with  the  best  wishes  of  those  who  had  realized 
how  faithfully  he  had  endeavored  to  perform  his 
duty.  He  continued  his  residence  in  Leavenworth 
Lfter  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  ofHce,  and  there- 
after was  employed  much  of  the  time  in  a  respon- 
sible j)osition,  in  connection  with  the  extension  of 
the  great  Santa  Fe  Railroad  through  New  Mexico 
and  into  Old  Mexico. 

That  Gov.  Anthony  was  popular  during  his  in- 
cumbency of  the  Executive  ollice,  is  indicated  by 
the  fact  that  the  county  seat  of  Harper  County  was 
named  in  his  honor.  Over  the  establishment  of 
this  town  there  was  much  eai'nest  debate  in  regard 
to  its  location  and  many  other  important  details  in 


connection  therewith.  It  is  now  a  city  of  impor- 
tance, and  was  honored  with  a  post-office  in  the 
summer  of  1878.  At  fust  the  service  was  only 
weekly-,  but  in  due  time  became  daily,  and  it  was 
made  a  money-order  office  in  1880.  Previous  to 
this,  however,  a  bank  had  been  established  in  a 
small  frame  structure  standing  on  the  street,  and 
its  business  was  soon  conducted  in  a  store  building, 
with  a  capital  of  $20,000.  The  Globe  Mills  were  put 
up  in  1880-81,  at  a  cost  of  over$25,000,  and  iji  due 
time  commanded  a  large  trade  from  points  in  the 
Indian  Territory,  as  well  as  the  surrounding  towns. 

Churches  and  newspapers  sprang  up  in  due  time 
in  the  town  of  Anthony,  and  various  lodges  of  the 
different  societies  were  named  in  honor  of  the 
Governor.  The  town  itself  lies  on  the  edge  of  a 
beautiful  valley,  a  trifle  over  tvvo  miles  from  the 
geographical  center  of  Harper  County,  and  the  site 
was  selected  after  much  deliber.ation  by  the  Town 
Company,  which  had  been  formed  at  Wichita  for 
the  purpose,  as  it  was  found  desir.able  to  establish  a 
town  not  far  from  the  center  of  Harper  Count}-, 
which  embraced  large  tracts  of  beautiful  rolling- 
land.  The  projected  town  was  considered  a 
matter  of  serious  importance,  and  not  the  least 
among  the  matters  connected  with  its  establishment 
was  the  name  by  which  it  should  be  called.  The 
descendants  of  Gov.  Anthonj-  ma}-  be  pardoned  if 
in  preserving  their  family  history  they  keep  proj)- 
erly  in  view  this  fact  in  connection  therewith.  The 
town  site  was  made  to  cover  320  acres,  and  the  first 
work  of  the  company  was  to  build  a  bari'acks  for 
the  accommodation  of  emigrants,  and  to  dig  three 
public  wells. 

About  as  soon  as  the  announcement  went  forth 
that  the  "  city  of  Anthony  "  was  ready  for  settle- 
ment, about  a  dozen  box  houses  sprang  up  as  if  by 
magic,  and  were  soon  followed  by  a  store  of  general 
merchandise,  a  hardware  and  a  drug-store,  and  closely 
upon  the  heels  of  these  came  a  ph^-sician  and  an 
attorney.  The  new  town  grew  r.apidly,  and  now 
occupies  a  proud  position  among  the  other  cities 
adjacent,  going  in  some  respects  ahead  of  those 
which  are  older.  As  may  bo  supposed,  the  patriot, 
the  ex-soldier,  and  one  of  the  most  conscientious 
men  who  ever  occupied  the  Gubernatorial  Chair  of 
Kaus.as,  has  w.atched  its  growth  with  lively  interest. 


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OHN  P.  ST.  JOHN,  eighth 
Governor  of  the  State  of 
Kansas,  was  born  in  Brooii- 
field,  Franliliu  Co.,  Ind., 
Feb,  25,  1833.  The  family 
is  (if  Huguenot  descent. 
Daniel  St.  John,  the  paternal 
grandfather,  was  a  native  of 
Luzerne  Count}',  Pa.,  and  for 
sixty  yeais  was  one  of  the  fore- 
most ministers  of  tlie  Universalist 
denomination,  preaching  with  un- 
swerving faith  the  doctrines  he 
had  espoused,  and  illustrating  their 
purity  by  aguilelcss and  untarnished 
reputation.  He  was  the  friend  and 
of  Murraj',  Ballon,  Streeter  and 
Thomas,  and  was  numl^ered  with  them  as  one  of 
the  American  fathers  of  this  religious  faith.  He 
was  also  a  Freemason,  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  Broad  Kipplc,  Ind.,  was 
the  oldest  member  of  the  fraternity  in  the  State. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
St.  John,  who  was  born  in  Orange  Countj',  N.  Y., 
:.m\  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability.  The 
mother,  Sophia  (Snell)  St.  John,  was  of  English 
extiaction,  a  ladj'  of  rare  intelligence,  with  a  char- 
acter adorned  b>'  all  the  Christian  virtues.  The 
chiklrcn  of  farmers  in  the  rural  districts  of  Indiana 
icn'ly  years  ago  were  taught  by  such  instructors  as 
the  limited  means  of  the  inhabitants  could  com- 
mand, and  who  dispensed  knowledge  usually  only 
Iwo  sliort  terms  each  year.     Under  these  circum- 


stances the  early  education  of  John  P.  St.  Johr 
was  acquired.  He  soon  mastered  the  elementarj 
branches  taught  in  the  district  school,  but  deter- 
mined to  carry  on  his  education  as  soon  as  he  could 
secure  the  means,  and  for  this  purpose,  while  yet 
a  youth,  entered  a  store,  but  devoted  his  leisure 
hours  to  his  books. 

In  1852  Mr.  St.  John  made  his  way  to  the  Pa- 
cific Slope,  and  employed  himself  at  whatever  he 
could  find  to  do — wood-chopping,  steamboating, 
mining,  merchandising,  etc.  During  the  period  of 
eight  years,  which  were  pregnant  with  adventure, 
hardship,  danger  and  toil,  if  not  of  profit,  he  made 
vo\'ages  to  Central  America,  South  America. 
Mexico,  Oregon  and  the  Sandwich  Islands.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  Indian  AVars  of  Northern  Cali- 
fornia and  Southern  Oregon  in  1852-53,  in  which 
he  suffered  all  the  perils  and  hardships  incident  to 
the  struggles  of  that  time,  and  was  several  times 
wounded  in  the  service. 

During  his  mining  life  in  California  the  long- 
cherished  predilection  of  Mr.  St.  John  for  the  legal 
profession  ripened  into  a  definite  purpose.  He 
accordingl}'  procured  a  few  elementary  law  books, 
and  under  circumstances  calculated  to  try  the 
courage  of  one  less  determined,  he  commenced  his 
law  studies  in  his  mining  camp,  reading  e.ach  even- 
ing after  the  close  of  the  day's  labor  by  the  light 
of  a  burning  pine  knot  or  the  camp  fire.  lie  thus 
pursued  his  studios  laboriousl}'  for  two  j'ears.  In 
1860  he  returned  eastward  with  but  little  more  of 
this  world's  goods  than  wh.en  he  set  out  eight  years 
before,   but  equip]3ed   with   a    rich    experience,  a 


no 


JOHN  P.  ST.  JOHN. 


knowk'cim'  of  tlu'  worlil  :iii<l  a  fair  idea  of  common 
law.  AVitli  the  view  of  perfoccing  iiimsclf  still 
further  in  his  studies,  he  entered  the  offlcc  of 
."Messrs.  Starkweather  &  McLain,  at  Charleston,  111., 
mid  at  the  expiration  of  a  year's  time  was  admitted 
Id  practice  at  the  bar,  and  became  a  member  of  the 
firm  above  mentioned. 

The  anticipated  professional  career  of  Mr.  St. 
John,  however,  was  rudely  broken  in  upon  by  the 
mutterings  of  Civil  War,  and  la3'ing  aside  his  per- 
sonal interests,  ho  enlistetl  as  a  private  in  Company 
C,  (J8th  Illinois  Infantry.  The  regiment  was  soon 
sent  to  Alexandria,  Va.,  and  St.  John  was  assigned 
to  detached  duty  as  Assistant  Adjutant  General. 
He  continued  in  this  capacity  until  his  term  of 
enlistment  had  expired,  but  subsequently  at  Camp 
Mattoon,  111.,  he  w.as  placed  in  command  of  the 
troops  there,  given  the  commission  of  Captain,  and 
upon  the  organization  of  the  1  i3d  Illinois,  was 
elected  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  this  regiment.  Thej' 
operated  subsequently  in  the  Mississippi  Valley,  and 
Col.  St.  John  continued  in  the  service  until  1864, 
when  he  retired  to  ]irivate  life,  and  resumed  the 
I)ractice  of  law  in  connection  with  Judge  McLaim 
the  surviving  partner  of  the  old  firm. 

In  February,  1805,  Mr.  St.  John  with  his  famil)^ 
removed  to  Independence,  Mo.,  where  he  first 
became  prominent  as  a  politician,  and  as  a  most 
effective  and  i)0|)u!ar  orator.  During  his  four- 
years  residence  at  that  point  he  took  an  active  part 
in  the  political  campaign  of  18G8,  making  an  effect- 
ive and  vigorous  canvass  of  Western  Missouri  in 
behalf  of  the  nominees  of  the  Republican  party.  In 
Jlay,  18Gi),  he  changed  his  residence  to  Olathe, 
Kan.,  and  associated  himself  with  M.  V.  B.  Parker 
for  the  practice  of  law.  This  continued  until  1875, 
and  Mr.  St.  John  then  formed  a  partnership  with 
Hon.  I.  O.  Pickering,  of  Olathe,  and  continued  the 
practice  of  his  profession  until  pressing  public 
uuties  forced  him  to  abandon  it. 

The  prominence  of  Gov.  St.  John  in  public  life 
seems  to  have  become  liis  unsought,  and  as  the  re- 
sult of  circumstances  entirely  outside  liis  individ- 
ual purposes  or  designs.  Up  to  1872  he  had  given 
only  such  attention  to  political  affairs  as  was 
vouchsafed  by  all  intelligent  and  patriotic  voters. 
He   had   held    unst)Ught   the     various   local    otKces 


which  fall  to  the  lot  of  responsible  citizens  in  the 
administr.itiou  of  town  affairs,  and  as  an  ardent  Re- 
publican had  done  acceptable  work  on  the  stump 
during  the  canvass  of  18G8.  Four  years  later  he 
w.as  elected  State  Senator  from  Johnson  County, 
and  at  once  took  a  leading  position,  both  on  the 
floor  as  a  debator,  and  in  the  committee  rooms  as 
an  eflicient  business  member. 

The  temperance  movement  found  a  sturdy  and 
fearless  advocate  of  prohibition  in  Mr.  St.  .bthn. 
Consequently  when  the  question  came  to  be  an 
issue  in  the  politics  of  Kansas,  he  was  at  once  rec- 
ognized as  the  fit  exponent  and  defender  of  the 
then  unpopular  doctrine.  The  Kansas  State  Tem- 
perance Convention  acconlingl}'  nominated  him  as 
its  candidate  for  Governor,  in  187G.  He  declined 
the  nt>mination,  although  in  full  accord  with  the 
convention  on  the  issue  it  presented.  That  same 
fall  lie  was  on  the  first  ballot  in  the  Republican 
convention,  the  leading  gubernatorial  candidate. 
On  the  seventh  ballot  he  withdrew  his  name,  which 
action  resulted  in  the  nomination  and  subsequent 
election  of  Hon.  George  T.  Anthonj'. 

At  the  Republican  State  Convention  held  two 
years  later  at  Topeka,  in  August,  1878,  Mr.  St. 
John  received  the  Repulilican  nomination  for 
Governor.  Considering  the  distracting  element  of 
a  third  part^-,  the  campaign  was  brilliant  and  effect- 
ive, and  the  result  one  of  the  most  decisive  politi- 
cal victories  ever  achieved  in  the  State.  In  1880, 
in  a  total  vote  of  198,238,  Mr.  St.  John  was  re- 
elected by  a  majority  over  the  next  highest  candi- 
date of  51,047  and  a  majoritj'  over  all  of  32,170,  a 
fact  which  shows  how  satisfactory  to  the  people 
had  been  the  manner  in  which  he  had  discharged 
the  duties  of  his  ollice  during  his  first  term. 

The  great  exodus  of  the  colored  people  from  the 
Southern  States  to  Kansas  began  in  1879, and  Gov. 
St.  John  at  once  took  an  active  interest  in  their 
behalf.  Through  his  influence,  personal  and  official, 
the  necessities  of  thousands  of  these  destitute  and 
suffering  people  were  relieved  and  themselves 
placed  in  a  position  to  become  self-sustaining.  In 
1882  his  friends  nominated  him  as  Governor  for  a 
third  term,  but  he  failed  of  are-election.  In  1884 
he  w.as  the  nominee  of  the  Prohibition  party  for 
President,  and  received  150.000  votes. 


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KORGE  W.  GLICK,  nimh 
Governor  of  K:msas,  was  its 
first  Democratic  State  Ex- 
ecutive. He  was  born  at 
Greencastle,  Fairfield  Co., 
Ohio,  July  4,  1827,  and  on 
the  paternal  side  is  of  Ger- 
man descent.  His  great-grandfather, 
Henry  Glick,  was  one  of  five  brothers 
who  left  the  beautiful  Rliine  country 
prior  to  the  Revolutionary  AVar.  In 
this  immortal  struggle  they  all  partici- 
pated and  subsequently  settled  in  Penn- 
sylvania. George  Glick,  grandfather 
of  the  Governor,  served  as  a  soldier 
in  the  War  of  1812,  and  was  severely  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Ft.  Meigs. 

Isaac  Glick,  the  father  of  George  W.,  and  who 
was  prominent  as  a  farmer  and  stock-raiser  of  San- 
dusk}'  County,  Ohio,  held  for  three  consecutive 
terms  the  office  of  Treasurer  of  that  county,  and 
was  a  man  accounted  above  reproach,  both  in  his 
business  and  private  character.  He  married  Miss 
Mary  Sanders,  daughter  of  George  Sanders,  who 
was  a  soldier  patriot  in  the  War  of  1812,  in  which 
he  ranked  as  a  Captain  and  bore  the  marks  of  his 
bravery  in  bodily  wounds  of  a  serious  nature.  Mrs. 
Mary  (Sanders)  Glick  is  a  lady  of  high  culture  and 
great  piety,  active  in  the  work  of  Christian  charity, 
and  of  that  retiring  disposition  which  fully  car- 
ried out  the  command  of  the  great  teacher,  "Let 
not  thy  right  hand  know  what  thy  left  hand  doeth." 
As  a  boy,  George  W.  Glick  was  more  than  usually 
studious,  and  acquired  a  good  English  education, 
embracing  the  liigher  mathematics  and  the  lan- 
guages, which  lent  a  polish  to  his  practical  sense  and 
business  qualifications,  and  enabled  him  to  succeed 


almost  uniformly  in  his  undertakings.  When  he 
was  a  little  lad  of  five  years  the  family  removed  to 
Lower  Sandusky,  now  Fremont,  where,  after  com- 
pleting his  education,  he  entered  the  law  office  of 
Buckland  &  Hayes,  the  junior  member  of  the  firm 
being  afterward  President  of  the  United  States.  In 
due  time  he  passed  a  thorough  examination  in  con- 
nection with  the  Cincinnati  Law  School  students, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Supreme  Court. 

Mr.  Glick  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  Fremont,  Ohio,  where  his  careful  attention 
to  the  interests  of  his  clients  secured  him  a  large 
patronage.  Later  he  removed  to  Sandusky  City, 
and  in  1858  was  made  the  Congressional  nominee 
of  the  Democratic  party  in  his  district,  but  declined 
the  honor  in  the  presence  of  the  convention,  but 
accepted  later  the  nomination  for  State  Senator. 
Although  defeated,  he  ran  nearly  2,000  votes  ahead 
of  his  party  ticket.  Later  he  was  elected  Judge 
Advocate  General  of  the  2d  Regiment  of  the  Sev- 
enteenth Division  of  the  Ohio  Militia,  with  the  rank 
of  Colonel,  receiving  his  commission  from  Gov. 
Salmon  P.  Chase. 

Late  in  1858  Mr.  Glick  came  to  Kansas,  locating 
in  Atchison,  and  associated  himself  in  the  practice 
of  law  with  Hon.  Alfred  G.  Otis.  This  gentleman 
was  well  versed  in  jurisprudence,  and  as  Judge  of 
the  Second  Judicial  District  from  January,  1877,  to 
January,  1881,  won  golden  opinions  as  an  adminis- 
trator of  justice.  The  firm  of  Otis  &  Glick  contin- 
ued fifteen  years,  and  was  finally  dissolved  in  con- 
sequence of  a  throat  affection  from  which  Mr.  Glick 
had  suffered  for  some  time.  The  firm  settled  up 
its  affairs  annually,  never  a  dispute  occurring, 
its  last  settlement  having  been  effected  within  an 
hour. 

At  the  first  election  held   under  the   Wyandotte 


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GEORGE  W.  CLICK. 


Constitution,  Dec.  6,  1859,  Mr.  Glick  w.'is  ni.adc  tlie 
Democratic  nominee  for  Judge  of  the  Second  Judi- 
cial District,  and  received  a  vote  larger  than  that 
of  any  candidate  on  his  ticket.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representatives  from  the 
city  of  Atchison,  in  1862,  and  each  consecutive  year 
tlicreaftor  until  1867.  He  was  re-elected  in  1875 
and  again  in  1880.  During  these  years  he  was  Chair- 
man of  the  Judiciary  Committee,  and  was  chosen 
to  fill  this  position  by  the  Republican  Speakers  of 
the  House,  who  manifested  the  utmost  confidence 
in  his  wisdom  and  integrity.  Thereafter  he  served 
on  the  most  imiJortaiit  committees  existing,  and 
during  the  session  of  1870  was  Speaker  2»'o  tern  of 
the  House.  In  May,  1874,  he  served  as  State  Sen- 
ator, having  been  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
In'  the  resignation  of  the  Hon.  Joseph  C.  Wilson. 
From  this  time  on  Mr.  Glick  was  constantly  called 
into  requisition  b3'  his  party,  being  in  1886  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Union  Convention  at  Philadelphia,  an<l 
in  1870  a  member  of  the  Democratic  State  Ccnlrril 
Committee.  Subsequently  he  was  a  member  of  llio 
Stale  Central  Relief  Committee,  and  was  commis- 
sioned a  Centennial  Manager  by  Gov.  Thomas  A. 
Osborn  in  1876.  Subsequently'  lie  was  elected 
Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Manageis,  and  was  \n\s- 
cnt  at  the  first  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  when  the 
arranging  of  the  displaj'  was  completed.  In  Jul}', 
1882,  he  was  nominated  by  acclamation  as  the  Dem- 
ocratic candidate  for  Governor,  and  at  the  election 
received  considerable  support  outside  of  his  parly. 
Mr.  Glick  w.as  County  Commissioner  of  Atchison 
Count}'  upon  his  accession  to  the  office  of  Governor, 
and  was  also  holding  the  position  of  Auditor.  In 
his  election  to  this  office  he  received  about  fort}- 
six  per  cent  of  the  votes  cast,  and  was  outdone  by 
onl}-  one  man  in  this  respect,  namel\',  John  P.  St. 
John,  who,  in  1880,  received  about  fift3'-cight  per 
cent.  Altiiougii  a  man  of  temperate  habits,  he  docs 
not  consider  prohibition  a  sovereign  remedy  for 
the  evils  arising  from  the  use  of,  and  Irallic  in,  in- 
toxicatinp-  drinks.  In  February,  1870,  while  a 
member  of  Aie  House  and  during  the  tendency  of 
the  proposed  amendment  to  the  Dram  Shop  Act,  he 
entered  a  protest,  which  was  spread  upon  the  House 
Journal,  in  which  he  maintained  that  t!ie  Proliibi- 
tory  Liquor  Law  huii,  wherever  tried,  failed  to  ac- 


complish its  puri)ose,  and  that  this  proposition  was 
conceded  l)y  all  who  were  not  controlled  by  fanat- 
icism ;  that  no  one  would  attempt  to  enforce  sucn 
a  law,  and  that  regulation  and  control  of  tlie  traffic 
was  an  absolute  necessity  for  the  preservation  of 
the  peace  and  good  order  of  society,  and  that  this 
control  was  made  of  no  effect  by  the  jiroposed 
amendment. 

Mr.  Glick  furthermore  contended  that  the  reve- 
nue derived  from  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors 
aided  in  paying  the  burdensome  exi)enses  following 
the  wake  of  such  sales,  and  that  by  the  proposed 
law  the  burdens  upon  the  public  were  increased 
while  its  ability  to  prevent  them  was  decreased. 
He  believed  that  if  the  bill  became  a  law  it  would 
increase  the  number  of  places  where  liquor  would  be 
sold,  thercb}' resulting  in  the  increase  of  the  evils  of 
the  traffic,  and  also  the  expenses  of  protecting  life  and 
propertj'  and  preserving  the  public  peace. 

The  early  Kansas  railroads  found  in  Gov.  Glick 
a  stanch  and  etlicicnt  assistant,  and  he  was  one 
of  the  first  Directors  of  the  Centr.al  Branch  of  the 
Union  Pacific,  running  west  from  Atchison.  Ho 
was  also  a  Director  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  &  Santa 
Fc — the  important  transportation  line  of  the  Slatt' 
and  of  the  country  west  of  the  Mississippi.  From 
the  time  of  the  organization  of  the  Atchison  &  Ne- 
braska, he  was  its  President  to  its  completion,  and 
spent  four  years  of  incessant  labor  in  order  to  effect 
its  construction  from  Atchison  to  the  capital  city 
of  Omaha.  He  organized  the  Atchison  (ias  Com- 
pany and  secured  the  building  of  the  works.  Many 
of  the  buildings  in  the  city  of  Atchison,  both  busi- 
ness and  dwelling-houses,  were  erected  by  him,  and 
he  has  generously'  disbursed  hiscapital  to  encourage 
those  enterprises  best  calculated  to  increase  the  im- 
portance of  the  city. 

Mr.  Glick  was  married  .at  Massillon,  Ohio,  Sept. 
17,  1857,  to  Miss  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dr.  A. 
Ryder,  of  Fremont,  that  State.  Wiiile  lie  was  Slate 
Executive  his  son  Frederick  was  his  private  sccre- 
tai}-.  This  son  and  a  daughter  Jennie  are  his  only 
children.  Mr.  Glick  was  the  first  Master  of  the 
Shannon  Hills  Grange  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry. 
He  lias  been  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
nearly  forty  years,  and  aided  in  organizing  the 
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'*^JIIE  tenth  Governor  of  Kansas 
was  born  March  10,  1839,  at 
Brownsville,  Pa.,  and  in  his 
early  da3^s,  after  an  ordinary 
education,  learned  the  prin- 
ter's trade.  In  1857  he  went 
to  Pittsburgli,  and  was  em- 
ployed in  the  office  of  the  Commer- 
cial Journal  and  early  in  October 
of  that  year  he  emigrated  to 
Kansas  and  located  in  Atchison. 
He  purchased  the  office  of  the 
Squatter  Sovereign  in  February, 
1 S58,  and  changed  its  name  to  the 
Freeman's  Champion,  and  on  the 
20th  of  the  month  commenced  his 
editorial  career  in  this  State,  by 
the  issue  of  the  first  number  of  the  paper  which  he 
has  since  been  identified  with.  He  was  always  a 
stanch  free-State  man,  and  an  earnest  and  ardent 
Republican,  being  among  the  organizers  of  that 
grand  old  party  in  his  native  State.  He  was  Sec- 
retary of  the  W^-andotte  Constitutional  Convention, 
and  was  elected  State  Senator  before  he  was  of  age. 
During  the  summer  of  1861  Mr.  Martin  assisted 
in  organizing  the  8th  Kansas  InfanUy,  of  which  he 
was  appointed  Lieutenant  Colonel.  The  regiment 
served  on  the  Missouri  border  during  the  fall  and 


winter  of  1861.  Early  in  1862  he  was  appointed 
Provost  Marshal  of  Leavenworth,  and  in  March  of 
the  same  3'ear  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  Corintii, 
Miss.,  Lieut.  Col.  Martin  in  command.  A  few  weeks 
after,  when  at  Corinth,  the  regiment  with  the 
division  to  which  it  was  attached,  was  ordered  to 
join  Gen.  Buell  in  Tennessee,  and  thereafter  during 
the  whole  war  it  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Cumber- 
land. Lieut.  Col.  Martin  was  promoted  to  be 
Colonel  on  tiie  1st  of  November,  1862,  and  was 
Provost  Marshal  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  from  Decem- 
ber, 1862,  to  June,  1863.  The  regiment,  under  his 
command,  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Perryville 
and  Lancaster,  Ky.,  the  campaign  against  Tul- 
lahomaand  Chattanooga,  the  battle  of  Chickaraauga, 
the  siege  of  Chattanooga,  the  storming  of  Mission 
Ridge,  the  campaign  of  East  Tennessee,  in  the  win- 
ter of  1863-64,  the  campaign  from  Chattanooga  to 
Atlanta,  and  the  subsequent  pursuit  of  Hood  north- 
ward. Col.  Martin  connnanded  the  3d  Brigade,  1st 
Division,  20th  Army  Corps,  on  tiie  second  day  of 
the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  and  during  the  siege  of 
Chattanooga,  and  commanded  the  1st  Brigade,  3d 
Division,  4th  Army  Corps,  from  August,  1864,  until 
his  muster  out  at  Pulaski,  Tenn.,  Nov.  17,  1864. 

In  a  lengthy  description  of  the  battle  of  Mission 
Ridge,  publislied  in  the  New  York   Times  of  July 


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JOHN  A.  MARTIN. 


18,  187G,  Maj.  Gen.  Thomas  J.  Wood,  wlio  com- 
inanilcil  the  3cl  Division,  4th  Corps,  Army  of  tiie 
L'liinbcrlancl,  says: 

"Willich's  brigade,  in  the  center,  had  witli  it  the 
iieroic,  accomplislied  Martin,  Colonel  of  tiie  8th 
Kansas.  What  that  regiment  could  not  take  it  was 
not  worth  while  to  send  any  other  regiment  to  look 
for.  Martin  was  among  the  foremost  to  set  the 
oxatuple  of  the  npward  movement,  and  among  the 
first  to  reach  the  crest." 

In  a  letter  published  in  the  Cincinnati  Commer- 
cial ol  ia.n.  24,  187li,  the  late  Brig.  Gen.  August 
Willich,  commander  of  the  1st  Brigade,  .3d  Division, 
4th  Army  Corps,  after  stating  that  the  orders  he 
received  at  Orchard  Knob,  concerning  the  advance 
to  Mission  Ridge,  were  to  "take  the  rifle  pit  at  the 
foot  of  Mission  Ridge,  and  to  keep  that  position," 
and  describing  tlie  advance  to  the  base  of  the  ridge 
and  the  capture  of  the  rifle  pits  there,  says: 

•'Herein  the  work  assigned  by  Gen.  Grant  was 
accomplished.  But  now  the  Are  of  the  enemy  be- 
came very  severe;  the  shells  rent  the  ground  in 
every  direction;  our  lines  were  inflladed  from  the  j 
different  spars  of  the  ridge,  where  tlie  enemy  was 
[)rotected  against  our  fire  by  his  woiks  and  his 
dominant  position.  Tiiere  appeared  at  first  thougiit 
to  Gen.  Willich,  holding  position  about  100  yards 
behind  the  rifle  pits,  to  be  only  three  chances,  viz: 
To  obey  orders  and  to  be  shot  without  eii'ective 
resistance ;  to  fall  back,  or  to  charge.  The  second  | 
chance  being  out  of  the  question,  I  galloped  with 
Lieut.  Green,  of  my  staff,  up  to  the  8tli  Kansas, 
lying  in  line  behind  the  rifle  pits.  Col.  Martin, 
commanding  the  regiment,  seeing  me,  jumped  on 
the  breastworks  and  shouted:  'Here  we  are,  Gen- 
eral, what  more?'  'Forward,  storm!  We  have  to 
take  the  works  on  the  ridge,'  was  the  answer.  The 
Colonel:  'Altogether,  bo3's,  forward!  Hip,  hip, 
hurrah!'  Like  one  man,  the  whole  line,  with  one 
leap,  cleared  the  breastworks;  forward  they  moved 
and  the  air  was  soon  filled  with  the  sound,  'Forward ! 
Forward:'  extending  more  and  more,  right.Mud  left." 

Returning  home,  Col.  Martin  resumed  ctintrol  of 
the  Atchison  Chanvpion  early  in.Ianuai'y,  1805,  and 
on  the  22d  of  March  issued  the  first  number  of  the 
Daily  Champion.  He  has  been  commander  of  the 
department,  a  delegate  to  the  National  Republican 


Conventions  of  1860,  1868,  1872  and  1880;  was  a 
United  States  Centennial  Commissioner,  and  one  of 
the  Vice  Presidents  of  that  bod}';  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  the  State  Historical  Society,  of 
which  he  was  President  for  one  term;  was  elected 
by  the  two  Houses  of  Congress  one  of  the  Board  of 
Managers  of  the  National  Soldiers'  Home,  in  1878, 
and  re-elected  in  1882,  being  now  Second  Vice 
President  of  that  body.  He  was  married,  June  1, 
1871,  to  Miss  Ida  Challiss,  eldest  daughter  of  Dr. 
William  L.  Challiss,  of  Atchison,  and  has  seven 
children. 

At  the  Republican  State  Convention,  held  in 
Topeka  July  17,  1884,  the  rules  were  suspended  and 
John  A.  Martin  was  nominated  for  Governor  by 
acclamation.  At  the  November  election  following 
he  was  elected  Governor  by  a  pluralit}^  of  38,495 
votes.  At  the  Republican  State  Convention,  held 
in  Topeka  Jul}'  7,  188G,  he  was  again  unanimouslj' 
nominated  for  a  second  term,  and  at  the  November 
election  following  was  elected  Governor  b}'  a  plu- 
rality vote  of  33,918.  He  was  the  first  and  onl}' 
Governor  of  Kansas  who  was  twice  unaniniously 
nominated  by  his  party  for  that  office,  and  has 
served  with  distincticMi,  filling  the  honored  position 
occupied  by  his  able  predecessors  with  equal  abilit}', 
and  giving  to  the  people  as  the  Chief  Executive  of 
the  populous  and  growing  State,  satisfaction.  He 
is  a  man  of  honest,  upright  character,  and  abhors 
trickery  and  deceit,  and  in  looking  over  his  long 
and  useful  life  he  may  well  feel  a  just  pride  at  the 
position  he  has  won  in  the  esteem  and  confidence 
of  honest  men,  and  the  respect  of  all  good  citizens. 
There  are  but  few  men  of  the  stirring  State  of 
Kansas  who  have  been  more  closely  identified  with 
all  public  movements  for  the  general  welfare  and 
prosperity'  of  the  Stale  than  John  A.  Jlartin.  His 
name  may  be  found  on  almost  every  p.age  of  the 
memorable  history  of  Kansas,  from  the  holding  of 
the  first  Republican  Convention,  held  at  Osawato- 
mie  in  1S59,  until  to-day,  when  he  is  the  leading 
spirit  among  the  enterprising  men  of  the  most  pro- 
gressive State  of  the  Nation.  A  man  of  excellent 
judgment,  moved  by  honest  purpose  and  love  for 
the  general  welfare  of  tiie  whole  State,  he  is  always 
found  identified  with  the  rigiit,  and,  as  might  be 
expected,  popular  with  the  people. 


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ON.    L.    U.    HUMPHREY. 

This  distinguished  gen- 
tleraau  was  chosen  Gov- 
ernor of  Kansas,  at  tlie 
^5^-.  ..-^jajK^:^-;^*^!  election  lield  in  Novem- 
'^^  ^^^  ^^^  'Jer,  1888.  He  had  made 
'S^'^^^Yp  for  himself  an  honorable  record  on 
'^^yi^^  the  deadl_y  battle-field,  as  vvell  as  in 
©^_^g^^  the  more  monotonous,  though  not 
less  courage-requiring  hours  of  po- 
litical life,  in  the  fields  of  journal- 
ism, in  the  forensic  arena,  and  iu 
the  various  capacities  in  which  he 
has  labored  for  the  public  weal.  It 
is  not  our  purpose  in  this  brief 
sketch,  to  dwell  at  great  length  upon  his  private 
life,  his  ^)ublic  record  suflicing  to  indicate  that  his 
character  is  noble,  and  his  example  a  worthy  one. 
Gov.  Humphrey  was  born  in  Stark  County,  Ohio, 
July  25,  1844.  His  father.  Col.  Lyman  Humphrey, 
who  was  a  native  of  Connecticut,  of  English  de- 
scent, and  a  lawyer  of  distinction,  died  when  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  was  but  eight  years  of  age. 
At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  in  1861,  Gov. 
Humphrey  was  attending  the  High  School  at  Mas- 
sillon.  and  his  fervid,  patriotic  heart  was  thrilled  to 
the  utmost,  with  an  enthusiastic  desire  to  serve  his 
country,  and  uphold  the  flag  which  he  had  been 
taught  to  revere.     Though  only  a  boy  of  seven- 


teen, he  enlisted  in  Company  I,  76th  Ohio  lufau- 
try,  a  regiment  famous  for  its  liravery,  and  for  the 
eminent  men  who  belonged  to  it.  Such  vv.as  the  gal- 
lantry, and  the  proper  conception  of  a  soldier's  du- 
ties exhibited  by  him,  that  he  had  been  promoted 
to  the  ofHee  of  1st  Lieutenant,  had  acted  as  Adju- 
tant of  his  regiment,  and  had  commanded  a  com- 
pany for  a  year,  before  he  was  out  of  his  minority. 

Much  active  service  was  experienced  by  Capt. 
Humphrey,  and  among  the  battles  in  which  he  par- 
ticipated, were  those  of  Donelson,  Pittsburg  Land 
ing,  Corinth,  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  Chattanooga, 
Atlanta,  and  the  fighting  around  that  city,  he  be- 
ing under  fire  five  or  six  weeks  in  that  single  cam- 
paign. He  was  with  Sherman  in  his  march  to  the 
sea,  was  present  at  the  capture  of  Savannah,  and 
was  engaged  in  many  other  trying  scenes.  He  was 
with  his  regiment  in  the  campaign  tiirough  tiie 
Carolinas,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Benton - 
ville,  as  well  as  in  the  capture  of  Gen.  Joe  John- 
ston's army.  He  was  twice  wounded,  once  at 
Pittsburg  Landing,  and  once  at  Chattanooga,  but 
refused  to  retire  from  the  field.  During  the  four 
years  of  his  military  service,  he  never  was  absent 
from  duty  for  a  day.  The  regiment  of  which  he 
was  a  member,  belonged  to  the  1st  Brigade,  1st 
Division,  1.5th  Corps,  Army  of  the  Tennessee. 

At  the  termination  of  the  war  Capt.  Humphrey 
resumed  the  studie.«  wiaici\  had  been  interrupted  by 


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LYMAN  U.  HUMPIIRKY. 


the  "ineiiressilile  conflict,"  feeling  the  need  of  a 
more  tlioroiigli  eiliication  to  fit  liini  to  act  well  his 
ji.'irt  ill  tiie  battle  of  life.  He  entered  Ml.  I'liion 
College,  and  soon  after  matriculated  in  the  law  de- 
partment of  the  Michigan  University,  from  which 
he  was  jjraduated  after  having  completed  his  stud- 
ies in  the  legal  prnfession.  Returning  to  his  native 
State  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  several 
courts  of  Ohio,  in  1808,  but  feeling  that  the  West 
would  afford  a  broader  field  for  liis  labors,  he  re- 
moved to  Slielbj'  County,  Mo.,  where  for  a  time  he 
assisted  in  editing  the  Shelby  County  Herald. 

The  newer  Slate  of  Kansas,  wiiicli  had  alread}' 
become  the  home  of  many  men  eminent  in  various 
walks  of  life,  seemed  to  beckon  Capt.  Humphrey 
still  further  West,  and  inFebruaiy,  1871,  he  crossed 
the  Missouri  and  located  at  Independence.  He 
formed  a  law  iiartnership  with  the  Hon.  Alexander 
M.  York,  the  attempt  at  whose  bribery  by  Senator 
I'omeroy  in  187;i.  during  the  contest  for  United 
Stales  Senatorial  lionors,  brought  his  name  promi- 
nently before  the  pcoi)le  of  Kansas  as  an  oj)i:onent 
{o  fraud  and  corruption.  The  legal  relation  be- 
tween the  two  gentlemen  lasted  until  1876,  after 
wliicli  time  Gov.  Humphrey  continued  the  practice 
of  his  chosen  profession  alone.  The  Independence 
Tribune  was  founded  by  Messrs.  A  .M.  Y'ork, 
W.  T.  Yoe  and  L.  U.  Humphrey,  the  latter  with- 
drawing from  the  firm  at  the  expiration  of  a  year. 

Gov.  Humphrey  had  not  long  been  a  resident  of 
Kansas  before  his  talents  were  known  and  his  fit- 
ness for  public  office  appreciated.  In  1871,  the 
year  of  his  arrival  in  the  State,  he  was  honored  by 
the  Republican  nomination  as  candidate  for  a  seat 
in  the  State  Legislature,  but  because  of  his  vigor- 
ous opposition  to  the  issue  of  questionable  bonds 
to  the  L.  L.  &  G.  Railroad  Company,  he  w.as  de- 
feated bj'  a  small  vote.  In  1870  he  was  vindicated 
by  an  election  to  the  House  from  a  district  form- 
erly Democratic,  and  served  two  years  as  a  member 
of  the  Republican  State  Central  Committee.  In 
1877  Melville  J.  Salter  having  accepted  a  position 
in  the  Land  office  at  Independence,  resigned  liis 
position  as  Lieutenant  (iovernor,  and  our  subject 
was  chosen  to  fill  the  vacancy.  His  principal  op- 
ponent was  the  Democratic  candidate,  Thomas  W. 
Waterson,  who  received  24,740  votes,  while  Mr. 


Humphrey  received  02.750,  his  niajorit}-  over  all 
other  candidates  being  27,381.  The  following  year 
he  was  re-elected;  the  covention  wliich  noniiiiated 
him  having,  after  a  protracted  and  exciting  strug- 
gle, placed  John  I'.  St.  John  at  the  head  of  the 
ticket. 

In  1884  Mr.  llumphrey  was  elected  to  the  State 
Senate  for  the  term  of  four  years,  and  upon  the  or- 
ganization of  that  Legislative  body  was  chosen 
President,  pro  tem,  by  a  unanimous  vote.  On 
July  25,  1888,  that  being  the  forty-fourth  anni- 
versary of  his  birth,  he  was  nominated  for  Gover- 
nor of  the  State  of  Kansas,  and  was  elected  by  the 
splendid  majority  of  73,301.  Gov.  Humphrey 
carried  104  out  of  the  100  counties  in  the  State, 
his  opponent  in  the  contest  being  no  less  prominent 
a  person  than  Judge  John  Martin. 

Gov.  Humphrey  has  been  frequently  called  upon 
to  preside  as  a  Judge,  pro  tem,  of  the  District 
Court,  an  honor  which  indicates  the  degree  of  con- 
lidenee  reposed  in  him  by  the  public.  He  has  been 
an  active  Republican,  and  has  an  enviable  reconJ 
both  as  a  speaker  and  writer  in  behalf  of  the  prin- 
ciples to  which  he  is  a  devotee.  He  is  deeply  in- 
terested in  the  promulgation  of  the  fundamental 
doctrines  of  true  governincnt,  and  the  loyal  prin- 
ciples for  which  our  forefathers  in  earlier  years  and 
our  nearer  kinsmen  in  recent  times,  gave  their 
strength  and  even  their  lives.  He  belongs  to  the 
Loyal  Legion,  a  body  made  up  of  those  who,  like 
himself,  are  intensely  patriotic.  Also  is  a  member 
of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  a  prominent  Mason.  His  affa- 
bility, his  frankness,  and  his  justice  in  dealing  with 
men,  has  won  for  him  a  high  place  in  the  esteem  of 
all  with  whom  he  conies  in  contact,  either  personally 
or  through  the  medium  of  bis  published  addresses. 
His  keen  perception  as  to  the  wants  of  the  growing 
State,  his  desire  that  she  shall  lie  built  up  in  all  the 
elements  that  constitute  the  true  greatness  and  glory 
of  a  government  or  of  a  people,  and  the  powers  of 
discrimination,  which  lead  him  to  discern  right  from 
wrong,  justice  from  injustice,  especially  qu.alify  him 
for  the  high  office  to  which  the  people  called  him. 

Gov.  llumphrey  was  married  at  Independence  on 
Christmas  Day,  1872,  to  Miss  LeoiKird.  daughter  of 
James  C.  Leonard.  They  have  two  ch  Idren,  Ly- 
man L.,  and  A.  Lincoln. 


TRANSPORTATION. 


"''""'''''''''""^TRANSPORTAfiON:"^ ..^ 


-**-'-i'=^^='iH-^ 


■*^2\E  of  tlie  most  important  fac- 
tors in  the  business  develop- 
ment   and    pros[>eril3'    of   a 
j'Tj  city,  county  or  State,  is  its 
ks.  j      •*.^iii;,a»nyp^j^  raiiroad  commutiications.   A 
it  c\'^  retrospection  of  the  histor_y 

of  the  South  Platte  Country  since 
tlie  advent  of  railroad  facilities,  will 
convince  the  careful  observer  of  the 
immense  benefit  resulting  from  the 
introduction  of  this  essential  adjunct 
of  commercial  enterprise.  The  fol- 
lowing brief  sketches  of  the  leadino; 
railroads  of  this  section  of  the  great 
commonwealth  will  form  an  interesting  feature  of 
this  Ai.iiiM.  It  inny  be  remarked  in  this  connec- 
tion that  the  roads  referred  to  are  not  only  the  im- 
portant coriiorations  of  Kansas,  but  stand  among 
the  first  in  the  Nation. 


The  Missouri  Patiflc  Railway  System. 

'^HIS  great  system,  which  now  threads  its  way 
through  several  States  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  has  been  a  potential  factor  in  the  de- 
velopment of  Missouri  and  Kansas,  and  with  its 
accustomed  enterprise,  a  short  time  ago  penetrated 
with  its  lines  into  the  rich  agricultural  districts  of 


Nebraska,  to  compete  in  this  growing  State  with  its 
rapidly  accumulating  business.  It  was  also  among 
the  pioneer  roads  in  Kansas,  and  its  many  branches 
now  traverse  in  different  directions  the  most  thickly 
settled  portions  of  the  Slate.  It  has  contributed 
in  a  large  measure,  by  its  liberal  and  aggressive 
policy  toward  the  rapid  development  of  the  great 
resources  of  Kansas.  It  is  interesting  to  note 
briefly  its  histor}-,  as  it  was  the  first  road  built 
West  from  St.  Louis,  as  early  as  1850-51.  The 
preliminary  steps  to  build  the  road  were  taken,  and 
it  has  since  graduall3'  extended  its  lines,  like  the 
arteries  and  veins  of  the  human  system,  until  it  has 
encompassed  in  its  range  the  best  portions  of  Mis- 
souri, Kansas  and  Nebraska,  and  has  even  reached 
out  and  tapped  the  large  commercial  centers  of 
Texas  and  Colorado.  In  Missouri  its  several  lines 
and  connections  pierce  the  great  coal  and  mineral 
fields  of  the  State,  enabling  it  to  lay  down  in  Kan- 
sas Citj',  Topeka,  Leavenworth,  Atchison,  Wichita, 
Omaha  and  Lincoln,  cheaper  than  any  other  roads, 
these  essential  adjuncts  so  necessary  in  the  devel- 
opment of  commercial  centers,  and  even  the  set- 
tlers in  the  outlying  districts  of  Kansas  and  Ne- 
braska have  fuel  laid  down  to  them  more  cheaply 
on  account  of  this  road. 

Its  splendid  and  far-reaching  management  ex- 
tends to  its  patrons,  both  in  freight  and  p.assenger 
traffic,  the  best  facilities  for  reaching  the  sea-board 
and  the  great  Eastern  marts  of  trade.     The  urowtli 


TRANSPORTATION. 


and  (levelopraenl  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  system 
liave  been  rapid  and  fully  abreast  of  the  times.  Its 
local  business  is  enormous  and  rapidly  increasing^. 
In  respect  to  its  through  business  no  other  road 
or  si'stem  in  the  West  is  better  equipped  than  this. 
Its  steel  rail  tracks,  well  ballasted  road-beds  aud 
superior  passenger  coaches  constitute  it  one  of  the 
greatest  railroad  systems  of  the  West.  Its  superb 
fast  train  between  St.  Louis  and  Denver  via  Kansas 
Clly  aud  Pueblo,  is  unquestionably  the  most  ele- 
gant and  best  equipped  train  of  any  road  which 
enters  the  Peerless  City  of  the  Plains.  It  runs  more 
jiassenger  trains  and  liner  coaches  between  St.  Louis 
and  Karisas  City  than  any  other  road,  and  the 
volume  of  its  freight  traflic  between  the  above- 
mentioned  emporiums  of  the  State  of  ^Missouri,  is 
vastly  greater  than  any  otlier  lino.  It  has  con- 
tributed in  a  marked  and  wonderful  degree  toward 
the  building  up  of  the  various  cities  along  its  nu- 
merous lines.  Kansas  City  has  felt  its  influence 
more  than  that  of  any  other  road  centering  there, 
largely  on  account  of  its  lines  that  lead  into  the 
heart  of  the  coal,  iron  and  granite  fields  of  Mis- 
souri, and  the  extensive  timber  districts  of  Arkan- 
sas, find  by  its  connecting  lines  with  the  extensive 
and  growing  cattle  interests  of  Texas  and  the 
Southwest. 

It  gives  to  its  numerous  and  ra])idl3-  increasing- 
patronage  in  Nebraska  and  Kansas,  uiisurpassed 
facilities  for  reaching  the  great  health  resorts  of 
Arkansas  and  Texas  over  its  line  from  Omaha  to 
St.  Louis,  about  live  hundred  miles  in  extent.  It 
runs  the  finest  trains  between  these  two  cities,  pass- 
ing through  Weeping  Water,  where  connection  is 
made  with  the  line  from  Lincoln,  the  State  capital, 
thence  to  Nebraska  City  and  Falls  City,  in  Ne- 
braska, and  St.  .loseph.  Atchison,  Leavenworth, 
before  reaching  Kansas  City.  The  length  of  its  main 
line  and  branches  is  over  .'522  miles,  its  northern 
terminus  being  Omaha,  where  connections  are  made 
with  .all  the  roads  centering  in  that  metropolis. 
The  line  from  Omaha  to  Falls  is  11.5  miles,  the 
Crete  branch  58  miles,  Lincoln  to  Auburn  7G  miles, 
Warwick  to  Prosser  and  Hastings  73  miles.  Various 
extensions  and  divisions  are  constantly  being  made 
in  Nebraska.  Thus  it  will  be  seen  that  this  road 
already   taps  tlie  two   leading  cities  in    the    State, 


Onialia  and  Lincoln,  besides  Nebraska  City,  rapidly 
growing  into  importance,  and  likewise  Hastings. 

Kansas  is  literallj-  covered  b^'  the  lines  and 
branches  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railway,  which 
amount  in  mileage  in  the  Slate  to  over  three  Ihous- 
iuid.  The  Central  Branch  Division  extends  from 
St.  .losepli  and  Atchison,  through  the  porthern  por- 
tion of  the  State  out  toward  the  western  line,  giv- 
ing the  rich  counties  in  these  tieis  and  the  flourishing 
cities  and  towns,  direct  outlet  to  Omaha.  Kansas 
City  and  St.  Louis. 

Another  main  stem  extends  through  the  central 
jjortion  of  the  .State,  from  Kansas  City  to  Pueblo, 
over  which  through  trains  are  run  from  St.  Li^nis 
and  Kansas  City  to  Pueblo  and  Denver.  Still 
farther  to  the  south  is  the  Ft.  Scott, Wichita  &  West- 
ern Railwaj-,  extending  from  the  eastern  to  the 
southwestern  portion  of  the  State,  and  giving  a  di- 
rect outlet  from  Hutchinson.  Wichita,  and  the 
growing  country  in  this  part  of  this  Slate.  Kansas 
City  and  .St.  Louis.  In  the  extreme  south  of  the 
State,  the  Denver,  Memphis  and  Atlantic  Division, 
extends  from  Chetopa  through  Larned  and  the 
western  pait  of  the  State,  opening  up  the  rich  coun- 
try tributary  to  Larned,  Conway  Springs,  Winfiehl. 
Arkansas  City  and  Coffeyvillo,  and  giving  it  a  di- 
rect outlet  also  to  St.  Louis.  \  new  division  has 
already  been  survej'ed,  and  work  commenced  from 
Ft.  Scott  through  to  Tipton  in  Missouri,  on  the 
Main  Line  which  wall  bring  Central  and  Southern 
Kansas  nearer  than  they  have  ever  been  before  to 
St.  Louis  and  the  great  centers  of  the  JCast.  Per- 
haps the  most  momentous  event  in  the  history  of 
the  road  for  the  past  j'ear,  has  been  the  comj)letion 
of  the  small  portion  amounting  to  about  eighty- 
two  miles,  of  the  Kansas  &  Arkansas  \'alley  Rail- 
waj', extending  from  Ft.  Smith  up  through  the 
Indian  Territory  to  CotTeyville.  It  is  hardly  r(>al- 
ized  as  }'et,  what  this  means  for  the  great  cuuntry 
west  aud  south  of  the  Missouri  River.  This,  it  will 
readilj-  be  seen  by  a  glance  at  the  map.  gives  a 
direct  line  between  the  great  cotton  and  iron 
producing  country  of  the  Southeast,  and  the  corn, 
wheat,  pork  and  beef  producing  region  of  the  West, 
formed  by  the  divisions  of  the  Missouri  Pacific 
Railway,  south  from  Omaha,  St.  Joseph  and  Kan- 
Citj' — also  from    Denver.    Pueblo  and    Wichita    to 


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Cut'tVy\ille,  the  Kansas  &  Arkansas  Valley  Railway, 
exteiuling-  from  Coffeyville  via  "Wagoner  to  Ft. 
Sinilli,  a  division  of  the  great  Iron  Mountain 
Route,  wliieh,  as  is  well  known,  foi-nis  a  part  of  the  1 
Missouii  Paeilie  System.  From  Ft.  Smith,  the  lAt- 
tle  Rock  tfe  Ft.  Smith  Railroail — an(jtlier  division 
of  the  Iron  Mountain  Ri^ute  extends  to  Little 
Roek,  eonneeting  with  other  divisions  there  for 
Texarkana.  Arkansas  City',  Hot  Si)rings  and  Mem-  j 
|)his.  The  Iron  Mountain  Route  which  has  been 
before  mentioned  as  a  [tart  of  this  system,  extends 
from  St.  Louis  to  the  South  and  West,  to  Mempiiis, 
Liltle  Rock,  Hot  Springs  and  Texarkana,  and  runs 
through  Pullman  Buffet  Sleeping  Cars  in  connec- 
tion with  the  vaiious  Texas  Lines  to  (jalveston  on 
the  (iulf  of  Mexico,  and  to  Laredo  and  El  Paso,  on 
llie  Rio  (jrande  River,  connecting  at  those  points 
for  California  and  the  Cit\'  of  Mexico,  and  the  in- 
terior Slates  of  the  Republic  of  JMcxico.  This  con- 
stitutes largely  the  Railway  System  of  the  State  of 
Arkansas,  passing  through  it  from  northeast  to 
southwest,  from  Poi)lar  Rluff  to  Texarkana,  and 
from  east  to  west,  connecting  Mem[ihis  and  Ar-  j 
kansas  City  with  Ft.  Smith.  The  total  niileaoe  of  i 
the  Missouri  Pacific  System  is  five  thousand  and 
ninety -four  miles.  Hence  the  reader  will  readily 
observe  that  this  great  System  is  one  of  the  most 
im|)ortant  wliich  traverses  the  growing  States  west 
of  the  Mississippi  River;  on  account  of  its  cxten-  | 
sive  mileage  and  ramifications  the  System  is  des-  i 
tilled  to  promote  ii:  a  large  degree,  tiie  develop- 
ment of  tiie  material  interests  of  tlie  countr}' 
through  which  it  [lasses. 


("liieaso,  Kock    Isliiiid  A;  Pa«-ific' 

'  j  S  among  the  oldest  and  most  important  trunk 
lines,  having  Chicago  for  its  eastei-n  terminus — 
jl  the  completion  of  lliis  road  in  Illinois  marked 
an  important  era  in  the  development  of  the  north- 
ern and  western  portion  of  the  State,  as  well  as 
contributing  to  the  upbuilding  of  many  thriving 
mamifacturing  cities  on  its  line — notably  Joliet, 
Moline,  Rock  Island  and  I)aven|)ort;  also  with  its 
two  branches  e:!ctending  to   X^eoria,  has  opened   up 


go('d  markets  for  the  extensive  coal  and  agricul- 
tural resources  of  that  locality,  likewise  giving  a 
ra|)id  im[)etus  to  tlie  commercial  and  manufactur- 
ing resources  of  Peoria.  Moline  (except  Chicago), 
is  probably  the  most  iinijortant  and  extensive  man- 
ufacturing city  on  the  line,  and  through  the  enter- 
[irise  of  the  great  Rock  Island  Route  it  has  been 
enabled  to  lay  down  its  manufaetured  wares  to  the 
farmers  of  .Southern  Iowa,  Northern  iNIissonri  and 
Kansas,  cheaper  than  by  any  other  road,  and  the 
vast  lumber  interests  of  the  cities  of  Rock  Island 
and  Davenpo'-t  have  by  means  of  this  line  been 
en.-ibled  to  reach  the  most  important,  as  well  as  the 
most  remote,  places  in  Kansas.  The  Rock  Island 
has  always  been  in  the  very  van  of  railroad  prog- 
ress; while  always  solid  and  substantial,  yet  it  has 
ever  lieen  steaclily  ami  constantly  building  new 
lines  and  extending  its  system  until  it  now  ramifies 
into  the  best  regions  of  the  Mississipjii  and  iSIis- 
soiiri  \'alleys.  It  lines  extending  to  Denver,  Colo- 
rado Springs,  and  other  points  in  Colorado,  offer 
unsurpassed  facilities,  to  the  tourist  or  man  of  busi- 
ness for  elegant  and  comfortable  traveling;  its 
superb  dining  cars  have  among  travelers  made  it 
renowned  as  among  the  best  roads  of  the  West.  In 
brief  the  Rock  Island  Com|)any  has  by  a  judicious 
system  of  permanent  improvements,  and  by  the  in- 
troduction of  all  modern  appliances  which  tend  to 
the  preservation  of  life  and  property,  [daced  itself 
in  such  a  condition,  materially  and  physically,  that 
its  financial  future  cannot  be  affected  by  the  con- 
tingencies which  seriously  affect  other  roads.  Its 
success  as  one  of  the  great  highways  of  the  West 
is  an  assured  reality.  It  might  be  appropriately 
noted  here  that  w-hile  much  of  this  road's  past  suc- 
cess may  be  attributed  to  its  admirable  geograph- 
ical location,  embracing  a  very  rich  section  of  the 
country  for  local  traflic,  and  with  a  termini  on  Lake 
Jlichigan,  tlie  lMississi[)pi  and  Missouri  Rivers  and 
Denver,  the  heart  of  the  Rocky  Mountain  le- 
gions, equally  as  nuicli  is  due  to  the  stability  of  the 
management,  and  to  the  fact  that  the  property  has 
never  yet  become  the  foot-ball  of  speculators.  It 
is  not  surprising  tliat  the  Chicago.  Rock  Island  & 
Pacific  lias  maintained  a  firm  position  as  an  invest- 
ment in  the  moneyed  centers  of  the  world,  and  it 
has  acquired  a  well-merited   popularity    with    tho 


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traveling  and  slii|i[iln,i;-  iuil)lif.  lis  steel  mils  ami 
well  ballasted  road-bed  liave  long  since  made  it  llio 
favorite  with  shippers,  and  its  freight  trallic  is  im- 
mense and  growing.  At  Council  Bluffs  and  Omaha, 
connections  are  made  with  all  roads  centering 
there.  It  is  the  most  direct  and  shortest  route  be- 
tween Omaha  and  Chicago — and  hence  the  favorite 
of  shippers.  At  Davenport  a  branch  diverges  to 
the  Southwest,  and  extends  to  Kansas  City,  Leav- 
enworth, Atchison  and  St.  Joseph. 

At  St.  Joseph  the  road  crosses  the  Missouri  and 
enters  Kansas;  at  Horton  the  line  diverges  and  ex- 
tends up  into  Nebraska  as  far  as  Nelson;  from 
Fairbury,  Neb  ,  the  line  extends  through  Northern 
Kansas  to  Denver,  and  Colorado  Springs.  From 
Morton  tlie  line  leads  in  a  southwesterly  direction 
through  Topeka,  the  capital  of  the  State;  thence  to 
Ileiington,  Hutchinson  and  to  Liberal,  tiie  latter 
place  on  the  line  of  the  Indian  Territory.  At  Me- 
Failand  a  S])ur  extends  in  a  northwestern  direction 
through  Manhattan  and  Clay  Center  to  Uelleville, 
wliere  a  junction  is  made  with  the  main  line  to 
Denver,  Col.;  at  Ileiington  a  short  branch  goes  to 
Abilene  and  Salina.  From  Herington  the  lino 
passes  south  tlirough  Wichita  and  Wellington  to 
Caldwell,  on  the  line  of  tiie  Indian  Territory. 

With  its  accustomed  energy  tliis  road  was  tlie 
first  to  completi.-  its  line  into  the  Oklahoma  country, 
passing  through  Kinglislier,  and  having  Kl  Reno 
for  its  Southern  terminus. 

CllAHAI  -rKHlsrH  S  OK  Till-;   liOAI). 

Tlie  whole  nuniber  of  miles  operated  by  llic  Clii- 
cago.  Rock  Island  &  Pacific  Railway  at  the  present 
time,  including  second  tracks  and  sidings,  is  about 
four  thousand  and  ninety-three  miles.  Tlie  main 
track  mileage  in  the  following  States  is:  Illinois, 
236  miles;  Iowa,  1,0G6.10;  Missouri,  286.70;  Kan- 
sas, 1,147.37;  Nebraska,  140.97;  Colorado.  376. 00  ; 
and  Indian  Territory.  106.75 — 186.70  second  track, 
and  about  565.45  side  track. 

This  company  has  a  contract  for  joint  use  of 
track  with  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph  between  Kan- 
sas City  and  Cameron  Junction;  with  the  Union 
Pacific  Railway  from  Kansas  Cit3-  to  North  Topeka, 
also  from  Linion  to  Denver;  and  with  the  Denver 
&,  Rio  (irande  between  Denver  and  Pueblo. 


The  i)iincipal  shops  of  this  company  are  located 
at  Chicago,  111.;  Rock  Island,  111.;  Stewart,  Iowa; 
Trenton,  Mo.;  Ilorton  and  Goodiand,  Kan.;  and 
Roswell,  Colo.  Solid  trains,  carrying  all  classes 
of  passengers,  are  run  through  between  Chicago, 
Denver,  Pueblo,  Colorado  Springs,  via  St.  Jose])!). 
Kansas  City  and  Topeka;  through  trains  to  Wich- 
ita, El  Reno  (Ft.  Reno),  Hutchinson,  Dodge  City, 
Salina  and  Abilene.  The  line  is  equipped  with 
first-class  baggage,  mail,  smoking  cars  and  coaches; 
chair  cars  of  the  latest  improved  pattern  of  chairs, 
and  Pullman  Palace  Sleeping  Cars.  Dining  cars 
are  now  running  on  all  through  passenger  trains 
between  Colorado  points  and  Chicago,  and  also 
between  Council  Bluffs  and  Chicago,  and  ealing- 
liouses  are  located  at  convenient  points  on  all  divis- 
ions for  the  accommodation  of  local  trains.  It  is 
contemplated  to  establish  dining-car  service  on  the 
whole  line,  in  tlie  near  future.  In  regard  to  freight 
traffic,  the  man.agement  has  a  comprehensive  sys 
tern  of  through  cars  and  w.ay-billing  to  all  promi- 
nent points  in  the  West,  Northwest  and  Southwest, 
liaving  their  own  rails  between  Chicago,  Peoria 
and  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph,  Omaha  and  Denver, 
no  delays  or  transfers  between  Chicago  and  any  of 
these  points.  Also  run  through  cars  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  via  all  lines  liriving  terminals  on  the  coast. 
Less  than  car-load  shipments  to  all  prominent 
points  in  through  cars,  thus  avoiding  transfers  and 
delay.  Special  attention  is  paid  to  live  stock  from 
all  points  on  the  line.  At  present  there  is  one 
hundred  and  eighty-seven  miles  of  double  track 
being  operated,  one  hundred  and  eighty-one  miles 
of  which  is  located  in  IllincJis,  between  Chicago 
and  Rock  Island;  the  liahuuein  Iowa,  from  Da- 
venport to  what  is  known  as  Double  Track  Junc- 
tion, about  six  miles  west  of  Davenport  on  the 
Council  Bluff  line. 

The  experience  of  the  p.ast  has  clearly  demon- 
sti'ated  tliat  whatever  is  undertaken  by  tlie  mana- 
gers of  the  Rock  Island  is  not  merel}'  done,  but 
done  well,  that  they  possess  to  an  almost  unlimiteil 
extent  the  confidence  of  Eastern  and  European 
capitalists,  and  tiial  they  are  remarkably  shrewd 
and  f.ar-seeing  in  anything  which  affects  the  present 
or  the  future  interests  of  their  property. 

It  will   be  observed   that   all   the   yreal   leading 


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marts  of  trade  in  Kansas  are  tai)|)e(l  by  tliis  road, 
thereby  giving  to  lliat  portion  of  the  West  a  strong 
and  substantial  competitive  market  with  the  great 
Kastern  commercial  cenlorp. 


Atcliisou,  Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  Railway, 

OPULARLV  known  as  the  Santa  Fe  Route. 
))]  The  initial  lines  of  this  great  system  were 
tirst  built  from  Atchison  to  Topeka,  in 
1!S6;),  and  for  many  j^ears  the  former  cit}- 
was  the  Kasteru  terminus  of  the  road.  The  man- 
agement of  the  Santa  Fe,  with  wonderful  energy, 
piisheii  out  its  lines  in  every  direction,  into  the 
young  and  growing  Slate  of  Kansas,  and  in  the 
majority  of  instances  preceding  settlement  and 
civilization.  This  road  was  the  first  to  penetrate 
across  the  southern  part  of  Colorado,  via  Pueblo 
and  Trinidad  into  New  Mexico,  until  its  lines  pene- 
trated the  old  adobe  town  of  Santa  Fe,  whose  citi- 
zens were  half  S[)auish  and  half  Mexican.  As  its 
course  peuetratcd  the  wilderness  it  sometimes  fol- 
lowed the  old  Santa  Fe  Trail,  and  generally  u<.)t  far 
ilislant  at  anj-  time  from  the  "traiT'  which  had 
lieeu  made  famous  3'ears  before  by  trappers  and 
also  by  the  Government  freighters.  The  mar- 
velous growth  and  development  of  the  State  of 
of  Kansas  is  in  a  great  measure  due  to  the  enter- 
prise and  public  spirit  of  the  managers  of  the  Santa 
Fe  System.  Not  only  did  they  devote  the'r  en- 
ergy to  the  upbuilding  of  the  road,  but  at  great 
exijcnse  they  maintained  emigration  and  Colonial 
agents  in  the  various  countries  of  Euiope,  as  well 
as  in  the  Eastern,  Middle  and  Southern  States, 
thereby  advertising  the  State  of  Kansas  as  no  other 
State  has  heretofore  been  done.  Its  climate,  its 
soil  and  great  advantages  to  the  home  seeker  were 
at  times  fully  portrayed  by  the  enterprise  of  this 
road — every  fostering  care  was  given  to  the  stock' 
and  ranch  men,  to  the  merchant,  the  mechanic  and 
the  niaiuifacturer  to  settle  in  Kansas — as  a  result 
we  have  here  a  State  in  the  center  of  the  Union,  of 
boun(dess  agricultural  resources,  settled  by  a  witle- 
awake,  enterprising  and  prosperous  people.  The 
Santa  Fe  owns  and  operates  more  njiles  of  road   in 


Kansas  than  anj'  other  line,  with  its  vast  S3'stem  of 
East  and  West,  North  and  South  lines  reaching 
every  important  town  in  the  State,  and  penetrating 
sixty-three  counties  in  Kansas.  The  magnitude  of 
its  business  is  immense.  Its  lines  beginning  at  the 
iMissouri  Rivci-  towns  in  Kansas  are  St.  Joseph,  Atch- 
iso:'.,  Lcave;;vror'.h  and  Kansas  Cit}';  extends  south 
to  Coffey ville,  Arkansas  City,  Ilunnewell,  Caldwell, 
New  Kiowa  (thence  to  the  Pan  Handle  of  Texas), 
and  n<_irtli  to  Superior,  in  Nebraska;  Concordia, 
Clay  Center,  Minneapolis,  and  other  Northern 
Kansas  cities.  Its  main  lines  and  branches  reach 
nearly  every  important  city  in  the  State.  St.  Jo- 
seph, on  the  Missouri  side  of  the  river,  has  a  popu- 
lation of  nearl}'  one  hundred  thousand,  and  its 
wholesale  trade  is  heavj'  throughout  the  West. 
Atchison  is  a  growing  city  of  about  twenty  thous- 
and people;  the  Soldiers'  Orphans  Home  of  the 
State  is  located  here.  Leavenworth,  with  her  thirty 
thousand  people,  is  an  im[)ortant  manufacturing 
center.  Leavenworth  was  the  earliest  famous  city 
of  Kansas,  as  it  was  the  original  outfitting  point  for 
travel  and  traffic  across  the  plains.  The  Kansas 
system  may  be  described  as  a  main  east  and  west  line, 
over  four  hundred  miles  in  length,  with  branch 
lines  extending  in  everj' direction  where  an  area  of 
particularly  rich  country,  or  some  other  special 
advantages  invited  a  line  of  rails. 

The  road  from  Topeka,  after  1869,  was  extended 
west  and  south,  and  tlien  east  to  Kansas  City  by 
purchase  of  a  line  built  by  another  company.  From 
Kansas  City,  in  18S7-S8  the  line  was  extended  to 
Chicago,  under  the  name  of  the  Chicago,  Santa  Fe 
&  California  Road;  in  1887,  also  the  purchase  of 
the  Gulf,  Colorado  it  Santa  Fe  Road,  and  the  ex- 
tension of  the  Kansas  lines  through  the  Indian 
Territory  to  Texas,  gave  the  company  a  line  to  the 
Gulf  of  Mexico.  So  that  at  the  present  time  the 
Santa  Fe  System  proper  begins  at  Chicago,  passes 
through  Illinois,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Colorado, 
Indian  Territory,  Texas,  New  Mexico,  Arizona 
and  California,  and  has  for  its  Southern  terminals 
Galveston,  o-i  the  (iulf  of  Mexico,  and  El  Paso,  on 
the  Mexican  frontier;  and  for  its  Western  terminals 
San  Diego  and  Los  Angeles,  on  the  Pacific  Coast, 
(San  Francisco  being  practically  a  Pacific-Coast 
terminal,  as    it    is    reached   via  Mojave,  over   the 


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tracks  of  the  Southern  Pacific  Railway);  and  for 
its  Northern  terminals  Chicago.  St.  Josepli.  Mo.. 
Superior,  Neb.,  and  Denver,  the  capital  of  Colo- 
rado. 

Chicago  to  Kansas  City  is  practically  an  air  lirie, 
being  the  most  straight  and  direct  of  any  road 
between  the  two  cities.  It  passes  through  a  larg(! 
number  of  important  towns  in  Illinois,  including 
Joliet,  with  its  great  steel  wori<s,  and  other  manu- 
facturing interests.  Tiie  next  irajiortant  place  is 
Streatqr,  a  few  miles  south  of  the  latter  jilncr;  a 
branch  extends  to  the  thriving  fity  of  I'ekin.  on 
the  Illinois  River.  From  Strcator  the  main  line 
crosses  the  Illinois  at  Chillicothe,  and  extends 
through  Peoria  and  Knox  Counties  to  the  beauti- 
ful ind  enterprising  city  of  Galesburg.  here  it 
comes  in  com[)etitiou  with  several  lines  of  the 
Burlington  Sj"stem;  thence  ruiniing  in  a  southwest- 
erlj-  direction  through  a  rich  and  populous  section, 
crossing  the  Missi.ssipi)i  at  Ft.  Madison,  on  a  mag- 
nificent steel  bridge.  Here  the  companj'  have 
established  shops,  that  being  the  terminus  of  the 
two  operating  divisions  of  tlie  road.  From  F't. 
Madison  by  a  spur  Keoknic  is  reached.  The  line 
through  Missouri  shows  very  heavy  construction 
work,  made  to  secure  what  was  desired  in  the  wa}' 
of  distance  and  grades.  Along  the  Santa  Fe  new 
towns  are  springing  up,  and  new  industries  are  be- 
ing developed.  Twenty  miles  east  of  Kansas  Cily 
the  ^lissouri  River  is  crossed  b}'  a  steel  bridge,  so 
that  the  line  enters  Kansas  City  on  the  south  sids 
of  the  river.  F^rom  Kansis  City  to  Topeka  the 
line  runs  on  the  South  bank  of  the  Kansas  River; 
at  Wilder  and  Mollida^f  are  points  for  the  depart- 
ure of  branch  lines — one  northwest  to  Atchison, 
and  the  other  southwest  through  Ottawa  and  .South- 
ern Kansas,  being  known  as  the  Southern  Kansas 
division  of  the  Santa  Fe  S^-stem.  From  Lawrence 
ti)  Topeka  the  road  is  still  in  '.he  Kansas  Valley, 
through  a  veritable  garden.  Native  trees  of  great 
height  overliang  the  railwa}'  here  and  there,  and  in 
the  si>ring  and  summer  the  crops  look  green  and 
luxuriant.  The  approach  to  Topeka  is  through  the 
long  yards,  and  by  the  vast  machine  shops  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Company,  across  various  broad  streets  to 
a  commodious  brick  station. 

T'he  general   olliccs  of  the  road   are  in  Topeka. 


and  occupy  a  handsome  and  commodious  building 
near  the  State  capitol.  From  Topeka  to  Denver 
the  Santa  Fe  Route  runs  for  about  seventy-five 
miles  in  a  southwesterly  direction  to  the  upper  wa- 
ters of  Neosho  River,  at  Emporia,  passing  through 
Osage  Count3',  where  are  found  some  of  the  richest 
coal  fields  of  the  West.  At  Newton  tlie  line  di- 
verges south  through  Southern  Kansas,  the  Indian 
Territorj'  and  Texas  to  Galveston;  continuing 
west  from  Newton  the  first  city  of  importance 
reached  is  Hutchinson;  here  are  some  of  the  iieaviest 
salt  works  in  the  I'nited  States,  besides  other  ex- 
tensive manufacturing  interests.  West  of  Hutch- 
inson the  line  extends  through  a  fertile,  prosperous 
and  rapidly  growing  district.  The  line  is  beautified 
here  and  there  b3'  many  thriving  cities  and  villages. 
At  La  Junta,  in  Colorado,  tlie  line  for  Nejv  Mex- 
ico, Arizona  and  beyond,  turns  soutli.  Pueblo, 
sixty-five  miles  due  west  of  La  Junta,  for  years  the 
terminus  of  the  Santa  Fe  System,  is  a  growing 
manufacturing  city.  It  is  admirablj'  located  with 
reference  to  the  great  ore-producing  canons  of  Col- 
orado. All  ronds  leading  to  it,  coal,  iron,  silver, 
gold,  lead,  copper,  building  stone,  everything  in 
fact  which  is  produced  in  the  greatest  mining  State 
in  the  Union,  roll  naturallj^  down  hill  to  Pueblo. 
Beyond  Pueblo  to  the  west  are  many  thriving  cities 
founded  on  mining  and  agriculture,  notabl3" :  Lead- 
ville.  the  greatest  mining  camj)  in  Colorado;  while 
fort^'  miles  north,  on  the  line  of  the  Santa  Vc.  are 
the  lovely  villages  of  Colorado  Springs,  and  Mani- 
tou,  nestling  at  the  foot  of  Pike's  Peak.  Manilou 
is  at  the  mouth  of  a  deep  canon,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  lovely  summer  resorts  in  America.  Near  her,^ 
is  the  famous  "Garden  of  the  Gods,"  whose  won- 
drous beauty  and  grandeur  is  unsurpassed.  Fnini 
Color.ado  Springs  westward,  through  Manilou  and 
up  the  canon  bej'oud  Pike's  Peak,  the  Colorado 
Midland  Raihvay  is  pushing  its  way  far  toward  tlie 
the  western  borders  of  the  State.  Eighty  miles 
north  of  Colorado  Springs  the  Santa  Fe  line  ter- 
minates at  Denver,  a  magnificeutl}'  built  cit^-  of 
nearly  two  hundred  thousand  people.  It  is  prob- 
able that  no  American  city  has  so  many  features  of 
unique  beaut3'  as  Denver.  Its  splendid  public  build- 
ings, and  its  broad  avenues  lined  with  beautiful 
residences,  cozily  located  at  the  foot  of  the  snow- 


TRANSPORTATION. 


capped  mountains  of  the  Rocky  range,  render  it 
unlike  any  other  city  of  its  size  in  the  world.  The 
ride  from  Pueblo  to  Denver  along  the  foot  of  the 
mountains  is  one  never  to  bo  missed.  The  snow- 
covered  peaks,  the  manj'  combinations  of  sun  and 
cloud,  and  rain  and  snow;  the  marvelous  atmos- 
pliere,  all  combine  to  suri)riso  and  charm  tlni  be- 
holder. 

From  Newton  to  Galveston,  the  line  leaving  the 
main  east  and  west  line  in  Kansas  at  Newton,  runs 
directly  south  to  Galveston.  The  first  place  of 
importance  reached  is  the  phenomenal  city  of  Wich- 
ita, located  on  the  Big  and  Little  Arkansas  Rivers, 
a  city  of  thirty-five  thousand  people,  where  only  a 
few  years  ago  was  an  Indian  trading-po.st.  Wichita 
is  one  of  the  most  remarkable  cities  in  the  West.  It 
has  a  heavy  and  growing  wliolesale  trade,  and  a 
large  amount  of  mnnufactuiing  business,  including 
the  Burton  Stock  Car  Works,  the  Dold  &  Whit- 
akcr  Meat-Packing  establishments.  The  city  is 
handsomely  laid  out,  and  has  many  handsome  pub- 
lic buildings,  commodious  business  houses  and 
spacious  residences,  situated  cm  broad  avenues, 
lined  with  beautiful  shade  trees.  .South  of  Wichita 
is  a  cluster  of  growing  cities,  comprising  Wiufield, 
Wellington,  Arkansas  Cit}'  and  Caldwell.  Wichita 
and  Arkansas  City  have  profited  much  by  the 
opening  up  of  Oklahoma  to  settlement.  Entering 
the  Indian  Territory  the  line  passes  through  a 
magnificent  agricultural  countrj',  as  yet  almost 
wholly  undeveloped.  In  Texas  the  principal  cities 
on  the  line  between  the  Indian  Territory  and  Gal- 
veston, are  Gainesville,  Paris,  Ft.  Worth,  Cleburne, 
Dallas,  Morgan,  Temple,  Brenham,  Houston  and 
Richmond.  Galveston,  the  terminus,  is  a  rapidly 
growing  city  of  fifty  thousand  inhabitants.  It  is 
charmingly  situated  on  the  Gulf  Coast,  and  has  an 
unsurpassed  climate  in   lioth  summer  and  winter. 

From  La  .Tunta  to  El  Paso,  the  line  leaving  La 
Junta  climbs  to  the  summit  of  the  Raton  Range, 
seventy-six  hundred  and  twenty-two  feet  above  the 
sea.  On  the  waj'  up  it  p.asses  through  the  impor- 
tant Colorado  towns  of  El  Moro  and  Trinidad.  The 
village  of  Raton  is  an  important  division  point  for 
the  railway,  and  then  comes  Las  A'egas  and  its 
famous  hot  springs,  six  miles  distant  from  the  main 
line,  but  connected  with   it  by  a  short  line  with 


good  equipments.  At  the  Hot  Springs  is  the  Phce- 
nix  Hotel.  The  springs  are  unsurpassed  anywhere 
in  the  world,  and  the  hotel  is  conducted  by  the 
company  in  the  most  generous  manner  imaginable. 
The  springs  are  forty-two  in  number,  and  are  hot 
and  cold,  and  have  a  variety  of  mineral  properties 
which  render  them  remarkably  strong  in  their  cura- 
tive power.  S:iuth  of  Las  Vegas  the  line  passes 
through  fertile  valley's,  heavj'  forests,  and  bl.ack 
and  rugged  canons,  until  the  vallev'  of  the  Rio 
Grande  is  reached.  A  branch  line  from  Lamy  ex- 
tends up  the  mountain  to  Santa  Fe,  the  capital  of 
New  Mexico,  next  to  St.  Augustine,  the  oldest  city 
in  America.  Santa  Fe  has  a  new  State  House,  and 
its  quaint  old  churches  and  dwellings  are  inter- 
spersed with  modern  structures.  It  should  be  seen 
before  the  peculiar  charm  of  its  antiquity  has  been 
entirely  destroyed.  Albuquerque,  Socorro  and  San 
Marcial  are  the  chief  points  between  Santa  Fe  and 
El  Paso.  All  are  important  points  for  the  business 
of  raining,  cattle  raising  and  general  commerce. 
From  Rincon  a  branch  line  leads  to  Deming,  where 
junction  is  njade  with  the  Southern  Pacific  Rail- 
way, and  to  Silver  Citj',  and  to  the  other  mining 
towns  of  Southern  New  Mexico.  It  is  the  fortunate 
destiny  of  New  Mexico  generall3'.  and  the  Rio 
Grande  A'alley  particularly,  to  soon  take  front  rank 
in  the  line  of  fruit  production.  Thegrapes  produced 
in  the  Lower  Rio  Grande  Walle^-  are  not  surpassed 
in  either  quality  or  quantity  liy  the  product  of  any 
part  of  the  Continent. 

From  Albuquerque  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  in  the 
heart  of  New  Mexico,  due  west,  the  Atlantic  & 
Pacific  Railroad  forms  the  main  Santa  Fe  Route  to 
California.  The  line  passes  through  a  great  mining 
and  stock-raising  country,  where  the  climate  is  per- 
fect. Prescott,  the  capital  of  Arizona,  is  reached 
bj'  a  branch  from  Prescott  Junction.  Constant 
ch,auges  of  scenery  characterize  the  Hue,  and  the 
crossing  of  the  Colorado  Canon  is  one  of  the  most 
remarkable  accomplishments  known  in  the  railroad 
world.  In  Southern  California  the  lines  of  the 
California  Central  &  Southern  reach  every  impor- 
tant cit}\  Barstow,  San  Bernardino,  Colton,  San 
Diego,  National  City,  Los  Angeles,  and  a  hundred 
other  beautiful  towns  offer  unequaled  inducements 
to  the   seeker  after    health,  wealth    and    pleasure. 


TRANSI'OHTATION. 


San  Francisco  and  other  cities  of  Centtal  and 
Northern  California  are  readied  by  tiie  lines  of  'ulu' 
Southern  Facilic  by  virtue  of  a  special  arrangement 
for  traffic.  Between  Cliicago  and  Kansas  City 
meals  are  served  on  the  finest  dining  cars;  on  the 
other  lines  and  branches  are  superb  eating-houses 
and  liotels.  No  expense  is  spared  in  securing  ele- 
gant accommodations;  the  supplies  are  secured 
from  the  best  markets  East  and  West. 

From  the  resume  thus  given  of  t!ie  facilities  pos- 
sessed by  the  Santa  Fe  Railway,  for  interchanging 
traffic  at  its  termini  and  various  junctions,  it  must 
be  apparent  to  the  reader  that  tlie  line  is  admirably 
situated,  and  that  in  man}'  respects  it  occupies  a 
strategic  position,  superior  to  that  of  otlier  trans- 
Missouri  and  Mississippi  railroads.  These  advan- 
tages have  been  utilized  in  the  past,  as  they  will  be 
in  the  future,  in  developing  tlie  localities  through 
which  the  various  branches  extend,  and  to  build 
up  the  permanent  prosperity  of  the  property  whose 
history  is  so  closely  interwoven  with  the  settlement, 
development  and  prosperity  of  the  West  beyond 
the  Missouri  River.  Its  local  traffic  compares  fa- 
vorably with  that  of  other  competing  lines^     'I"o 


this  purely  local  traffic  must  be  added  the  contri- 
butions of  its  several  termini,  all  large  cities  and 
prominent  trade  centers  in  the  Missouri  and  Mis- 
sissippi Valleys.  With  the  growth  and  steady 
development  of  the  manufacturing  and  other  indus- 
tries of  Chicago,  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph,  Atclii- 
son,  Leavenwortii,  Topeka,  Wicliita,  Galveston, 
El  Paso,  Pueblo  and  Denver,  the  Santa  Fe  Rail- 
way must  materially  make  corresponding  strides 
tovvard  attaining  that  proud  financial  position  which 
lias  been  the  life  dream  of  its  originators  and 
present  ovvners.  Under  the  present  progressive  and 
conservative  management,  all  advantages  of  geo- 
grapieal  position,  and  all  the  resources  of  the 
through  line  will  be  constantlj-  utilized  in  building 
up  tlie  future  prospeiitj'  of  the  road  itself,  and  in 
developing  the  extended  area  of  Chicago's  com- 
mercial su|)remac3-.  The  Land  Grant  from  I  he 
(Government  amounted  substantially  to  three  mill- 
ion acres.  In  brief  its  commanding  geographical 
position,  coupled  with  its  direct  Eastern  alliance 
for  through  business,  must  render  tlie  Santa  Fe 
eventually  one  of  tlie  most  remunerative  of  our 
Western  railroads. 


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SUMNER  COUNTY. 

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3HE  time  has  arrived  when  it 
becomes  the  duty  of  the 
people  of  this  county  to  per- 
petuate the  names  of  their 
pioneers,  to  furnish  a  record 
of  their  early  settlement, 
and  relate  the  story  of  their 
progress.  The  civilization  of  our 
day,  the  enlightenment  of  the  age 
and  the  duty  that  men  of  the  pres- 
ent time  owe  to  their  ancestors,  to 
themselves  and  to  their  posterity, 
demand  thai  a  record  of  their  lives 
and  deeds  slioidd  be  made.  In  bio- 
graphical history  is  found  a  power 
to  instruct  man  by  precedent,  to 
enliven  the  mental  faculties,  and 
to  waft  down  the  river  of  time  a 
safe  vessel  in  which  the  names  and  actions  of  the 
people  who  contributed  to  raise  this  country  from  its 
primitive  state  may  be  preserved.  Surely  and  rapidly 
the  great  and  aged  men,  who  in  their  jjrime  entered 
the  wilderness  and  claimed  the  virgin  soil  as  their 
hiritage,  are  passing  to  the:r  graves.  The  number  re- 
niaiinng  who  can  relate  the  incidenis  of  tlie  first  d.iys  ■ 
jf  settlement  is  becoming  small  indeed,  to  that  an 
:ictual  necessity  e.xisis  for  tlie  collc^ction  and  [)reser- 
vntioii  of  events  without  delay,  before  all  the  early 
settlers  are  cut  down  by  the  scythe  of  Time. 

To  bi  forgotten  has  been  the  great  dread  of  mankind 
fioni  remotest  ages.  All  will  be  forgotten  soon  enough, 
in  spite  of  their  best  works  and  the  most  earnest 
efforts  of  their  friends  to  perserve  the  memory  of 
their  live-;.  The  me, ins  employed  to  prevent  oblivion 
and  lo  perpetuate  their  memory  has  been  in  propor- 
tion to  the  ;i mount  of  intelligence  they  possessed. 
Th  ;  pyramids  of  Kgypt  were  l)uilt  to  perpetuate  the 
names  and  deeds  of  their  great  rulers.  The  exhu- 
mations made  by  the  archeologists  of  Egypt  from 
buried  Meu:phis  indica^ie  a  desire  of  those   people 


to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  their  achievements, 
The  erection  of  the  great  obelisks  were  for  the  same 
purpose.  Coming  down  to  a  later  period,  we  find  the 
Greeks  and  Romans  erecting  mausoleums  and  monu- 
ments, and  carving  out  statues  to  chronicle  their 
great  achievements  and  carry  them  down  the  ages. 
It  is  also  evident  that  the  Mound-builders,  in  piling 
up  their  great  mounds  of  earth,  liad  but  this  idea — 
to  leave  something  to  show  that  they  had  lived.  All 
these  works,  though  many  of  them  costly  in  the  ex- 
treme, give  but  a  faint  idea  of  the  lives  and  charac- 
ters of  those  whose  memory  they  were  intended  to 
perpetuate,  and  scarcely  anything  of  the  masses  of 
the  people  that  then  lived.  The  great  pyramids  and 
some  of  the  obelisks  remain  objects  only  of  curiosity ; 
the  mausoleums,  monuments  and  statues  are  crum- 
bling into  dust. 

It  was  left  to  modern  ages  to  establish  an  intelli- 
gent, undecaying,  immutable  method  of  perpetuating 
a  full  history — immutable  in  that  it  is  almost  un- 
limited in  e.xtent  and  perpetual  in  its  action ;  and 
this  is  through  the  a:t  of  printing. 

To  the  present  generation,  however,  we  are  in- 
debted for  the  introduction  of  the  admirable  system 
of  local  biography.  By  this  system  every  man,  though 
he  has  not  achieved  what  the  world  calls  greatness, 
h-is  the  means  to  perpetuate  his  life,  his  history, 
through  the  coming  ages. 

The  scythe  of  Time  cuts  down  all ;  nothing  of  the 
physical  man  is  left.  The  monument  wliich  his  chil- 
dren or  friends  may  erect  to  his  memory  in  the  ceme- 
tery will  crumble  into  dust  and  pass  away;  but  his 
life,  his  achievements,  the  work  he  has  accomplished, 
which  otherwise  would  be  forgotten,  is  perpetuated 
by  a  record  of  this  kind. 

To  preserve  the  lineaments  of  our  companions  we 
engrave  their  portraits,  for  the  same  reason  we  col- 
lect the  attainable  facts  of  their  history.  Nor  do  we 
think  it  necessary,  as  we  speak  only  truth  of  them,  to 
wait  until  they  are  dead,  or  until  those  \yho  know 
them  are  gone:  to  do  this  we  are  ashamed  only  to 
publish  to  the  world  the  history  of  those  whose  lives 
are  unworthy  of  public  record. 


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■^'^^^"  IIITFIELD      TOWNSEXD. 
1^'-  wliose  |)orii!iit  is  presented 

:  iJii  'liis  volume,  was  one  of 
'■•'rff//  S  u  m  11  e  r  County's  well- 
i^^"^  known  men.  lie  was  tlie 
owner  of  a  line  estate  in 
U'ellington  Township,  wliicli  during  his 
residence  upon  it  of  about  seven  years 
lie  developed  from  an  unbroken  tract  of 
prairie  l:in<l  to  a  fine  condition,  erecting 
upon  it  a  large  frame  dwelling,  adequate 
barns  and  other  necessary  buddings;  he 
further  added  to  ils  value  by  planting  an 
orchard,  and  in  various  ways  enihellish- 
Mr.  Townsend  was  born  in  St.  Clair 
County.  III..  October  24,  18-23.  and  was  a  son  of 
George  Whitfield  Townsend.  who  is  supposed  to 
have  been  born  in  Tennessee,  from  which  .State  he 
removed  to  Illinois,  becoming  a  [lioneer  of  St.  Clair 
County.  There  he  bought  a  large  ti'act  of  land 
and  carried  on  tlie  pursuit  of  agriculture  quite 
extensively,  continuing  to  abide  in  that  county 
until  his  deatli.  He  of  whom  we  write  was  reared 
and  educated  there,  the  school  which  he  attended 
being  held  in  a  log  house,  with  a  fire-place  and 
home-made  furniture,  the  seats  made  by  splitting 
logs,  hewing  them  to  a  tolerably'  smooth  surface  on 
one  side,  and  inserting  wooden  pins  in  the  other 
side  for  legs.  In  this  temple  of  learning,  under 
the  instruction  of  teachers  whose  curriculum  com- 
prised little  else  than  the  -three  R's,"  he  acquired 
all  the  education  possible  to  be  obtained,  and   de- 


veloped the  sturdy  nature  befitting  the  son  of  a 
pioneer. 

Mr.  Townsend  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm 
and  resided  with  his  parents  until  their  death,  and 
for  a  time  thereafter  continued  to  live  on  the  old 
homestead.  He  then  located  on  land  adjoining  it, 
added  a  kitchen  to  the  small  house  that  was  alreadj* 
on  the  place,  and  made  other  improvements  as 
rapidly  as  possible.  In  ISHO,  renting  the  farm, 
which  is  still  owned  b3-  his  family,  he  came  to  this 
county,  where  he  had  previously  purchased  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  prairie  land,  compris- 
ing the  west  half  of  section  li),  in  Wellington 
Towr.ship.  When  he  took  |)OSsession  the  only 
imi)rovcnients  consisted  of  a  small  house  and 
straw  stable,  but  these  were  soon  replaced  by  more 
substantial  structures.  On  this  now  beautiful  es- 
tate, which  he  brought  to  a  liigh  state  of  cultiva- 
tion, Mr.  Townsend  breathed  his  Last  January  20, 
1S87.  deeply  mourned  by  a  large  circle  of  friends 
and  acquaintances,  to  whom  his  high  morr.l  and 
Christian  character  had  endeared  him.  In  the 
family  circle  he  h.ad  been  a  loving  companion  and 
parent,  and  here  his  loss  was  still  more  dee|)ly  felt. 

Mr.  Townsend  wiis  twice  married.  His  first 
wife,  .lane  Bradsby.  so  far  as  known,  was  a  native 
of  Illinois.  She  died  on  the  home  farm  in  .St.  Clair 
Couiit\-.  fifteen  months  after  her  marriage,  leaving 
no  children.  The  second  matrimonial  alliance  uf 
Mr.  Townsend  was  contracted  March  18,  ISGG,  the 
bride  being  Mis.  Annie  (Huscman)  Cook.  She 
was  born  in  Bielefeld,  in  the  Westphalen  district 
of  Mindeii,  Prussia.     Her  father,  Henrv  Husenian, 


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was  a  nnlivi"  of  llii'  sniiic  jilat'c,  and  thorc  followed 
the  occupation  of  farming  until  liis  death,  in  1815. 
The  wife  of  Henry  Huseman  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Wilhelniina  We.?terbeek.  and  was  a  native  of  the 
same  lo-ality,  niiere  slic  was  reared  l\v  strangers, 
having  lict'ii  left  an  oriihan  at  an  earl3'  age.  On 
the  death  of  her  husliand  she  was  left  with  four 
children  to  care  for,  and  a  few  years  later  started 
with  three  of  her  brothers  to  America.  While  on 
bt)ard  a  Mississippi  River  steamer  she  was  attacked 
with  cholera  and  died,  her  remains,  together  with 
those  of  one  of  her  brothers,  being  taken  ashore 
and  buried  on  the  banks  of  the  river.  The  sur- 
viving brothers — Phillip  and  Albert — settled  in 
Burlington,  Iowa.  This  was  in  1853.  Mrs.  Town- 
send  found  a  home  with  a  family  named  Damke,  in 
St.  Louis,  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  then  spent 
six  years  with  the  family  of  Maj.  Walker  in  the 
same  city. 

In  that  city,  in  1861,  Annie  Huseman  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Herman  Cook,  a  teamster  byoccu- 
))ation  and  a  native  of  Germany.  After  their  mar- 
riage they  removed  to  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  where 
Mr.  Cook  rented  a  farm,  and  where  he  departed 
this  life  in  1865.  His  widow  later  became  the 
wife  of  our  subject.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Townsend 
came  five  children — Thadis  S.,  the  first  born,  was 
with  them  only  from  December  17,  1869,  to  .Tuly 
19,  1872;  A'irginia,  James,  Whitfield  an  1  Annie 
are  still  spared  to  their  widowed  mother.  Mrs. 
Townsend  possesses  many  womanly  qualities  and 
virtues  of  chai.acter,  and  is  displaying  good  judg- 
ment in  the  management  of  her  worldly  affairs  and 
the  rearing  of  the  fatherless  ones  who  are  left  to 
her  care.  She  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church, 
with  which  she  united  at  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years,  and  in  which  her  late  husband  was  an  Elder 
for  many  years. 


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^^EORGK  G.  HUMPHREYS.  The  life  of 
III  (— -,  this  gentleman  affords  an  excellent  repre- 
^^5)  sentation  of  the  success  that  attends  on  en- 
ergj'  and  perseverance,  and  of  the  reputation  which 
may  be  gained  by  an  upright  life  and  a  steadfast 
character,    without    becoming    famous,    or    having 


one's  name  spread  broadcasi  over  the  world.  The 
influence  of  these  quiet  lives  is  that  to  which  our 
country  owes  its  greatest  debt  of  gratitude,  in  the 
example  set  before  the  young,  as  well  as  in  the  per- 
sonal deeds. 

Morn  in  Champaign  County.  Ohio,  February  16, 
1825,  Mr.  Humphrej'S  has  spent  many  years  in  ag- 
ricultural work,  has  participated  in  the  pioneer 
work  of  development,  and  with  but  limited  edu- 
cational advantages  in  his  boyhood,  has  kept  him- 
self well  informed  regarding  general  topics  and 
current  events.  He  has  also  won  an  honorable 
record  in  the  ranks  of  his  country's  defenders 
during  the  attempt  to  destroy  the  Union.  His  par- 
ents, Thomas  and  Nancy  Humphreys,  took  up  their 
abode  in  Champaign  County,  Ohio,  when  that  sec- 
tion of  the  country  was  very  new  and  sparsely  set- 
tled. There  the  early  years  of  our  subject  were 
passed,  and  while  acquiring  a  limited  education  in 
the  subscription  schools,  which  he  attended  only 
during  the  winter  seasons  and  which  he  abandoned 
entirely  when  about  fourteen  3'ears  old,  he  assisted 
the  other  members  of  the  family  in  the  develop- 
ment of  his  father's  farm. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  llun;phrej's  w.as  cele- 
brated in  March,  1846,  his  chosen  companion  being 
Miss  Mary  Howver,  a  native  of  the  Buckeye  Slate, 
who  shared  his  fortunes  until  December,  1855, 
when  she  was  called  from  time  to  eternity.  .She 
bore  two  children:  Cornwell,  dcceaf:ed,  and  Nanc3- 
J.,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Piatt  of  Wellington.  Mr. 
Humphreys  contracted  a  second  matrimonial  .il- 
liauce,  taking  as  his  companion  Mrs.  Mar^-  How- 
ver, ;(''('  Gleason.  She  was  the  widow  of  I'eter 
Howver,  a  native  of  Champaign  County,  ()hio, 
who  was  born  in  1828,  reared  in  his  native  State, 
anil  married  in  1847.  To  him  she  bore  two  chil- 
dren— T^ydia,  the  wife  of  Thomas  Berklej'  of  \'er- 
milion  County,  111.,  and  William,  who  resides  with 
our  subject. 

Mrs.  Humphreys  is  the  daughter  of  Arab  (i lea- 
son,  a  native  of  New  York.  He  married  Lydia 
Satford.a  native  of  the  same  State.  She  bore  her  hus- 
band twelve  children,  named  as  follows:  Amanda 
M.,  is  deceased;  Mar\'  M.:  INLartha  is  deceased; 
PlKcbc  lives  in  Champaign,  Jll.;  James,  Lydia, 
Nathaniel   R„  an    infant   son  who  died   unnamed, 


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aii'l  ]\Iiiiiiie,  all  deceased;  Lorinda  lives  in  Filer 
City,  Mirli.;  Charles  is  a  minister  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Church,  now  located  in  Angola.  Ind.;  and 
George  is  a  farmer  in  Holt  County,  Neb.  Arah 
Cileason  died  at  the  home  of  our  subject  the  2d  of 
June,  1870,  aged  seventy  years,  having  been  born 
June  5,  1800.  Mrs.  Lydia  Gleason  departed  this 
life  June  1 1,  1886,  aged  nearly  eighty-one  years, 
she  was  born  August  2,  180.'). 

Mr.  Humphreys  enlisted  in  the  Federal  army 
August  12,  1862,  placing  his  name  upon  the  njus- 
ter-roll  of  Coinpanj'  B,  Ninety-fourth  Illinois  In- 
fantry, and  becoming  an  integral  part  of  the 
Western  army.  He  took  part  in  the  battles  at 
Springlield,  Prairie  Grove,  Van  Buren,  the  siege  of 
Vicksburg,  Red  River,  Algiers,  Brownsville, 
(Texas),  Fts.  Morgan,  (4aines,  Spanish  and  Blake- 
ley,  the  siege  of  Mobile,  and  others  of  minor  im- 
portance. He  was  lionorably  discharged  August 
2'.*,  18G5,  and  returned  to  DeWitt  County,  111.,  in 
which  lie  had  resided  prior  to  his  gallant  service  in 
the  army.  Some  time  subsequently  to  the  war  he 
lived  in  A'ermilion  County,  111.,  three  years.  In 
1878  he  turned  his  footsteps  westward  with  the  de- 
termination to  become  a  citizen  of  Kansas,  and  se- 
lecting this  county  as  his  place  of  abode,  settled  on 
the  faim  where  he  still  resides.  It  is  located  in 
Belle  Plaine  Township  and  comprises  a  quarter  of 
section  23;  has  been  brought  to  a  high  state  of  cul- 
tivation and  aff(jrds  its  owner  a  comfortable  sub- 
sistance.  When  he  took  possession  of  it,  it  was  in 
an  almost  primitive  condition,  the  only  improve- 
ment having  been  the  breaking  of  thirteen  acres 
of  the  sod.  Its  present  tine  condition  and  the  im- 
provements of  various  kinds  which  it  bears,  are  a 
standing  monument  to  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Hum- 
phreys. 

Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Humphreys  belong  to  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Belle  Plaine,  and 
the  former  has  served  as  Steward  of  the  organiza- 
tion. It  is  a  matter  of  course  that  he  belongs  to 
the  G.  A.  R.  Post. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  a  native  of  Ire. 
land,  who,  upon  emigrating  to  America  in  1792, 
settled  iu  Erie  County,  Pa.,  whence  he  afterward 
removed  to  Ohio.  He  belonged  to  along-lived  race 
and  himself  lived  to  be  one   hundred    and  twelve 


years  and  six  months  old,  dying  in  1850.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812.  Tlie  mother  of  our 
subject  was  a  native  of  Kentucky.  She  bore  her 
husband  six  children,  as  follows:  William,  a  resi- 
dent of  DeWitt  County,  111.;  Elizabeth,  wife  of 
Patrick  Gorman,  of  the  same  county;  James,  who 
lives  in  Ohio;  our  subject;  Joseph  H.,  of  Baxter 
Springs,  Kan.,  and  an  infant  who  died  unnamed. 


'  "Ui,^*^'-  'i'-  A-  HUBBARD.  The  Rome  Park 
Stock  Farm,  located  in  Jackson  Township, 
^>>f  which  has  attained  a  reputation  throuah- 
out  Sumner  County,  is  one  of  the  most 
fitting  monuments  to  the  industry  and  persever- 
ance of  its  proprietor  with  whose  name  we  intro- 
duce this  sketch.  Mr.  Ilulibard  makes  a  specialty 
of  fine  cattle,  horses  and  hogs,  in  which  he  has 
met  with  unqualified  success  and  he  has  done  much 
to  raise  the  standai-d  of  this  industry  in  Southern 
Kansas.  He  may  be  [jroperly  called  a  self-made 
man — one  who  has  been  endowed  by  nature  with 
fine  abilities  and  who  has  been  fortunate  in  choos- 
ing that  wise  course  which  has  enabled  him  to  in- 
crease his  talent  ten-fold. 

The  first  eleven  j'ears  of  the  life  of  IMr.  Hub- 
b;ud  were  spent  in  INIcKean  County,  Pa.,  near  the 
town  of  Tarpert.and  Centciville,  Allegany  County, 
N.  Y.,  where  liis  birth  took  place  December  22, 
1843.  His  father,  Jeremiah  Hubbard,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Vermont  as  was  also  his  paternal  grand- 
father, Abner  Hubliard.  The  first  mentioned  was 
reared  among  his  native  hills  and  when  a|)proach- 
ing  manhood  emplo3ed  himself  as  a  boatman  on 
Lake  Champlain.  Later  he  followed  the  trade  of 
a  shoemaker.  He  finally  left  Vermont  and  settled 
in  Cattaraugus  County.  N.  Y.,  whence,  later,  he 
removed  to  Allegany  County,  purchasing  a  tract 
of  land  where  he  prosecuted  farming  until  1854. 
That  year  he  emigrated  to  Michigan,  settling  in 
Barry  Cotinty  and  securing  land  from  the  I'nited 
States.  He  at  once  put  u[)  a  frame  house  and  pro- 
ceeded to  clear  the  fai'in,  constructing  a  com- 
fortable homestead  ujion  which  he  spent  the 
remaiufler  of    his  days;  he  dep.arted  hence  about 


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I  SC?.  The  wife  and  mother,  Mrs.  Eliza  (Slierman )  ] 
Htil)barrl.  was  born  in  Connecticut  and  died  in 
Barry  County,  Mich.,  alumt  1.^74.  Of  this  union 
there  were  born  three  cliildren.  By  a  previous 
marriage  Jcremiali  Hubbard  iiad  become  the  fatiier 
of  seven  cliiklren. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  attained  to  nianliood 
on  a  farm  in  the  Wolverine  .State,  olitaininga  prac- 
tical   education    in    the   common    schools.       Upon 
tlie  outbreak  of   the  Civil  War  he  was   only  seven- 
teen years  old,  but  after  watching  the  conflict  for  a 
time  he  resolved  to  assist  in  the  preservation  of  the 
Union.     On  October  1,  18G1,  he  enlisted   in    Com- 
pany    11.,     Thirteenth     Michigan     Infantry,     first 
seeing  the  smoke  of  battle  at  .Stevenson,  Ala.,   in 
186"2.     He  was  afterward  a  participant  in  all  the 
battles  fought    by   Gens.   Rosecrans  and    Sherman 
until  the  close  of   the  war.     At  Chickamauga,  Sc|)- 
tember  19,  1863,  his  company  suffered  almost   an- 
nihilation, being  reduced  to  four  members.  Young 
Ilubliard  was   three   times  wounded   and    was    con- 
veyed  to   the   hospital  at  Nashville,  where   he   re- 
mained until  his  wounds   permitted  him  to    travel, 
when  he  was  sent  home  on    a  furhjugh,  remaining 
sixt}'   days.     He  rejoined    iiis  regiment    at    Chat- 
tanooga, Tenn.,  and   in    Januar}-  following  veter- 
anized and  was  granted  a  furlough.      II(.'    returned 
home  and  .assisted  in  recruiting  a  full  regiment  and 
afterward  returning  to  Cliattanooga  perff)rmed  en- 
gineer duty  until  the  fall  of   1864. 

Mr.  Hubljard's  regiment  was  now  sent  to  Nash- 
ville to  assist  in  driving  (Jen.  Forrest  from  Ten- 
nessee, and  lie  later  joine<l  Sherman's  army  at 
Rome,  Ga.,  going  from  there  on  the  famous  march 
to  the  sea.  His  regiment  was  in  the  rear  and 
burned  the  bridges  over  the  Chattahoochie  River, 
thus  severing  the  connection  and  cutting  off  all 
communication  of  Gen.  Sherman's  army  with  the 
outside  work.  After  this  long  tedious  march  was 
ended  by  the  capture  of  Ft.  McAllister  and  S.a- 
Tannah.  the  army  went  into  camp  for  a  brief  rest. 
They  then  itarted  on  the  march  through  the  Caro- 
linas,  the  most  remarkalile  winter  cam])aign  on 
record.  Young  Ilubliard  said  the  general  order 
was  reveille  at  4:.30  A.  M..  inarch  at  6,  one  day's 
rations  for  five  days  and  live  off  the  country, 
and  forty  rounds    of   cartridges    in   the   cartridge 


box.  Railroads  were  destroyed  and  the  country 
stripped  of  nearly  everything  on  which  an  army 
could  subsist,  consequently  the  bo3-s  in  blue  found 
their  lines  cast  in  anything  but  pleasant  places,  yet 
manfully,  and  on  the  whole  ('heerily.  tliey  marched 
along  "shouting  the  battle  cry  of  freedtun." 

At  Bentoiiville,   N.    C.,    the    Fourteenth   Corps 
met  tlie  gallant  .Toe    Johnston  and   were    threshed 
unmercifully,  but  the    Union   army  soon   got  into 
position   and  after   tiiree  daj's   hard   fighting,  Sher- 
man was  victorious  in    the  last   great  battle  of  the 
war.      Mr.  lluliliard  says  that  he  escaped  without  a 
scratch  but  did  some  tall  running.    The  army  then 
marched  to  Goldsboro,   where  the  lioys   got  their 
first  mail  for  sixty   days.     There  also  they    heard 
the  general  order  of    Gen.  Sherman  which  was   for 
rest  and  a  supply  of  stores  from  the  rich  granaries 
of  the  North.      .Vfter  a  short  rest  they  marched  to 
Kaleigh,  soon  after    which   Johnston    surrendered. 
Then    followed  the    famous  march    to    Kichmnnd. 
Va.,  then  to  Washington,  D.  C,  and   i)ai'tici|iatioii 
in  the  Grand   Review,  after  which   the  corps  was 
transported  back  to  Louisville.  Ky.,  where  it  went 
into  camp.      Young  Hubbard  was   promoted  to    lie 
First,  or  Orderly   .Sergeant,  and    after   a   season    of 
rest,  camp    duty  and  drill  he  was    mustered    out. 
July  Sf),  186.J,  and   returned  to  iiis    old    haunts    in 
Michigan,    receiving  his    honorable    discharge     at 
Jackson,  August  10. 

Mr.  Hubbard  purchased  his  father's  old  fariii  in 
Yankee  Spring  Township,  Barry  County.  Mich., 
during  the  War  an  1  lived  upon  it  until  1872. 
That  year  he  came  to  Kansas  to  visit  friends  in 
Marion  County  and  while  here  explored  the  sur- 
rounding country.  Kinigrating  finally  into  Sum- 
ner County  he  resolved  to  purchase  land  and 
selected  the  northwest  quarter  of  section  26.  in  what 
is  now  Jacki^on  T<jwnsliip.  On  the  Itli  of  July, 
that  year,  be  filed  liis  claim  in  the  general  land 
ofllce  at  Wichita  ;uid  the  following  year  July  5. 
1873,  secured  his  title  to  the  land.  He  settled 
upon  it  a  few  months  later  and  lived  there  for  a 
number  of  3ears.  ^\'icliita,  for  some  jears  was 
his  nearest  market  and  to  that  point  lie  hauled  his 
grain  residing  upon  that  farm  until  1880.  In  the 
meantime  Mr.  Hubbard  had  become  quite  promi- 
nent in  local  affairs  and  after  filling  other  positions 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


I(i5 


of  trust  and  responsibility  was  selected  Register 
of  Deeds,  wliich  necessitated  his  removal  to  Wel- 
lington, January  18i^0.  He  resided  there  until  liie 
March  of  1889,  tlien  returned  to  bis  farm  of  ciglit 
liundred  acres.  In  the  meantinu'  he  had  retained 
tlie  management  of  this  and  in  1882  commenced 
the  lirceding  of  Poland-C'liina  swine,  hecctmiiig 
interested  tlie  following  year  in  Berkshircs.  He 
now  (1889)  has  a  herd  of  probably  four  hundred 
head  of  full  blooded  animals  of  both  Ivinds  and 
is  said  to  be  tlie  second  largest  breeder  of  swine  in 
the  United  States.  He  lias  been  in  the  habit  of 
carrying  off  the  blue  ribbons  at  the  State  and 
County  Fairs  in  which  he  has  competed  with  the 
best  herds  west  of  the  Mississippi.  He  secnrcd 
the  general  sweepstake  prize  for  the  best  herd  of 
swine  of  anj'  age  or  breed  at  two  of  the  Kansas 
State  Fails  and  the  same  at  the  Bismarck  Fair.  He 
likewise  received  the  first  prize  at  the  Stale  Fairs 
at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  at  the  Fairs  in  Kansas  City 
and  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  several  classes.  He  also 
gives  much  attention  to  the  breeding  of  Short- 
horn cattle,  of  which  he  has  two  hundred  and  fiftj' 
head  of  high-grade  Kentucky  Short-horns  and  he 
has  twenty- four  head  of  graded  Percheron  horses. 
It  cannot  he  denied  tiiat  the  live  stock  interests  of 
the  Sunflower  State  have  been  greatly  augmented 
hy  the  lab(n's  and  efforts  of    Mr.  Hubbard. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  Novem- 
ber ;5.  18G9.  at  tlie  bride's  lioine  in  iMichigan  to 
Miss  Almira  I.  Barto.  Mrs.  IIubl)ard  was  born  in 
Kalamazoo  County,  Mich.,  February  1,  1849,  and 
is  the  daughter  of  Orin  Barto,  a  native  of  Hines- 
burg,  Vt.  Her  paternal  grandfather,  David  Barto, 
was  a  native  of  France  and  upon  coming  to 
America  settled  in  A'ermont.  In  that  State  David 
Barto  was  reared  to  manhood  and  prosecuted  farm- 
ing there  until  1854.  Thiit  year  he  emigrated  to 
Michigan,  locating  in  Kalamazoo  Count}',  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  married 
Miss  Polly  Stevens,  whom  it  is  supposed  was  like- 
wise a  native  of  the  Green  Mountain  State.  After 
the  death  of  her  husband,  Grandmother  Barto 
went  to  Montana  to  visit  her  children  and  died 
there.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Hubbard  was  reared 
and  married  in  ihe  ( ireen  Mountain  State  where 
he  lived  until  about  1831  and  then  emigrated   to 


Michigan  during  the  earliest  settlement  of  Kala- 
mazoo County.  He  journeyed  bj^  Lake  Cham- 
plain  and  the  Chainplain  Canal,  then  by  the  Erie 
Canal  and  the  lakes  to  Detroit,  whence  he  proceeded 
the  balance  of  the  journey  by  team.  He  purchased 
a  tract  of  timber  land  when  bear,  deer  and  wolves 
were  plentiful,  and  constructed  a  good  farm  which 
he  occupied  until  180;').  That  year,  selling  out,  he 
removed  to  Bariy  Count.}-  where  he  purchased  a 
farm  upon  which  he  resided  until  the  death  of  the 
wife  and  mother,  about  1881.  Afterward  he  m.ade 
his  homo  with  his  children  until  his  deatli.  which 
tot>k  place  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in  Mecosta 
County,  in  January,  1882. 

The  mother  of  Mrs.  Hubbard  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Esther  Averill.  She  was  born  in  A'ermont 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Truman  Averill,  likewise 
a  native  of  the  Green  Mountain  State  and  who 
emigrated  t(j  Kalamazoo  Countv,  Mich.,  as  earl}'  as 
1829.  He  was  thus  among  the  flrst  settlers  of  that 
region.  He  possessed  all  the  hardy  elements  of 
tlie  pioneer  and  improved  a  farm  from  the  wilder- 
ness, where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
Mrs.  Esther  (Averill)  Barto  departed  this  life 
October  17,  1881. 

The  Republican  party  lias  received  the  cordial 
endorsement  of  Mr.  Ilubljard  since  he  became  a 
voting  citizen  He  has  kept  himself  well  informed 
upon  current  events  and  while  a  resident  of  Mich- 
igan was  Clerk  of  Yankee  .Springs  Township  for  a 
period  of  six  years.  I'lion  coming  to  Kansas  he 
served  the  peoiile  of  Jackson  Township  as  Road 
Overseer  one  year  and  Trustee  of  said  townsiiip 
two  terms,  and  in  1875  was  elected  to  the  .State 
Legislature,  serving  to  such  good  purpose  that  he 
was  returned  in  1876.  While  a  member  of  the 
General  Assembly  he  w.as  on  various  important 
committees,  including  Ways  and  Means,  and  Rail- 
roads, and  was  Chairman  of  the  committee  on 
Roads  and  Highways.  He  voted  every  time  for 
nine  days  for  Mr.  Plumb  for  Fnited  States  Senator. 
He  was  elected  Register  of  Deeds  in  1879  and  re- 
elected in  1881.  He  served  as  a  delegate  to  numer- 
ous State  and  county  conventions  and  in  1889  was 
a  delegate  to  the  third  Deep  Harbor  Convention 
which  met  at  Topeka.  Socially  he  belongs  to 
Wellington   Lodge,  No.  150.  F.  &  A.  M.,  Sumner 


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Chapter  No.  .'w,  K.  A.  M.,  St.  John  Coiiiiii;in(lerv, 
No.  24,  K.  T..  Wellinglon  Lodge,  No.  24,  A.  (). 
U.  W.,  and  James  Shield  Post.  Janiiary.  18110.  the 
Prcsi<leiit  appointed  Mr.  Hubhard  Supei'visor  of 
Census  for  the  Fourtli  District  in  Kansas,  about 
one-fourth  part  of  the  State.  Mr.  Hubbard  lias 
about  eight  hundred  or  one  thousand  ap|)()intnients 
to  make  in  his  district. 


•^J»t3^4fel01><-«^-*- 


Vl 


/AMES  H.  (iIDE(,)N.  'J"he  home  of  this  gen- 
tleman and  iiis  family  is  pleasantly  located 
on  section  22,  Belle  Plaine  Township,  of 
which  he  is  quite  an  early  settler.  He  now 
owns  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  valualile 
laud,  in  the  accumulation  of  which  he  has  been 
ably  assisted  by  his  devoted  wife,  who  shared  in  .all 
the  har<lships  of  their  earl}'  years  in  the  West,  and 
who  with  him  is  now  enjoying  the  fruit  of  useful 
anil  industrious  lives,  the  respect  of  all  who  know 
them,  and  the  devotion  of  their  children. 

Mr.  Gideon  vvas  born  in  Loudoun  County.  Va., 
December  28,  1828,  to  Henry  and  Nancy  (Miller) 
Gideon,  who  were  natives  of  the  same  count}', 
and  of  German  ancestry.  His  grandfather.  Peter 
Gideon,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War, 
antl  his  uncle,  George  Gideon,  took  part  in  the  war 
of  1812.  To  his  parents  eleven  children  were  born, 
of  wl'.om  all  survive  save  David,  the  ninth  on  the 
family  roll.  Jacolj  lives  in  Hall  County,  Neb.; 
Alfied.  in  Macon  County,  111  ;  Joseph,  in  Musca- 
tine County,  Iowa;  Ann,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Gar- 
vey,  in  .Sangamon  County,  111.;  Peter,  in  Hall 
County,  Neb. ;  Valentine  and  San  ford,  in  Omaha. 
Neb.;  Mary  E.,  the  wife  of  Andrew  Bcr.nctt,  in 
IMadison  County,  Iowa;  and  Oliver,  in  Hall  County, 
Neb. 

While  still  a  small  infant  James  K.  Gideon  ac 
companied  his  parents  in  their  removal  to  Cham 
paign  County.  Ohio,  where  they  were  among  the 
earlj'  settlers,  taking  up  their  abode  there  while 
wild  bogs  and  bears  and  Miami  Indians  were  still 
numerous  in  the  region.  The  parents  endured  such 
harilsliiits  as  fell  to  t!ie  lot  of  Ohio  pioneers,  and  the 
boyhood  of  our  subject  w.as   passed  amid   frontier 


scenes.  When  he  was  iourUcn  \ears  old  the  fam- 
ily emigrated  to  .Sangamon  County,  111.,  where  lie 
was  reared  to  manhood.  His  entire  boj'hood  and 
youth  having  been  spent  where  there  were  no  free 
schools,  and  where  all  educational  work  was  kept 
up  by  suliscriptions.  he  liaii  not  the  advantages 
afforded  the  youth  of  this  day  ami  age,  but  ac- 
quired what  knowledge  he  could  under  the  circum- 
stances which  surrounded  him.  and  added  to  his 
information  bj'  reading  in  later  years. 

In  the  spring  of  1873,  Mr.  Gideon  with  his  fam- 
ily, which  at  that  time  comprised  his  wife  and  four 
children,  removed  to  Sumner  County,  Kan.,  and 
settled  on  the  farm  which  they  still  occupy.  Four- 
teen acres  of  the  quarter  section  on  which  he  lo- 
cated was  broken  ground,  and  a  12.\14  foot  house, 
made  of  planks,  was  the  only  other  improvement. 
He  has  not  only  well  improved  the  acreage  of 
which  he  first  took  possession,  but  has  added  to  his 
landed  estate,  and  successfully  carried  on  his  agri- 
cultural vvork. 

A  quarter  of  a  century  ago,  on  >Se|)turabor  20, 
1864,  the  rites  of  wedlock  were  ce'ebrated  between 
Mr.  Gideon  and  Miss  Catherine  Blue.  She  is  of 
Irish  descent  in  both  her  paternal  and  maternal 
lineage,  and  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Martha 
(Blue)  Blue,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ken- 
tucky. Her  paternal  grandfather  is  supposed  to 
have  been  a  Revolutionary  soldier.  Her  parents 
were  early  settlers  in  Menard  County,  111.,  where 
her  birth  occurred  September  1,  1846.  The  family 
circle  of  which  she  made  one  comprised  seven  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  still  live.  One  died  in  infancy, 
and  Elizabeth  in  mature  years;  Eliza  is  the  wife  of 
Edward  Vaughn,  of  Christian  County,  III.;  .lohn 
lives  in  .Spriugticld.  III.:  Emily  is  the  wife  of  .An- 
thony Kinnamon.  of  Macon  County,  III.;  and 
Nancy,  the  wife  of   Hiram   Ilendrix,  of  Nebraska. 

Eleven  children  have  come  to  l)le.ss  the  union  of 
.Mr.  and  Mrs.  (iideon,  and  nine  still  live:  Anne  is 
till'  wife  of  Robert  Nugent,  of  Belle  Plaine  Town- 
ship, this  county;  and  Martha,  the  wife  of  Julius 
Bender,  also  of  this  count}';  Peter,  Minnie,  Oliver. 
Mabel,  Edward.  Ettie  and  Kalie  still  linger  under 
the  parental  roof-trcc.  Mr.  Gideon  is  a  believer  in 
the  princi|)les  of  the  Democratic  p.nrty.  and  there- 
fore casts  his  vote  in  its  favor,     For  several   years 


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he  has  served  on  the  School  Board  of  his  district, 
iind  evinces  <an  interest  in  educational  matters,  and 
in  all  other  movements  which  tend  to  elevate  and 
improve  society  and  forward  tfie  interests  of  the 
community. 

^55)EORGE  RINEHART,  a  prosperous  finnici' 
of  Jackson  Township,  owns  two  hundred 
and  forty  acres  o!'  good  land  on  sections 
22  and  23;  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  the 
former,  and  eighty  on  the  latter  section.  His  en- 
tire farm  is  under  high  cultivation,  is  well  im- 
proved and  stocl\ed,  and  fully  supplied  wiili  all 
nccessar)'  buildings.  His  family  residence,  barns 
and  other  bniklings  are  all  frame  structures, 
erected  in  a  tasty  and  substantial  manner,  and  are 
a  credit  to  his  enterprise.  His  success  in  his 
chosen  vocation  is  owing  to  his  unremitting  en- 
ergy and  intelligent  adaptation  of  necessar}'  means 
to  secure  the  desired  results.  He  holds  a  liigh 
place  jn  the  neighborhood  as  a  man  and  friend,  and 
is  entirely  wortiij'  of  the  esteem  which  he  receives 
from  all  who  have  the  pleasure  of  his  acquaintance. 

David  Rinehart,  father  of  our  subject,  was  born 
in  Pennsylvania,  it  is  thought  in  Northumberland 
County.  His  father,  Valentine  Rinehart,  was  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania,  and  thence  removed  to  Ohio 
while  the  latter  State  was  in  the  first  stage  of  its 
settlement.  They  crossed  the  mountains  in  wagons 
drawn  by  horses,  and  wound  slowly  along  through 
the  almost  trackless  forests  till  they  reached  their 
destination  in  the  county  of  Stark,  where  they  were 
among  the  very  first  settlers.  Upon  his  arrival  in 
the  county  he  took  up  a  tract  of  Government  land, 
a  portion  of  which  was  heavily  timbered  and  the 
rest  oak  openings.  It  was  hard  work  clearing  the 
land,  l>ut  he  persevered  until  he  had  a  nice  farm, 
upon  which  he  lived  till  he  fell  asleep  to  awake  in 
that  lond  where  the  inhabitants  never  grow  weary 
or  faint  with  the  toil  which  is  the  common  lot  of 
man  on  this  sphere. 

The  father  of  our  5ul)jeet  was  eighteen  years  of 
age  when  he  accompanied  his  parents  to  Ohio.  He 
remained   under   the   parental  roof   till  he  married 


and  set  up  in  housekeeping  for  himself.  Following 
his  marriage  he  removed  to  Carroll  County,  Ohio, 
where  he  bought  a  tract  of  heavily  limbered  land, 
which  he  proceeded  to  clear  and  fit  for  agricultural 
purposes.  His  first  care,  however,  was  to  build  a 
huuse,  which  he  constructed  out  of  logs.  It  was 
only  a  humble  cabin,  but  it  sheltered  a  noble  heart, 
fired  with  the  resistless  spirit  of  progression,  which 
has  made  tin.'  American  name  famous  over  the 
whole  world.  Mr.  Rinehart  split  puncheon  for  the 
floor  of  his  little  cot,  and  constructed  a  chimney 
out  of  earth  and  sticks.  This  lonly  abode  was  the 
birthplace  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  in  that 
vicinity  he  grew  to  manhood. 

Timber  was  of  no  appreciable  value  in  that  part 
of  the  country  during  the  youth  of  George  Rinehart, 
consequently  the^'  rolled  large  logs  together  and 
burned  them  to  get  Ihemoutof  the  way.  Diligent 
labor  on  the  part  of  the  father  of  our  subject  was 
rewarded  with  a  fair  measure  of  success,  and  he 
was  soon  enabled  to  abandon  the  "little  olil  log- 
cabin"  for  a  substantially  built  two-story  house  of 
hewn  logs,  in  which  he  passed  the  greater  part  of 
his  life.  There  were  no  railroads  in  that  neighbor- 
hood during  the  youth  of  our  subject,  and  they 
were  obliged  to  carry  all  their  produce  to  the  town 
of  Bolivar,  on  the  Oliio  Canal.  In  1883  David 
Rinehart  sold  his  farm,  but  purchased  another  in 
the  same  township,  where  he  removed  and  resided 
till  his  death,  April  7,  1886.  The  maiden  name  of 
the  mother  of  our  subject  was  Elizabeth  Snyder. 
She  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  daiigliler 
of  John  Snyder.  Shu  is  an  estimable  woman,  and 
still  lives  on  the  homestead  in  Rose  Township,  Car- 
roll County,  Ohio.  The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
David  Rinehart  resulted  in  the  birth  of  six  chil- 
ilren,  of  whom  four  survive,  and  are  named  as 
follows:  George,  Sarah  A.,  Valentine  and  James  H. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Rose 
Township,  Carroll  County,  Ohio,  March  (I,  183.3. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  township,  and  re- 
ceived such  education  as  was  afforded  by  the 
schools  of  his  district.  There  were  no  free-schools 
in  his  neighborhood  in  those  days,  and  the  people 
were  obliged  to  maintain  such  centers  of  education 
as  they  desired  at  their  own  expense.  The  first 
school  that   George  attended  was  taught   in  a  loif 


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building,  lieated  liy  ;in  opi'ii  lire|ilace.  lie  was  an  in- 
dustrious youth,  and  early  began  assisting  his  father 
in  clearing  and  cultivating  his  land.  I'pon  reaching 
his  majority  he  took  to  himself  a  wife  in  the  person 
of  Miss  Harriet  Walls.  Their  nuptials  were  cele- 
brated March  18,  1856,  and  they  went  to  house- 
keeping on  eighty'  acres  of  land  in  Rose  Township, 
which  was  given  to  Mr.  Kineliart  l)y  his  father,  and 
wliicli  had  a  log  house  already  built  upon  it.  Mrs. 
Kiuehart  was  a  native  of  the  same  township  as  her 
husband.  Her  birth  occurred  October  17.  1835. 
and  her  active  life  was  spent  in  her  native  |)lace. 

In  1863  Mr.  Rinehart  removed  from  Ohio  to 
Kansas,  locating  in  Sumner  County,  where  he  now 
resides.  In  the  year  following,  on  the  3d  of 
September,  his  wife  departed  this  life  for  a  belter, 
leaving  four  children  to  the  care  of  their  bereaved 
father.  They  were  named  respectively:  Sarah  E., 
David  O.,  John  E.  and  Hugh  M.  The  second  mar- 
riage of  our  subject  took  |)lacc  October  li),  1865, 
to  Miss  Martha  Emily  Walters,  a  native  of  Co- 
shocton County,  Ohio,  and  daughter  of  George  anil 
Martha  (Thomi)sou)  Walters.  This  union  resulted 
in  the  birth  of  three  children,  whose  names  are  Ed- 
ward E.,  Walter  O.  and  Emma  A. 

Mr.  Rinehart  was  reared  in  the  Lutheran  Church. 
anfl  Mrs.  Riueh.art  was  reared  in  the  Presbyterian 
faitli.  but  since  taking  up  their  residence  in  Sumner 
County  they  have  both  united  with  the  Presbyte- 
rian denomination  which  worships  at  Rome.  Thej" 
are  highly  res[)ected  in  the  community  for  their 
many  good  qualities,  and  have  a  large  circle  of 
frien<ls.  Mr.  Rinehart  is  a  ?tanch  Republican  in 
politics,  but  does  not  usually  take  a  very  deep  in- 
terest in  (lui-ely  political  affairs. 


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[/LEXAM)ER   CARNAIIAN,    Register    of 
Deeds,  Sumner  Countv,  although    he    has 


iJ'  not  resided  in  this  country  many  years, 
has  gained  a  high  standing  among  her  cit- 
izens, being  known  as  a  man  of  strict  probity,  va- 
ried knowledge,  and  more  than  ordinary  culture, 
lie  was  elected  to  tlie  c>tlice  which  he  now  holds  in 
18.s;i,  at   which    time    he    removed   to  '^N'ellinglon, 


where  he  now  makes  his  home.     In  politics  he  is  a 

Re|)ublican.  and  is  proud  of  the  fact  that  he  cast 
his  lirst'Presidential  ballot  for  James  A.  Garjield. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  upon  land 
in  Peinisyl vania  which  his  great-grandfather  had 
enterefl  from  the  Government,  and  where  his  father 
and  grandfather  were  born  and  spent  their  lives. 
His  grandfather  was  well  known  throughout  West- 
ern Pennsylvania,  and  occupied  many  prominent 
and  usefid  positions  in  his  d.av.  Ile_served  in  the 
War  of  1812  under  Gen.  Harrison.  He  was 
County  Commissioner  for  along  terra  of  \-ears,  be- 
ing a  member  of  the  board  vvhen  the  location  of 
the  court  house  was  decided;  the  ballot  w.as  a  tie. 
and  it  fell  to  his  lot  to  cast  the  deciding  vote,  which 
he  did  in  favor  of  the  present  site.  He  :dsO  served 
as  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  with  credit  to 
himself  and  satisfaction  to  his  constituents,  lie 
died  in  1879  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety  \(ars. 
Me  was  a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
Church.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Nancy 
Smith.  Unto  them  were  born  seven  children,  of 
whom  liut  two  are  now  living — George  R.,  who  re- 
sides on  the  olil  homestead,  and  David  T..  a  promi- 
nent minister  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

William  Carnahan,  the  father  of  oursubject.  died 
in  March,  1865,  at  the  tige  of  forty--three  years. 
He  w.as  the  father  of  eight  children,  one  of  whom 
w,as  l)orn  after  his  own  death.  His  widow  was 
spareil  to  see  her  family  grow  to  womaidiood  and 
manhood,  her  death  occurring  Alarch  16.  1887. 
She  hatl  fullilled  all  her  duties  as  a  good  Christian 
and  devoted  wife  and  mother,  in  a  manner  to  call 
forth  the  highest  praise. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  introduces  this  bio- 
graphical compendium  opened  hiseyes  to  the  light  in 
Union  Township,  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  February 
28,1852.  He  is  the  second  son  of  his  parents,and  was 
left  fatherless  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years.  After  tak- 
ing a  siiecial  course  in  the  University-  of  Pittsburg 
he  concluded  to  tiy  his  fortunes  in  the  West,and  hav- 
ing journeyed  as  far  as  Illinois,  spent  a  year  in  that 
State.  He  then  came  to  Belle  Plaine.  Kan.,  during 
the  winter  and  [lurchased  a  tract  of  wild  land  In 
Sedgwick  Cotnity.  which  he  improved,  and  upon 
which  he  resided  until  the  spring  of  1883.  He 
then  sold  and  removed   to  Sumner    Countv,  where 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


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he  bought  two  hundred  and  forty  acres,  nearly  all 
raw  land.  This  he  improved  and  made  his  home 
until  his  election  to  the  office  of  register  of  deeds, 
being  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock-raising, 
proving  his  ability  as'an  agriculturist,  and  placing 
himself  in  a  front  rank  among  the  farmers. 

An  important  step  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Carnaiian 
was  taken  in  187'.),  when  he  became  the  husband  of 
Miss  Emma  Kimble.  She  is  a  native  of  Pickaway 
County,  Oliio,  the  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Sarah 
Kimble,  and  is  a  woman  of  intelligence,  refinement 
and  fine  cliaracter.  She  is  a  devoted  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  as  is  her  husband,  and  like 
him  she  holds  a  high  position  in  the  esteem  of  the 
community.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carnahan  are  the  par- 
ents of  three  children  who  are  living,  and  of  one 
— Maggie  A. — who  died  when  a  year  old. 


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OUIS  N.  PHILLIPPI.  Few  men  witiiin 
the  limits  of  Morris  Township  have  attained 
^  to  a  better  position  througli  a  course  of  in- 
dustry and  good  management  than  the  subject  of 
this  biographical  outline,  who  is  the  owner  of  one 
of  its  finest  farms,  embracing  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  on  section  6.  Mr.  Phillippi  is  in 
possession  of  the  true  secret  of  comfort  and  profit, 
paying  others  to  do  his  hard  work  and  Iceeping  out 
a  close  eye  to  tlie  general  management,  noting  the 
receipts  and  disbursements  and  knowing  at  all  times 
where  lie  stands  financially.  He  is  a  man  liberal 
and  progressive  in  his  ideas  and  one  evident!}'  who 
w.is  born  to  make  his  mark  in  his  community. 

The  native  place  of  our  subject  was  in  Westmore- 
land County,  Pa.,  and  the  date  of  his  birth  .Inly 
IG,  18.34.  He  was  the  fourth  in  a  family  of  six 
children  born  to  .lolin  and  Eve  (Brant)  Phillippi, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  the  Ke3'stone  Slate, 
where  they  were  reared  and  married  and  wLcie 
they  spent  their  entire  lives.  John  Phillippi  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  and  he  likewise  officiated  as 
an  exhorter  in  the  United  P.rethren  Church.  lie 
died  at  the  old  homestead  in  Westmoreland  County 
in  1851.  The  mother  survived  her  husband  for  a 
period  of  thirty-two  years,  remaining  a  widow  and 


departed  this  life  at  the  age  of  eighty.  The  farm 
which  the  father  secured  in  his  early  manhood  is 
still  in  the  family  and  considered  one  of  the  finest 
estates  in  Westmoreland  County. 

Young  Phillippi  acquired  such  education  as  was 
furnished  by  the  common  school  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  years  started  out  for  himself,  engaging  for 
about  one  year  with  a  partner  in  the  mercantile 
business.  He  was  then  broken  up  by  the  rascality 
of  his  partner,  losing  nearly  all  he  had  and  assum- 
ing the  debts  of  the  concern,  all  of  which  he  liqui- 
dated to  the  full  extent.  He  continued  in  business 
for  eleven  years  and  was  then  burned  out,  with  no 
insurance.  He  then  nuived  to  Stahlstown,  continu- 
ing there  also  in  the  mercantile  business  for  eleven 
years  in  all,  and  in  the  meantime  traded  a  farm 
which  he  had  purchased  for  a  three  story  house, 
two  lots  and  a  stable.  This  also  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  and  no  insurance.  In  1870  he  removed  to 
Wayne  County,  Ohio,  and  was  in  business  there 
two  years.  Then  pushing  on  further  Westward  he 
settled  on  a  farm  in  Effingham  County.  III.,  where 
he  sojourned  four  years. 

.Selling  out  then  again,  we  next  find  Mr.  Phillippi 
at  Altamont,  where  he  again  associated  himself 
with  a  partner  and  at  the  end  of  three  years  found 
himself  again  a  loser,  and  forced  to  commence  once; 
more  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder.  This  brings  Mr. 
Phillippi  up  to  1879,  in  which  year  he  came  to  this 
State  and  settled  in  Ness  County,  where  he  so- 
journed five  years,  living  in  a  sod  house  and  was 
never  able  to  raise  a  crop  during  the  whole  time. 
Finally,  securing  a  small  stock  of  notions  and  jew- 
elry he  packed  them  into  trunks  and  traveled  on 
the  railroad  from  one  town  to  another,  disposing 
of  his  merchandise,  and  thus  managed  to  clear 
llOO  above  ex]ienses  every  month.  After  thus 
securing  a  sufficient  sum  of  money  he.  in  1885, 
came  to  this  county  and  purchased  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  partially  improved  land,  em- 
bracing his  present  homestead.  This  last  venture 
proved  highly  successful.  He  has  now  a  well-de- 
Teloped  farm  which  yields  in  abundance  the  rich 
crops  of  the  Sunflower  State  and  is  also  largely  de- 
i  voted  to  the  breeding  of  cattle  and  swine. 
!  While  a  resident  of  Pennsylvania  Mr.  Phillippi, 
,    in  1855,  took  unto  him.self  a  wife   and   helpmate. 


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Miss  Mary,  dansjliter  of  William  and  Jane  (Grove) 
Weaver.  Parents  and  daut;hler  were  natives  of 
the  same  township  in  Pennsylvania  as  our  subject. 
Mrs.  Philliiipi  was  horn  September  10,  1837.  and 
was  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  five  children.  'I'lie 
mother  died  April  16.  1887.  Mr.  AVeaver  is  still 
living  in  Pennsylvani.a,  being  now  jiast  eighty 
years  old.  There  have  also  been  born  live  chil- 
dren to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillippi,  four  of  whom  are 
living.  .Tohn  is  a  resident  of  Halslead,  this  State; 
Imelda.  Edgar  and  Bertram  are  at  home  with  their 
parents.  The  latter  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  in  which  Mr.  Phillippi  has  been 
for  man}'  ye.ars  a  Cl.ass-Le.ader  and  Steward.  He 
identified  himself  with  the  Masonic  fraternity  while  a 
resident  of  his  native  Stale  and  at  the  present  time 
belongs  to  the  lodge  at  Argonia.  For  over  fifteen 
years  he  has  been  a  member  in  good  standing  of 
the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  holding  various  oftices,  and  he 
also  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  He  cast  his 
first  Presidential  vote  for  .John  C.  Fremont,  at  the 
organization  of  the  Uepublicau  party  and  has  since 
been  an  active  supporter  of  its  principles.  After 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  endeavoro<l  to 
enter  the  ranks  as  a  Union  soldier  in  the  Two  Hun- 
dred and  Eleventh  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  but  w.is 
rejected  on  account  of  physical  disability,  lie, 
however,  was  elected  sutler  and  sent  a  man  in  his 
place.  The  latter  robbed  him  of  iJl.OOO  worth  of 
goods  which  had  been  purchased  on  tliirty  days' 
time. 


t  NTHONY  WINDELL.  Considering  the 
limited  amount  of  capital  with  which  the 
subject  of  this  notice  commenced  life  in 
Kansas  a  few  years  since,  his  success  has 
been  almost  phenomenal.  This  has  only  been 
brought  about  by  the  most  unflagging  industry 
and  the  exercise  of  good  judgment,  in  addition  to 
the  practice  of  a  close  economy.  He  has  now  a 
well-improved  farm  in  Morris  Township,  free  from 
encumbrance,  with  convoiicnt  modern  buildings 
and  a  very  fine  apple  orchard,  besides  trees  of  the 
smaller  fruits.  The  hotneslcad  is  beautifully  lo- 
cated, and  is  invariably'  an  object  of  admiration  iv 


all  who  p.ass  by  it.  The  proprietor  is  a  man  held 
in  high  respect  in  his  community — a  respect  which 
he  has  earned  by  his  straightforward  dealings  with 
his  fellow -men. 

The  early  tramping  ground  of  Mr.  Windell  was 
in  Harrison  County,  Ind..  where  he  first  opened 
his  eyes  to  the  light  November  27.  1842.  He  was 
the  tenth  in  a  family  of  eleven  children  born  to 
Anthony  and  Elizabeth  (Cunningham)  Windell. 
the  father  a  native  of  the  Shenandoah  N'alley,  A'a., 
and  the  mother  born  in  Hardin  County,  Ky.  Both 
went  to  Indiana  with  their  respective  parents  early 
in  life,  and  were  there  married.  The  father  car- 
ried on  farming  in  Harrison  County,  eliminating  a 
good  homestead  from  tlie  wilderness,  and  departed 
this  life  in  1855.  The  mother  survived  her  hus- 
band for  a  period  of  twentj-ono  years,  remaining 
a  widow  and  passing  awa^-  in  September.  187G. 
Anthony  Windell.  Sr.,  served  in  the  Black  Hawk 
War  as  Captain  of  the  celebrated  Yellow  .lacket 
camp  of  Indians.  Eleven  of  the  children  of  the 
parental  family  are  living. 

Young  Windell  attended  the  common  school 
during  tlie  winter  seasons  in  his  boyhood,  and  as- 
sisted his  father  on  the  farm  until  a  h\<\  of  four- 
teen years.  Then,  starting  out  on  his  own  account, 
he  was  employed  on  a  farm  until  after  the  ontljn.ik 
of  the  Civil  War.  In  .Tanuary,  18C2,  when  a  little 
over  nineteen  years  of  age,  he  enlisted  as  a  I'nion 
soldier  in  Company  B.  Fifty  third  Indiana  Iuf:ui- 
try,  under  the  command  of  Col.  W.  (^.  (iresham. 
They  rem.aincd  on  duty  at  Indianapolis  for  a  time, 
guarding  prisoners,  then  repaired  to  Sav.-muah 
and  Corinth,  and  subsequently  took  part  with 
(ien.  Uurlbut's  Division — the  Seventeenth  Army 
Corps — in  the  engagements  which  followed.  Mr. 
Windell  nu't  the  enemy  at  Hatchie's  Hun  and  the 
siege  of  A'icksburg,  about  which  lime  his  term  of 
enlistment  expired.  He  then  veteranized,  while  on 
the  Black  River,  near  N'icksburg,  Subsecjuentl^', 
while  on  a  foragmg  expedition,  he  fell  over  a  cliff 
and  was  seriousl}'  injured,  so  that  he  was  obliged 
to  accept  his  honorable  discharge,  in  Decenilier. 
1861,  for  disability. 

Upon  leaving  Uw  army,  .Mr.  Windell  rcluiiii'd 
to  Indiana  and  resumed  farming,  sojourning  there 
until    1875.     lie  then   removed   to  Texas  and  set- 


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tied  ill  Dallas  County,  but  soon  became  dissatisfied 
with  liis  surroundings,  and  we  next  find  liim  in 
Cowle3-  Coiintv,  tliis  State.  He  sojourned  there 
also  only  a  brief  season,  then  coming  to  this  county, 
located  ui)on  the  land  which  he  now  owns  and  oc- 
cupies. The  outlook  at  that  time  was  an3'thing 
but  encouraging,  the  land  being  as. the  Indians 
had  left  it.  Mr.  Windell  first  secured  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres,  to  which  he  has  since  added, 
and  has  now  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres,  one 
hundred  and  ninety  of  which  are  under  the  plow. 
Me  has  expended  no  small  amount  of  time  and 
hard  cash  in  erecting  his  buildings,  gathering  to- 
gether the  necessary  machinery  and  putting  the 
farm  in  good  running  order.  His  orchard  com- 
prises fifty  apple  trees  in  good  bearing  condition, 
tills  alone  being  the  source  of  a  handsome  income. 
Otherwise,  he  raises  the  usual  crops  of  this  region 
and  also  considerable  live  stock. 

Mr.  Windell  was  married  in  Harrison  County, 
Ind.,  Ajiril  29,  1865.  to  Miss  Emily  C.  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Annie  (Pennington)  Sieg.  iMrs. 
Av'iiidell  was  the  third  in  a  family  of  thirteen  chil- 
dren, and  was  born  in  Indiana  November  19,  1844. 
Her  parents  were  natives  respectively  of  A'irginia 
and  Indiana,  to  which  latter  State  the  fatlier  re- 
moved when  a  young  man,  and  was  there  married. 
They  were  residents  thereafter  of  Harrison  Count}', 
where  the  father  died  in  18G5.  The  mother  is 
still  living  at  the  old  homestead,  and  is  novv  sixty- 
five  years  old. 

Mrs.  Windell  acquired  her  education  in  the 
common  school,  and  remained  under  the  parental 
roof  until  her  marriage.  Twelve  children  have 
been  born  to  this  couple,  ton  of  whom  are  living. 
Mary  Madeline  is  the  wife  of  John  T.  Johnson,  a 
resident  of  Morris  Township,  this  county,  and  they 
have  one  child;  Anna  Florence  married  Charles 
Holland,  and  they  live  on  a  farm  in  Morris  Town- 
ship; Elizabeth  remains  with  her  parents;  Sarah  is 
the  wife  of  Samuel  H.  Brooks,  of  Harper  County; 
Charles.  Alice.  Minnie.  Ida,  Amanda  and  Atta  are 
at  home  with  their  parents.  Mr.  antl  Mrs.  Windell 
are  members  in  good  standing  of  the  Christian 
Advent  Church.  Mr.  Windell  belongs  to  the 
Farmer's  Alliance,  in  which  he  officiates  as  Assist- 
ant Lecturer.     He  takes  an  interest   in  political  af- 


fairs and  gives  his  support  to  the  Republican  party. 

The  mater'ial  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Windell  was 
Dennis  Pennington,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  v.dio 
emigrated  to  Indiana  in  time  to  assist  in  organiz- 
ing the  Territorial  Government.  He  was  a  man  of 
fine  talents  and  executive  aliilitj',  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Indiana  Legislature  man}'  years  after  it 
was  admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  State.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Elizabeth  English,  a  native  of  Kentucky, 
whose  father  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the 
Blue  Grass  State.  Jlr.  English  was  murdered  by 
Indians,  who  captured  his  wife  and  three  children. 
The  wife  soon  escafied  with  her  youngest  chiM, 
but  Elizabeth  and  her  brother  were  kept  in  captiv- 
ity for  a  period  of  twelve  years.  Peace  was  then 
declared,  and  a  treaty  was  made  with  the  Indians 
b}'  which  they  released  all  their  white  prisoners, 
and  the  two  were  thus  returned  to  their  friends. 
Mr.  Windell,  our  subject,  was  one  of  six  sons, 
three  of  whom  entered  the  Union  service  during 
the  Civil  War,  and  John  died,  in  1862,  at  home; 
Washington  was  the  Captain  of  Company  F.  Thir 
ty-eighth  Indiana  Infantry. 

When  Mr.  Windell  came  to  Kansas  he  reached 
Wichita  with  a  wife  and  six  children  and  if.i.oi)  in 
money.  He  hired  an  ox-team  to  lireak  his  prairie 
farm  land,  then  returned  to  Cowley  County  and 
broke  an  equal  number  of  acres  for  the  owner  of 
t!ie  oxen. 


^ti  NTON  WENGLER.  The  farmers  of  Oxford 
(@/lII|    Township  have  a  worthy  representative  in 

///  i£  this  gentleman,  who  in  le.ss  than  a  decade 
^  has  made  of  his  estate  one  of  the  finest  and 

most  productive  in  the  vicinity.  That  farm  was 
[lurchased  by  him  in  188(1,  and  was  but  slightl}' 
improved  at  that  time,  and  the  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  which  comprise  it  now  bear  a  fine 
orchard,  grove  and  hedges,  a  comfortable  and 
substantial  dwelling,  and  other  adequate  farm 
buildings. 

Mr.  Wengler  was  born  in  Madison  County.  Mo.. 
March  16,  1850.  and  is  the  son  of  Anton  and  Cath- 
erine (Shumer)  Wengler,  natives  of  German}',  who 
settled  in  Missouri  oncoming  to  the  United  States, 


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and  iliLML'  reiuiiined  until  the  death  of  lln'  father 
in  1872.  Our  subject  was  reared  and  edueat-ed  at 
his  native  place,  and  bis  boyisii  e3'es  witnessed 
some  of  the  ravages  of  the  late  Civil  War.  He  was 
married  .Tanuar3-  27.  1M7(J,  to  Misshizzic  Enide,  of 
Burlingham  Count}-,  and  continued  to  reside  in 
Missouri  until  he  came  to  tiiis  place. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  Wengler  was  born  August  22, 
18.55,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  ^Nlary  Emde, 
who  were  natives  of  Germany,  and  identided  them- 
selves with  the  farming  communities  of  Missouri 
upon  coming  to  the  United  States.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Wengler  five  children  have  been  born,  all  of 
whom  are  still  spared  to  them.  The}'  bear  the 
names  of  Catlierine,  John,  Bertha,  Lizzie  and  Mary, 
and  it  is  the  intention  of  the  parents  to -give  them 
the  best  advantages  in  the  way  of  schooling,  and 
such  moral  aud  practical  training  as  shall  fit  them 
for  useful  lives. 

An  enteri)rising  and  energetic  farmer,  an  intelli- 
gent and  honorable  man,  and  a  reliable  citizen.  Mr. 
Wengler  is  respected  b}'  his  neighbors,  aud  his 
worthy  wife  shares  in  their  esteem. 


^)  ASPER  C.  MAXEE.  There  are  few  farms 
in  Sumner  County  upon  which  the  proprie- 
tors have  labored  to  better  advantage  than 
'  that  which  is  owned  and  occui)ied  by  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  His  well-tilled  fields  pro- 
duce in  abundance  the  rich  crops  of  the  .Sunflower 
State,  but  Mr.  Monee  has  made  a  specialtj'  of  fruit- 
growing, in  wiiich  industry  lie  excels.  Upon  com- 
ing to  this  count}',  in  1872,  he  purchased  one 
hundred  and  si.xty  acres  of  land  on  section  7,  Falls 
Townshii).  and  subsequently  pre-empted  one  hun- 
dred aud  ten  acres  on  section  (J.  In  1877  lie  re 
moved  to  his  present  quarters,  where  he  has  a  neat 
and  substantial  residence,  good  outbuildings,  an 
abundance  of  fruit  and  shade  trees  and  .-ill  tlie 
other  appliances  of  modern  farm  life. 

Mr.  .Manco  was  born  on  Staten  Isl.and,  N.  Y., 
January  IG,  1821,  and  is  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Maria 
(Cropsey)  Manee.  who  were  natives  respectively 
of    .Staten    Island  and   Long   Island.     The    fatiier 


was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade  and  during  his  early 
manhood  served  ;is  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812. 
afterward  receiving  a  peiisit)n.  He  spent  his  entire 
life  on  his  native  island.  The  paternal  grandfather. 
Abraham  Manee.  was  also  born  on  .Staten  Island. 
His  ancestors  were  of  old  Huguenot  stock  and  were 
prominent  people  in  tlieir  day  among  the  early- 
Colonists,  (irandfather  Cropsey  was  likewise  a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

Mrs.  Maria  (Cropsey)  Manee  was  the  daugliter 
of  Harmonis  Ci'opsey,  whose  ancestors  came  from 
Holland.  Of  her  union  witii  Isaac  Manee  there 
were  born  ten  children,  viz. :  Harmon.  Anna  E.. 
Abraham,  J.asper  C,  Isaac.  Harniou,  2d;  Susan, 
Nicholas,  Ellen  .J.,  and  one  who  died  unnamed  in 
infancy.  .Jasper  C  of  this  sketcli,  was  the  fourth 
chiUlaudwas  reared  on  his  native  island,  attending 
school  until  a  lad  of  fourteen  years.  He  was  unu- 
sually bright  and  ambitious  and  at  an  early  age 
became  anxious  to  start  out  in  the  world  for  him- 
self. Wlien  leaving  school  he  repaired  to  New- 
YorkCityand  commenced  serving  an  apprenticeship 
to  the  silversmith's  trade  with  which  he  occupied 
himself  until  1849.  At  that  time  the  California 
gold  excitement  was  attracting  many  young  men 
to  the  Pacific  Slope  and  Mr.  Manee  joined  the  cara- 
van journeying  thither,  entering  the  mines,  and 
engaged  in  searching  for  the  yellow  ore  with  fair 
success  until  1855. 

Six  years  of  life  in  the  extreme  wild  West  sufficed 
to  satisfy  Mr.  JIanee  and  he  gladly  returned  to  his 
native  place,  but  only  to  sojourn  one  year  or  less. 
He  now  found  he  could  no  longer  content  himself 
in  the  place  of  his  birth  or  any  w-here  else  in  the 
East,  and  in  1856  he  again  set  his  face  toward  the 
Mississippi,  which  he  crossed  a  second  time,  coming 
then  to  Jefferson  County,  this  State,  and  tiiking  up 
a  homestead  claim  in  Jefferson  Township.  About 
this  time  the  border  troubles  commenced  and  Mr. 
Manee  was  one  of  the  very  few  men  who  had  tbe 
courage  to  maintain  their  position  among  the  In- 
dians and  highway  assassins  who  infested  the  coun- 
try. In  addition  to  the  danger  of  an  encounter 
with  these,  there  w-ere  also  many  hardships  to  en- 
dure in  endeavoring  to  develop  a  homestead  and 
make  a  living. 

Mr.  Manee.  however,  stood  his  ground,  remaining 


^:-;'^:?^. ^^-^.-- l^^-yilfe^ 


^^1 


Farm  Residence  of  1.  R . Winters. 5ec. 9.  CaldwellTr,5umner  Co. Kan. 


Farm  Residemceof  J.C.Manee,Sec.7.  Falls  Tr^Sumuer  Co. Kan. 


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a  resident  of  Jefferson  County  until  1872  and  be- 
coming a  piominent  raan  in  his  comniiinitj'.  lie 
served  as  a  County  Commissioner  several  years 
and  Lield  tlie  minor  otliees.  Such  was  his  course  as 
a  citizen,  that  lie  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  es- 
teem (if  all  who  knew  him  and  no  man  was  more 
warmly  interesteil  in  the  welfare  and  advancement 
of  his  adopted  county.  However,  in  li-i72,  desir- 
ing a  cliange  of  location  and  I.ielieving  he  could 
better  himself  in  Sumner  County,  he  removed 
liitlier. 

During  the  [jrogress  of  the  Civil  War  ]\Ir.  Manee 
joined  the  Jefferson  County  militia  and  assisted  in 
driving  the  rebel  General  Price  from  Independence. 
He  is  a  Republican,  politically,  and  during  tiie 
times  which  tried  men's  souls  he  steadfastly  main- 
tained his  loyalty  to  the  Union.  While  a  resident 
of  New  York  City,  Mr.  Manee,  on  the  2d  of 
August,  181G.  was  united  in  the  bonds  of  wedlock 
with  Miss  Eliza  J.  Denton.  Mrs.  Manee  was  born 
in  Connecticut  in  1831,  and  when  about  eighteen 
years  old  removed  with  her  parents  to  West  Milton, 
N.  J.  Her  union  with  our  subject  resulted  in  the 
birth  of  six  children,  and  the  mother  died  at  the 
homestead  in  Jefferson  County,  Kan.,  in  1861.  With 
the  exception  of  an  infant  who  died  unnamed,  the 
children  were  christened  respectively:  Harmon, 
Jasperena,  Jessie,  Avery,  and  Lucy.  Three  of  these 
are  living  ami  making  their  homes  in  Caldwell. 

Mr.  Manee  has  a  pleasant  and  commodious  resi-    j 
dence,    which    is    represented    by  a    fine  view    on 
another  page  of  this  work. 


^^ 


^  SAAC  li.  WINTERS.  A  front  rank  among 
1  the  farmers  of  Sumner  County  is  occupied  by 
/1\  the  above  named  gentleman,  and  Lis  assured 
position  in  financial  circles  has  been  accom[)lislieil 
liy  his  own  efforts  and  his  vvise  use  of  the  strength 
and  ability  bestowed  ui)on  him  by  nature.  He  has 
not  onlj-  a  high  standing  among  farmers  and  fruit- 
growers, but  enjo3's  a  meritorious  war  record  and 
a  reputation  for  uprightness  and  Christian  charac- 
ter which  make  it  a  special  pleasure  to  represent 
him  in  this  volume. 

Before  entering   upon   the   sketch  of   the  life  of 


our  subject,  it  may  be  well  to  devote  a  few  lines 
to  his  progenitors.  His  fatiier,  John  S.  AVinters, 
was  born  in  the  Green  Mountain  State,  Decemljer 
12,  1812,  and  in  his  boyhood  was  taken  by  his 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Thomas  Winters,  to  Pre- 
ble County,  Ohio.  He  entered  the  ministry  of 
the  United  Brethren  Church  when  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  preaching  his  first  sermon  in  Preble  County, 
Ohio.  In  Darke  County,  Ohio,  March  29,  1832, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Prudence, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Harris.  She  was  born  in 
that  county  in  1813,  and  her  death  took  place  in 
18'JG.  About  the  year  1850  Elder  Winters  moved 
to  Logansport,  Ind.,  and  [ireached  in  that  vicinity 
until  his  death,  in  May,  1883.  The  parental  fam- 
ily comprised  nine  children:  Eli,  Isaac  R.,  Maria, 
John  B.,  Marvin,  Sophia,  San  Francisco,  Theophi- 
lus  R.  and  Elvira. 

Isaac  R.  Winters  was  born  in  Preble  County, 
Olno,  Februarj-  21.  1838,  and  passed  the  first  twelve 
years  of  his  life  in  his  native  county.  From  that 
time  untd  1871  his  home  was  in  Cass  County,  Ind., 
whence  he  removed  to  Kansas,  and  the  following 
spi'ing  pre-empteil  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on 
section  9,  Caldwell  Township;  ho  immediately  iden- 
tified himself  with  the  agriculturists  and  the  bet- 
ter class  of  citizens  of  Sumner  County.  He  has 
given  all  his  time  to  general  farming  and  fruit 
growing,  improving  his  land  and  bringing  it  to  a 
state  of  cultivation  second  to  none  in  the  vicinity. 
He  is  a  memberof  tlie  Farmers'  Alliance  and  of  the 
Christian  Church. 

In  1861  Mr.  Winters  determined  to  devote  his 
energy  to  the  preservation  of  the  Union,  f(nd  join- 
ing the  army  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Fort}- 
sixth  Indiana  Infantry,  became  an  integral  part  of 
the  Army  of  the  Cumberland,  having  for  his  com- 
manding officers  three  of  the  most  noted  generals 
in  contemporaneous  history — Logan,  Sheiman  and 
(Jrant.  Although  he  participated  in  struggles  on 
manj'  a  hard-fought  field,  he  fortunately  escaped 
wounds  and  retained  such  excellent  health  that  he 
was  never  an  inmateof  the  hospital.  At  New  Mad- 
rid, Ruddles  Point,  St.  Charles  (Ark.),  Ft.  Pemlier- 
ton,  Ft.  Gibson,  Champion  Hills,Siege  of  Vicksburg, 
Jackson  (Miss.),  Grand  Coteau  (La.)  and  Mans- 
field he  bore  the  part  of  a  brave  soldier,  as  well  as 


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in  the  luiiior  engagements  and  weary  marches. 
Undei-  all  circumstances  lie  manifestctl  the  same 
loyal  and  uncomplaining  spirit,  and  tiie  same  de- 
termination that  his  share  in  the  great  conllict 
slioukl  be  liravcly  borne.  In  November,  18G5,  he 
received  his  honorable  discharge  at  Louisville. 
Ky.,  and  once  more  resumed  the  peaceful  occupa- 
pations  wiucli  had  been  interrupted  by  llie  call  to 
arms. 

In  Cass  County.  Ind.,  October  U,  1SG8.  tlic 
riles  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between  Mr.  Win- 
ters and  Miss  Mary  10.  McCoy.  The  bride  was  born 
in  Pulaski  County.  Ind.,  July  10.  1846,  and  de- 
parted this  life  >Iarcli  2;t,  1873.  She  had  borne  her 
husbanii  three  children:  Amy,  Frank  P.  and  Ilarrv 
P..  the  latter  of  whom  died  March  4,  1873,  at  the 
age  of  three  mouths.  On  .May  30,  1874.  Mr.  Win- 
ters was  again  married,  taking  as  his  companion 
Mrs.  .Sarah  M.  Malone,  of  Sumner  County,  widow 
of  Ezekiel  S.  M.alone.  Sjie  is  a  daughter  of  Ezekiel 
V.  and  Icyphena  (Marrs)  Liscnby;  her  father  was 
born  in  Washington  County,  Tenn.,  on  February 
14,  1808,  and  her  mother  in  Monroe  County,  Ky., 
February  25,  181G.  Mrs.  Lisenby  departed  tins 
life  September  14.  1884;  her  husband  still  survives, 
and  is  making  his  home  with  our  subject. 

On  another  page  of  the  Ai.r.r.M  will  be  found  a 
lithograpliic  view  of  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  ;\Irs. 
Winters. 


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^  OSEPHUS  W.  FORNEY,  State  Senator  for 
Sumner  County,  Twenty-eighlli  District,  is 
a  [lioneer  of  lUdle  Plaine  Township,  and 
has  for  a  nund)er  of  years  enjoyed  a  good 
legal  practice  in  lielle  Plaine.  He  is  the  i)ossessor 
of  an  excellent  education,  his  collegiate  course 
having  been  due  lo  his  own  efforts,  and  has  thor- 
oughly learned  the  principles  of  justice  and  equity. 
Mr.  Forney  is  of  German  and  iMiglisli  ancestry. 
and  needs  to  go  back  but  three  generations  on  the 
genealogical  tree  ere  reaching  Germany.  His 
grandfather  F"orne\-  was  born  in  Maryland,  but 
spent  the  greater  part  of  liis  life  in  Guernsey 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  settled  in  1811,  and  where 


John  Forney,  father  of  our  subject,  was  born.  The 
latter  is  still  living  there  and  is  now  well  advanced 
in  years.  He  married  Mi«s  Eliza  Wilson,  and  to 
this  union  on  September  26,  1841,  a  son  was  born, 
of  whose  history  this  .sketch  will  give  an  outline. 

Reared  to  manhood  on  a  farm  in  his  native 
county  and  State,  he  of  whom  we  write  received 
an  elementary  education  in  the  district  schools, 
and  took  up  the  profession  of  a  teacher  at  the  age 
of  sixteen  years.  F'or  nine  winters  he  was  oc- 
cupied in  the  instruction  of  others  and  during  this 
time  he  took  the  scientific  course  in  Madison  Col- 
lege at  Antrim.  Ohio,  attending  during  the  sum- 
mer months  and  paying  his  tuition  and  other 
expenses  with  the  money  he  earned  in  teaching.  In 
1858,  he  began  the  stud3'  of  the  law  alone,  con- 
tinuing his  reading  in  this  waj'  until  18G1,  when 
he  entered  the  office  of  Col.  .7.  D.  Taylor,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Ohio,  with  whom  he  read  between  two  and 
three  years. 

Mr.  Forne}'  was  admitted  to  the  Ohio  State  bar 
in  1863.  In  tlie  winter  of  1864  he  re-enlisted,  be- 
coming a  member  of  Company  B,  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-fifth  Ohio  Infantry  and  receiving  the  com- 
mission of  Lieutenant,  which  office  lie  filled  dur- 
ing the  reuiainder  of  his  service.  The  greater 
|)art  of  his  second  term  of  service  ^'as  spent  in 
post  duty  in  various  States,  and  he  was  iionorably 
discharged  in  July.  1865,  although  not  virtually 
released  until  the  spring  of  1866. 

Returning  to  the  Buckeye  State,  Mr.  Forney  cn- 
gageil  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Cam- 
bridge, until  some  time  during  the  year  1867. 
wlien  he  opened  an  office  in  St.  Charles,  Iowa. 
After  sojourning  in  that  town  until  the  spring  of 
1871,  he  came  to  Belle  Plaine.  since  wliicli  lime  he 
has  given  this  section  the  lienefit  of  his  legal 
knowledge  and  professional  skill.  The  fall  after 
his  arrival  here  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acnvs  of  land  in  lielle  Plaine  Township,  com- 
prising the  northwest  (juarter  of  section  18.  upon 
which  he  settled,  being  practically  its  first  occupant 
.as  it  WIS  virtually  bare  of  improvement.  For  ten 
years  he  made  his  home  upon  his  farm  but  still  at- 
tended to  his  legal  duties — kee|)ing  an  office  in 
town. 

In  the  fall  of    1888  our  subject  was  elected  Stale 


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Senator  for  a  term  of  four  years,  his  practical 
kiiowledoe  of  tbe  life  and  needs  of  the  agricultur- 
ist, anil  his  forensic  skill,  alike  fitting  him  for  the 
position,  and  his  constituents  confidently  expect 
tiieir  varied  interests  to  be  advanced  through  his 
instrumentalit}-.  Mr.  Forney  is  a  member  of  the 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  has  served  as  Secretary  of  t!ie 
lodge.  He  also  belongs  to  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  at 
Belle  Plaine  and  for  two  years  w.as  its  C'omiaander. 

His  political  adherence  is  given  to  the  Kei)ubli- 
can  party.  He  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  endeavor  to  carry 
the  princi[)les  of  their  faith  into  the  details  of  their 
daily  life. 

His  marriage  took  place  July  3,  1870,  and  the 
lady  in  whom  he  found  the  traits  of  mind  and 
character  which  he  thought  most  desirable  in  a  life 
companion,  was  Miss  Sarah  E.  Ergenbright.  She 
is  a  native  of  Clay  Countv,  Ind.,  and  a  daughter 
of  William  Ergenbright.  The  happy  union  has 
been  blessed  by  tiie  birth  of  six  children — May, 
Nora,  John,  Lyda,  James  G.,  and  Minnie,  and  the 
loving  parents  have  been  bereaved  of  the  last 
named. 


0~   OL.    GEORGE    BURTON,    Postmaster   of 
Argonia.  is  what  may  be  termed  "a  gentle- 
/   man  to  the  manor  born,"  possessed  of    more 

than  ordinary  intelligence  and  that  courteous  bear- 
ing which  wins  for  him  friends  wherever  he  goes. 
He  comes  of  substantial  Irish  ancestry,  and  was 
born  March  7,  1819,  in  the  citj'  of  Dublin,  where 
he  spent  the  first  thirteen  years  of  his  life.  Then, 
equi|)ped  with  only  a  limited  education,  he  started 
out  in  the  world  for  himself,  embarking  as  cabin 
boy  on  an  ocean  vessel  and  from  that  time  until 
1842  his  life  was  spent  on  the  water — the  sea  and 
lakes.  The  next  four  years  were  occupied  at  vari- 
ous businesses  and  in  18-16  he  entrred  the  volunteer 
service  of  the  United  States  during  the  war  witli 
Mexico,  being  a  raember  of  Company  G,  Fourth 
Illinois  Infantry,  uncier  Col.  Ed.  Baker.  He  served 
for  one  year  and  returned  a  Third  Sergeant.  He 
and  ex-Gov.  Richard  Oglesby,  who  was  then  a  Ser- 
geant in  Company  K,  frequently  reported  together. 


He  served  under  Gen.  Taylor  until  a  part  of  tlie 
army  was  ordered  to  join  Gen.  Scott,  and  he  par- 
ticipated in  the  battles  of  \'era  Cruz,  Natural 
Bridge,  Cerro  Gordo  and  other  minor  engagements. 
Later  he  was  under  the  command  of  tien.  Shields 
and  under  Division  Commander.  Gen.  Twiggs. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  service  Mr.  Burton  re- 
paired to  Tazewell  County.  111.,  where  he  operated 
a  sawmill  until  181',).  Being  seized  then  with  an 
attack  of  the  California  gold  fever,  he  set  out 
overland  across  the  plains  and  worked  in  the  mines 
until  the  fall  of  1850.  In  returning  home  he  went 
down  the  coast  as  far  as  Cape  St.  Lucas,  where  the 
vessel  "Louisa  Boston"  was  sunk  in  the  harbor  of 
Mazatlan.  ami  he  rode  a  mule  from  there  to  Du- 
rango,  and  tinallj'  succeeded  in  reaching  home 
safely  after  being  chased  in  Mexico  by  the  Apache 
Indians.  He  now  resumed  sawrailling  and  was  on- 
gaged  in  the  mercantile  business  for  probabl}'  two 
years.  He  in  18.52,  crossing  the  Mississi|)pi,  took 
up  his  abode  in  Decatur  County,  Iowa,  where  he 
operated  as  a  general  merchant  three  3'ears  and 
also  engaged  in  farming.  He  became  prominent 
in  local  affairs  and  was  County  Auditor  for  three 
years  until  the  outlireak  of  the  Civil  War. 

Watching  the  conflict  which  ensued  with  mors 
than  ordinary  interest.  Col.  Burton  in  June,  18(J1. 
organized  a  military  eorapan}*  in  Leon,  Iowa,  of 
which  he  was  elected  Captain  and  which  was  as- 
signed to  the  Fourth  Iowa  Infantrj-.  under  com- 
mand of  Col.  Dodge.  He  fought  at  the  battle  of 
Pea  Ridge,  skirmishing  all  through  Arkans.as.  was 
in  the  fight  at  Chickasaw  Ba30u.  and  then  at 
Arkansas  Post.  Lookout  Mountain,  Mission  Ridge, 
Ringgold,  Ga.,  and  W^oodville,  Ala.  On  the  2d 
of  May,  1862,  he  was  commissioned  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel of  the  Fourth  Iowa  Infantry.  At  the 
battle  of  Pea  Ridge  he  was  wounded  by  a  canis- 
ter shot  through  the  left  arm.  and  at  Cherokee 
Station  received  a  sabre  cut  in  the  left  hand.  He 
resigned  his  commission  April  10,  18G4,  and  return- 
ing to  Iowa  resumed  the  duties  of  a  private  citizen. 

Col.  Burton  became  well-known  in  the  Hawkeye 
State  and  in  1869  was  elected  Auditor  of  Decatur 
County,  which  office  he  held  three  years.  Later, 
for  the  same  length  of  time  he  engaged  in  the  live- 
stock business,  purchasing  cattle    in  Indian    Terri- 


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toi-y,  and  selling  tlietn]in  Iowa.  In  1875  he  settled 
on  a  farm  near  Mayfield.  this  county,  where  he  so- 
journed until  1883,  coming  that  year  to  Argonia 
and  engaging  in  the  mercantile  business.  lie  also 
began  speculating  considerably.  On  the  2d  of 
April,  1888,  he  was  appointed  to  the  office  of 
Postmaster,  the  duties  of  which  have  since  oc- 
cupied his  tinu'  and  attention  until  February  1. 
1890. 

In- 1848.  Col.  Burton  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  .lane  Waring,  who  died  in  18G3,  leaving 
no  children.  In  1865,  the  Colonel  contracted  a 
second  marriage  with  Miss  Martha  S.  Walton. Vrhis 
lady  was  born  in  Ohio  and  is  the  daughter  of 
George  and  Martha  Walton  who  spent  their  last 
days  in  Iowa.  Of  this  union  there  were  no  chil- 
dren. Mrs.  Burton  was  a  very  excellent  lady  and 
a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  The  Colonel  takes  an  interest 
in  politics,  voting  the  straight  Uemocratic  ticket. 
He  is  Past  Grand  in  the  I.  O.  O.  F.,  belongs  to  the 
Encampment,  is  a  Knight  of  Pythias  and  a  member 
of  the  Chapter  in  Masonry. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  John  Burton,  a 
native  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  and  a  manufacturer  of 
cotton  cloth.  The  mother  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Martha  Whitehead  and  she  also  was  born  in 
Dublin.  They  came  to  America  in  1833,  settling  in 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  about  1842.  removed  to 
Bloomington,  111.  There  the  mother  died  in  1835 
and  the  father  in  1848.  Only  two  of  the  five  chil- 
dren born  to  them  are  living — G.  B.  and  Eliza, 
now  Mrs.  Buriies.  the  latter  being  a  resident  of 
Leroy,  McLean  County.  III. 


JOSEPH  T.  McCLlER  is  the  owner  and 
occupant  of  an  excellent  farm  in  Ryan 
Township,  and  is  one  of  the  best  farmers  in 
all  the  section  roundabout.  His  industry 
has  been  unremitting,  his  energy  unfailing,  and  all 
who  know  him  rejoice  in  the  success  which  is 
crowning  his  efforts  to  secure  a  competence.  He 
came  to  this  locality  in  the  spring  of  1878,  pre- 
emiited  a  tract  of  raw  land,  anil    with  but  sevcutv- 


five  cents  in  his  pocket,  began  a  struggle  which 
only  his  love  for  his  family,  'his  self-respect,  and 
his  conscientious  determination  to  do  his  best  in 
the  battle  of  life,  made  endnral)le.  He  was  not 
able  to  bring  his  family  here  until  late  in  the  fall, 
after  his  own  arrival,  but  he  is  now  comfortably 
situated,  with  stock  and  all  necessary  farm  tools 
and  appliances,  and  freed  from  all  but  a  slight  in- 
cumbrance upon  his  property. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Rock- 
bridge Count}\  Va.,  near  the  Natural  Bridge.  He 
was  christened  Samuel,  and  adopted  the  occupation 
of  a  farmer.  He  was  married  in  Ohio  in  1832.  to 
Miss  Hannah  Sharp,  who  died  in  1849,  after  hav- 
ing borne  eleven  children,  five  of  whom  are  living. 
After  the  death  of  his  wife  Samuel  McCluer  re- 
moved to  Illinois,  settling  in  Peoria  County,  where 
he  died  August  16,1859. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  eighth  In 
order  of  birth  in  the  parental  family,  and  first 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  in  Adams  County, 
Ohio,  January  29,  1841.  He  received  a  common- 
school  education,  partly  in  his  native  State  and 
partly  in  Illinois,  and  at  the  early  age  of  thirteen 
began  life  for  himself.  He  worked  in  the  coal 
mines  in  Peoria  and  Fulton  Counties,  111.,  until  his 
twent3'-first  year,  when  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Civil  War  aroused  all  the  patriotic  fervor  and 
loyal  devotion  of  his  .young  heart,  and  he  deter- 
mined to  devote  the  opening  years  of  his  manhood 
to  his  country's  cause. 

Enlisting  in  Company  C,  F^orty-seveuth  Illinois 
Infantry,  August  18, 1861,  young  McCluer  wassent 
with  his  comrades  to  St.  Louis  to  acquire  his  first  in- 
struction in  army  discipline  and  tactics  in  the 
barracks  there.  Thence  they  went  to  Otterville, 
IVIo.,  thence  to  Island  No.  10,  to  Pittsburg  Land- 
in<',  Corinth,  luka,  thence  back  to  Corinth,  on  to 
Vicksburg,  next  entering  the  Red  River  expedition 
under  Gen.  Banks,  and  subsequently  going  to 
Mobile,  Ala.  Jlr.  McCluer  participated  in  all 
these  battles  except  that  of  Pittsburg  Landing, 
where  his  command  arrived  the  day  after  the  con- 
test. He  also  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Nashville 
under  Gen.  Thomas.  At  Corinth  he  was  struck  on 
the  left  arm  by  a  minie  ball,  but  was  not  disabled, 
and  at  Pleasant  Hill,  on   the  Red  River,  he  had  a 


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very  nanow  escape  from  death,  being'  knocked 
down  l)y  a  ball  which  gra'^ied  the  back  of  his  neck. 
He  enlisted  as  a  private,  and  was  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  Sergeant.  At  the  expiration  of  liis  term  of 
enlistment,  wlien  at  Black  River  Bridge,  JMiss.,  he 
re-enlisted  and  served  until  February  22,  1865. 

The  short  list  of  heavy  engagements  in  which 
INIr.  McClner  took  part  makes  up  a  very  small 
|)ortion  indeed  of  his  army  record,  but  all  who  are 
familiar  with  the  history  of  the  '-iirepressible  con- 
Uict,"  can  readily  fill  in  tlie  details  of  experience 
spreading  over  a  period  of  nearly  four  yeais. 
Especially  can  those  who  have  witnessed  the  life  in 
camp,  who  know  the  drill  which  is  necessary  in 
[ireparing  for  active  campaigns,  and  the  watchful- 
ness and  care  that  are  ever  required,  a|)preciate  the 
service  rendered  by  those  gallant  men  who,  like 
our  subject,  were  conscientious,  brave  and  pains- 
taking in  every  detail  of  a  soldier's  life. 

When  mustered  out  of  the  service  Mr.  McCluer 
returned  to  Peoria  County,  111.,  spending  the  sum- 
mers in  farming-  and  the  winters  in  working  in  the 
mines  for  a  few  years.  The  farm  which  he  pre- 
empted in  this  county  comprises  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  all  improved  and  one  hundred 
and  ten  acres  under  the  plow.  He  has  put  on  all 
the  improvements,  raises  all  the  stock  the  farm 
will  support,  and  now  has  thirty  head  of  cattle, 
thirty  of  hogs  and  six  horses.  During  the  season 
of  1889  he  raised  thirty-five  hundred  bushels  of  corn 
on  eighty-four  acres,eleven  hundred  bushels  of  wheat 
on  eighty  acres,  and  eleven  hundred  bushels  of  oats 
on  forty  acres.  With  the  grain  he  has  raised  and 
the  sale  of  his  soldier's  claim  in  Garfield  Township, 
he  has  paid  off  $1,200  indebtedness,  and  is  now 
feeling  quite  comfortable  in  regard  to  the  claims 
upon  him.  The  dwelling  iri  wliich  the  family  re- 
sides was  built  in  1885.  The  next  year  he  went 
to  Garfield  County,  where  he  remained  two  years, 
securing  his  soldier's  homestead. 

In  Illinois,  August  16,  1866,  Mr.  McCluer  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Margaret  Obarr,  nee 
Bradley.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  D.  and 
Mary  A.  (Jordan)  Bradley,  natives  of  Mississippi, 
who  removed  to  Tennessee,  wlicre  the  fatlicr  died 
in  1861.  Mrs.  Bradle\'  removed  to  Illinois  two 
years  later  and  settled  in  Fulton  County,   whence 


she  came  to  Kansas  in  1881.  She  is  now  living 
with  our  subject,  and  has  reached  the  advanced  age 
of  seventy-five  years.  She  is  the  mother  of  six 
children,  the  wife  of  our  subject  being  the  second 
in  order  of  birth,  and  her  natal  day  April  2,  1842. 
Mrs.  McCluer  was  the  recipient  of  a  common- 
school  education,  is  a  lady  of  estimable  character, 
and  of  n)any  domestic  virtues.  She  has  borne  her 
husband  six  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living, 
named  respectively:  Lucy  A.,  George  W.,  Samuel 
D.,  and  Oscar  and  p]ruest  (twins).  The  eldest 
daughter  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church 
and  Sunda^'-school,  the  parents  also  being  active  in 
the  Sunday-school  work,  and  members  of  the 
Church  of  Christ  at  Milan. 

Mr.  ^McCluer  is  a  member  of  the  Southern 
branch  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  He  is  Treasurer 
of  School  District  No.  23,  and  has  been  a  member 
of  the  board  since  the  district  was  organized.  He 
has  served  as  Road  Overseer.  He  keeps  himself 
posted  in  political  matters,  and  now  votes  the 
Union  Labor  ticket;  he  was  previously  a  Green- 
backer.  It  is  needless  to  state  that  he  is  highly 
esteemed  by  his  fellow-citizens,  among  whom  his 
character  is  above  reproach. 


\ 


UILLIAM  B.  MALABY.  This  gentleman 
is  prominent  among  the  leading  men  of 
W^  Springdale  Township  as  an  advanced  ad- 
vocate of  the  Union  Labor  movement,  and  one  who 
keeps  himself  thoroughly  posted  upon  the  leading 
topics  of  the  day,  advocating  progressive  measures 
in  all  things  as  far  as  is  wise  and  prudent.  He  has 
the  honor  of  being  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of 
this  county,  becoming  first  a  resident  of  Palestine 
Township.  His  native  i)lace  was  in  Fayette  County, 
Pa.,  and  the  date  of  his  birth  July  23,  1848.  He 
was  the  eldest  of  the  twelve  children  of  Lis  parents, 
ten  of  whom  are  living,  making  their  homes  mostly 
in  Kansas. 

George  A.  Malab}-,  the  father  of  our  subject, 
was  a  native  likewise  of  the  Keystone  State,  and 
occupied  himself  as  a  farmer  and  bricklayer.  He 
was  married  in  early  manhood  to   Miss   Esther  A, 


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Johnson,  a  maiden  of  his  own  eonnty,  and  they  re- 
sided there  until  l.S,')!.  Then  emigrating  to  La- 
Salle  County-,  111.,  they  lived  tliere  sixteen  years, 
and  next  removed  to  Marsli.all  County.  After  a 
three  years'  residence  in  the  latter,  they,  in  1870, 
disposed  of  tlieir  proiierly  and  transported  them- 
selves and  tlicir  houseliohl  goods  across  the  Missis- 
sippi to  Kaiis.as,  settling  in  this  county.  The  fatlier 
departed  tliis  life  at  his  home  in  Palestine  Town- 
ship, August  1,  1878;  tlio  mother  is  still  living  at 
the  old  homestead,  and  is  aged  fifty-nine  ye.ars. 

The  Malaby  family  removed  to  Illinois  when 
William  R.  was  a  little  lad  six  years  of  age.  He 
attended  school  for  a  few  winters  thereafter,  and  at 
the  age  of  twenty  years  commenced  farming  on  his 
own  account.  He  came  to  Kansas  in  1870,  settling 
in  this  county  on  the  7th  of  August,  when  there 
was  not  a  woman  within  its  limits,  and  when  the 
Osage  Indi.ans  mostly  owned  and  occupied  the  land. 
Herds  of  buffalo  roamed  over  the  prairie,  and  Mr. 
Malaby  spent  da^ys  at  a  time  without  seeing  the 
face  of  a  human  being.  Settlers  soon  began  com- 
ing in,  liovvever,  and  there  was  soon  a  growing 
community.  But  few  .ire  living  in  this  county 
who  came  to  this  region  at  that  time.  Mr.  Malaby 
located  first  on  what  was  known  as  the  McCamon 
farm,  and  labored  as  best  he  could  without  capital, 
and  with  few  conveniences  or  farm  implements. 
Later  he  removed  to  the  .John  Widick  farm  in  Pal- 
estine Township.  About  1872.  lie  with  the  Hea- 
ver liros.,  put  up  the  first  livery  stable  in  IJelle 
Plaiiie,  which  he  o[)erated  one  year. 

Mr.  ^lalaby  was  married  in  Februaiy,  187.3,  to 
Martha  S.,  step-daughter  of  Joseph  Daniels. of  Pal- 
estine Township.  Mrs.  Malal)y  was  born  "Slny  '2, 
1855,  in  Illinois,  and  by  her  union  with  our  sub- 
ject, became  the  mother  of  three  children  :  William 
L.  F.  w.as  born  March  20,  1875;  Joseph  E.  A.,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1877;  and  Ross  E.,  July  13,  1879.  Mrs. 
Martha  Malaby  died  at  her  liuine  in  Palestine,  July 
22,  1881.  Our  subject  was  married  again  July  17, 
1882,  to  .Miss  Margaret,  daughter  of  Alfred  and 
Susan  Rice,  who  were  natives  of  Gallatin  County, 
111.  Mrs.  Rice  died  in  1880.  Mr.  Rice  is  still 
living  in  Illinois.  Mrs.  ISIargaret  ^Lalaby  w.as  born 
December  15,  18()0.  in  fiallatin  County,  111.,  where 
she  vvas  reared   and  attended  the    common  school. 


This  union  resulted  in  the  birth  of  four  children: 
Clarence  I.,  born  May  13,  1880;  Myra  Helena, 
Marcii  31.  1886;  ^'orah  Esther,  January  4,  1888, 
and  Howard  Raymond.  August  5,  1889.  The  pre- 
sent wife  of  our  subject  isamemljcr  in  good  stand- 
ing of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  JNIalaby  is  President  of  the  Farmers"  Alii- 
ance,  Springdale  Lodge,  Xo.  65G,  and  has  been  a 
member  of  the  school  board  of  his  district  for  the 
past  five  years.  He  has  just  completed  his  second 
term  as  Township  Trustee.  He  takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  politics,  and  until  about  three  years  ago, 
was  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Repuljlican  party. 
His  sympathies  arc  now  with  the  Union  Labor 
movement,  of  which  lie  is  a  leader  in  this  locality. 
His  farm  embraces  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres 
of  good  land,  the  greater  part  of  which  is  under 
a  good  state  of  cultivation.  Upon  t.aking  posses- 
sion of  this  in  1877.  [jreempting  it  from  the  Gov- 
ernment, it  presented  an  appearance  widely  differ- 
ent from  that  of  the  present,  having  upon  it  no 
improvements  whatever,  lying  as  the  Indians  liad 
left  it.  Mr.  ^Malaby  put  up  his  present  residence 
in  1882.  He  is  quite  extensively  interested  in  the 
breeding  of  live-stock,  cattle,  horses,  sheep,  and 
swine.  He  has  jjlanted  large  numbers  of  fruit 
trees,  having  two  orchards,  including  four  hundred 
apple  trees,  one  hundred  cherry  trees,  and  fifty  of 
peacli.  As  a  pioneer  settler  of  this  region,  he  is 
regarded  with  more  than  ordinary-  interest,  and  as 
one  who  has  maile  for  himself  a  good  record,  lie  is 
eniincully  worthy  of  representation  in  a  work  de- 
signed to  i)erpetuale  the  names  and  deeds  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Sumner  County. 


yMLLIAlM  A.  McLAIN.  one  of  the  progres- 
/  sive  farmers  of  Jackson  Township,  w.as 
^^(^  born  in  llillsboro  Township,  Montgomery 
County,  111.,  October  20.  1815.  His  father,  .\ddi- 
son  McLain.  was  a  native  of  Greensborough,  N.  C, 
where  he  was  reared  and  married.  In  1835  he  left 
his  native  Stale  to  find  his  home  in  the  then  far 
Korthwest.  He  journeyed  with  teams  across  the 
mountains,  traversed  the    States  of    Tennessee  and 


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Kentuck}-  and  entered  the  Slate  of  Indiana,  ■«  h<  re  he 
remained  one  3"e.ar.  At  the  expiration  of  that  lime 
he  again  started  Westvvar<l,  ami  reached  Illinois, 
where,  being  pleased  with  the  country,  he  located 
in  Montgomery  County  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers.  He  bought  a  tract  of  land  which 
was  covered  with  timber  and  had  a  log  house  upon 
it,  the  one  in  which  our  subject  was  born.  The  re- 
gion in  which  he  fixed  liis  abiding  place  was 
sparsely  settled  at  tliat  time  and  deer  and  other 
wild  game  abounded.  St.  Louis,  sixty-five  miles 
distant,  was  their  nearest  market  and  they  were 
obliged  to  draw  their  grain  and  pork  (here  and  back 
with  teams. 

Addison  McLain  improved  his  place  and  made 
it  into  a  fine  productive  farm  which  yielded  him  a 
good  income  in  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  and 
winch  was  his  residence  until  his  death,  which  oc- 
curred in  1873.  Tlie  maiden  name  of  tlie  mother 
of  our  subject  was  Catherine  Levvy.  She  is  a  na- 
tive of  Nortii  Carolina  and  now  resides  in  the 
homestead  in  Ilillsboro.  111.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  Mc- 
Lain were  the  parents  of  eight  children  of  whom 
two  are  deceased. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  his  native  county  and  made  that  his  homo 
until  1883.  In  1876  he  visited  Texas  and  bought 
land  in  Hunt  and  Kaufman  Counties  but  did  not  set- 
tle there.  He  returned  to  Illinois  and  in  1878 
made  a  trip  to  Sumner  County,  Kan.,  traveling  by 
rail  ns  far  as  Ilntchison.  then  finishing  the  journey 
in  a  wagon.  The  nearest  railroad  point  at  that 
time  was  at  Wichita  and  tlie  country  was  but  spar- 
ingly settled  in  that  portion  of  the  State.  When 
Mr.  McLain  examined  Sumner  County's  ad  van 
tages,  present  and  prospective,  he  was  so  [jleased 
with  the  outlook  that  he  bought  the  southwest 
quarter  of  section  10,  Jackson  Township.  Follow- 
ing his  purchase  of  land  in  Sumner  County,  our 
subject  returned  to  Illinois  where  he  continued  to 
reside  until  1883.  In  that  year  he  removed  to 
Kansas  and  located  on  ihe  land  which  he  had  pre- 
viously  purchased. 

As  soon  as  possible  after  the  arrival  of  Mr.  Mc- 
Lain in  his  new  home  he  erected  good,  substantial 
frame  buildings,  enclosed  his  farm  with  a  strong 
fence,  planted  fruit  and  shade  trees    and  in    every 


respect  brought  it  up  to  a  high  standard  of  excel- 
lence. June  30,  1887,  oursuliject  and  Miss  Olive 
Finefrock  were  united  in  the  holy  bonds  of  matri- 
mony and  began  housekeeping  on  the  farm  which 
was  then  in  a  high  state  of  development  and  ])ro- 
ductiveness.  Mrs.  McLain  is  a  native  of  Ohio. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at 
Rome,  and  a  refined,  cultivated,  Chrintian  lady, 
whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  know.  Mr.  JIcLain  is  a 
Republican  in  politics  and  takes  a  moderate  share 
in  the  active  work  of  his  party.  They  are  the  pa- 
rents of  one  child,  named — Charles  Sumner. 


\fiOSHUA  WRIGHT  is  a  well-known  dweller 
in  Belle  Plaine,  and  was,  for  about  thirteen 
years,  a  member  of  the  agricultural  class  of 
Belle  Plaine  Township.  He  spent  some 
time  in  serving  his  country  during  the  tr3'ing 
da3's  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion,  was  elected 
Captain  on  the  organization  of  the  company,  and 
has  since  that  time  been  known  by  that  title.  He 
has  acquii'ed  a  sufHcient  amount  of  this  world's 
goods  to  allow  him  to  give  up  active  work  and 
to  enjoy  the  repose  that  seems  so  fitting  after  a 
life  of  industry  and  well-doing.  He  and  his  es- 
timable wife  are  regarded  with  confidence  and 
esteem  by  all  who  know  them. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
born  in  England,  but  having  become  a  citizen  of 
the  Colonies  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  War,  en- 
tered the  Colonial  army  and  met  his  death  at  the 
hands  of  the  British.  His  son,  Jonathan,  was  born 
in  Virginia,  was  bound  out  when  a  child,  taken 
to  Kentucky,  and  there  grew  to  manhood.  He 
married  Miss  Sarah  Read,  and  became  the  father 
of  twelve  children,  of  whom  three  only  beside  our 
subject  are  now  living.  Mrs.  Parraelia  Turley  lives 
in  Orange  County,  Ind.,and  Aaron  and  Emmett  in 
Lawrence  County,  of  the  same  State.  The  parents 
had  removed  to  that  State  in  1802,  taking  their 
place  among  the  pioneers  of  Orange  County,  where 
they  endured  the  privations  and  hardships  incident 
to  such  life,  rearing  their  family  among  the  frontier 
surroundings  and   bestowing   upon  them  such  ad- 


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vantages  ns  the  ciii-uinsiaiices  would  admit.  Tlie 
father  died  November  17.  1838,  and  the  mother  did 
not  long  .survive,  her  death  taking  place  August  4, 
1840. 

In  the  State  and  county  in  vrkich  his  parents  so 
long  resided,  Capt.  Wright  was  born,  December 
20.  1822.  s|)ending  his  bo3'liood  amid  the  scenes 
of  the  frontier,  where  a.  sturdiness  of  character  is 
developed  and  li.abits  of  observation  learned  that 
take  the  place  of  extended  schooling.  Even  be- 
fore the  death  of  his  parents,  he  was  obliged  to 
begin  labor  for  his  own  support,  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  going  out  to  work  by  the  month  or  day. 
On  April  8,  1842,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Parraelia  Hall  also  ?  n.ative  of  Orange  County, 
Ind.,  who  has  borne  her  share  in  the  burdens  of 
life  b\-  her  husband's  side  since  the  day  of  their 
union,  and  has  faithfullj-  endeavored  to  fill  her 
place  as  a  wife  and  mother.  She  is  becoming  ad- 
vanced in  years,  having  been  born  September  27, 
1823. 

The  parents  of  Mrs.  Wright  were  William  and 
Sophia  (Dabncy)  Hall,  who,  like  her  husband's 
parents,  were  early  settlers  in  the  countv  in  which 
she  was  born.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky and  of  English  descent.  The  household 
band  comprised  twelve  children,  of  whom  the  fol- 
lowing now  survive:  Mrs.  Nancy  Stewart,  of  Iowa; 
Mrs.  Polly  Fender,  of  Kansas;  Mrs.  Wiight;  and 
Marintha,  wife  of  George  Moore,  of  Lawrence 
County,  Ind. 

In  the  sijring  of  1849  Capt.  Wiight.  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  removed  to  Jefferson 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  resided  for  over  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  and  whence,  in  1876,  he  came  to 
Kansas.  He  located  on  a  farm  near  Belle  I'laine. 
in  this  county,  and  remained  there  until  Febru- 
ary, 1889,  when  he  became  a  citizen  of  the  village. 
His  faiin  comprised  KiO  acres  of  well-improved 
land,  which  he  sold  some  time  since.  The  enlist- 
ment of  Capt.  Wright  took  jjlace  in  July,  1862, 
as  a  member  of  the  Nineteenth  Iowa  Infantry,  and 
he  was  elected  Captain  of  Company  1).  The  com- 
mand became  a  part  of  the  Army  of  the  South- 
west, and  participated  in  numerous  skiimishes  and 
vario\is  engagements.  During  the  battle  of  Prai- 
rie Grove   the  Captain    received    a  wound   in  the 


right  arm,  and  still  carries  a  musket  ball  embedded 
in  that  member  as  a  trophy  from  the  batlle-lield. 
He  now  receives  a  pension  of  $20  per  month  on 
account  of  bis  injur}-.  During  the  same  engage- 
ment he  received  two  other  slighter  wounds.  In 
July,  1863,  he  was  discharged  and  returned  to  his 
home  to  again  take  up  the  life  of  a  civilian.  He 
was  connected  with  the  home  militia  in  Iowa  after 
liis  return  from  the  seat  of  war. 

To  Capt.  and  Mrs.  Wright  eight  children  hare 
been  born,  of  whom  Sarah  J..  Eliza  JNI.  and  Mary 
E.  have  been  removed  from  them  by  death.  Ma- 
tilda is  the  wife  of  Henry  Kline,  of  this  county; 
IJhoda  E.,  the  widow  of  David  Snider,  also  lives 
in  this  county;  George  W.  makes  his  home  in  Iowa; 
Millard  is  mining  in  Colorado;  and  William  oper- 
ates a  farm  in  Belle  Plaine  Township,  this  county. 
The  parents  of  this  family  have  been  identified 
with  the  Christian  Church  and  are  active  members 
of  society.  Capt.  Wright  belongs  to  the  tiraud 
Army  of  the  Republic,  and  gives  his  political  ad- 
herence to  the  Republican  party.  He  hiis  served 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace  here  for  nearly  six  years. 


^^EOKGE  W.  HENDERSON.  This  gentle- 
i||  ,=— .  man  represents  a  large  amount  of  wealth 
^^JAj  and  influence,  and  is  considered  one  of  the 
most  stirring  and  useful  citizens  of  Morris  Town- 
ship. He  has  built  up  one  of  its  most  valuable 
farms  and  has  been  no  unimiinrtant  factor  in  the 
growth  and  development  of  this  region,  having 
by  his  very  example  promoted,  to  a  large  extent, 
its  material  interests.  He  occupies  a  substantial 
modern  dwelling,  and  has  all  the  other  necessary 
farm  buildings,  together  with  modern  machinery 
and  the  appliances  requisite  for  the  successful 
pi'osccution  of  agriculture.  Among  the  other  good 
things  which  have  fallen  to  his  lot  in  life  is  the 
possession  of  an  intelligent  and  helpful  wife,  who 
not  only  manages  her  household  alTairs  in  a  most 
praiseworthy  manner,  but  is  at  the  same  time  the 
crticient  helpmate  of  her  husband  in  man}'  of  his 
business  enterprises,  being  a  safe  counselor  at  all 
limes.     Thus,  in  addition  to   being    in  the  enjoy- 


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nient  of  a  model  home,  tliej^  are  most  happily 
situated  in  their  domestic  relations.  There  have 
been  l)orn  to  them  two  children  only — Marshall 
E.,  April  1,  1875,  and  Rose  Myrtle,  July  23,  1877. 
The  son  and  daughter  arc  being  given  a  good 
education,  including  instruction  in  music,  in  which 
art  they  are  quite  proficient. 

Mr.  Henderson  has  made  his  i)ermanent  l(.)ca- 
tion  many  miles  from  Ins  birthplace,  which  was  in 
Sussex  County,  N.  J.,  and  the  date  thereof  July 
12,  182;).  lie  w.as  the  eldest  in  a  family  of  seven 
chihlrcn,  four  of  whom  are  living,  tlie  other  three 
being  located  in  Kansas  and  Iowa.  The  father, 
Kleazer,  was  an  iron  manufacturer,  and  like  liis 
wife,  who  in  her  girlhood  was  Marj-  Castimore, 
was  a  native  of  New  Jersey.  This  branch  of  the 
Henderson  family  is  of  Irisli  and  French  descent, 
while  the  mother  traced  her  forefathers  to  England 
and  (icrmany. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  reared  and 
irarried  in  New  Jersey,  residing  there  until  1831). 
That  year  they  removed  to  Pennsylvania,  where 
ihey  lived  until  1857.  Still  looking  Westward, 
they  next  removed  across  the  INIississippi  to  Fay- 
ette County,  Iowa,  where  the  iron  manufacturer 
changed  his  occupation  to  that  of  a  farmer.  The 
wife  and  mother  departed  this  life  at  the  home- 
stead, in  Fayette  County,  in  1876,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years.  The  father  subsequently  took 
up  his  abode  with  his  son,  George  W..  and  died  at 
his  house,  April  5,  1882,  aged  seventy  five  years, 
four  months  and  fifteen  days. 

After  emerging  from  the  common  school,  Mr. 
Henderson,  in  1877,  took  a  thorough  course  in 
the  business  college  at  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  He  left  the 
|i;irental  roof  when  a  youth  of  seventeen  years, 
commencing  an  apprenticeship  at  wagon-making 
and  wheel wrighting,  at  which  he  was  employed 
continuously  thereafter  for  a  period  of  twenty 
years.  He  completed  his  ajaprenticcship  in  Penn- 
sylvania, and  during  the  years  mentioned  resided 
in  that  State  and  Illinois.  In  the  spring  of  1856 
lie  preceded  his  family  to  Iowa,  settling  in  Fayette 
County,  where  he  followed  his  trade  and  purchased 
a  farm,  upon  which  he  resided  until  1859.  He  then 
recrossed  the  Father  of  Waters,  and  took  up  his 
abode  in  Centralia,    111.,  whcie   he  sojourned  until 


the  fall  of  1856.  In  the  meantime  he  spent  one 
year  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  at  Nash- 
ville and  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  emploj'ed  in  putting 
up  hosjjitals  and  warehouses. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  Mr.  Henderson  came  to  Kan- 
sas, and  settling  in  Doniphan  Count3',  engaged  in 
farming.  He  lived  there  until  1881,  and  his  next 
reiuoval  was  to  tliis  county,  where  he  secured  pos- 
session of  the  land  which  he  now  owns  and  occu- 
pies. When  a  little  over  twenty-one  years  old  he 
was  married,  Januarj'  28,1851,  in  Pennsylvania, 
to  Miss  Hannah  M.  X'enrick.  The  two  children 
born  of  this  union  are  sons — William,  a  resident 
of  Trinidad,  Col.;  and  Alexander,  employed  in  the 
freight  depot  of  the  Missouri  Pacific  Railroad  at 
Leavenworth.  Mrs.  Hannah  M.  Henderson  de- 
parted this  life  at  her  home  in  Iowa,  May  2,  1857. 
The  second  marriage  of  Mr.  Henderson  occurred 
August  1,  1861,  with  Miss  Mary  Beaver,  and  she 
also  became  the  mother  of  two  children — George 
L.,  a  resident  of  this  county;  and  Ella,  the  wife 
of  Edward  Brooks,  of  New  Mexico.  Mrs.  Mary 
Henderson  died  October  23,  1873. 

The  present  wife  of  our  subject,  to  whom  he 
was  married,  at  Pana,  April  22,  1874,  was  in  her 
girlhood  ^Nliss  tiattie  L.  Yeager.  Her  parents  were 
Moses  and  Margaret  (Campbell)  Yeager,  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  and  the  father  engaged  in  farm- 
ing pursuits.  They  removed  with  their  respective 
parents  to  Ohio,  where  they  were  married,  and 
whence  they  emigrated  to  Indiana,  probably  fifty 
years  ago.  After  a  sojourn  there  of  twenty  years, 
they  went  over  into  Illinois,  and  then,  in  1884,  came 
to  this  State,  settling  in  Argonia.  Mr.  Yeager 
died  February  6,  1888,  at  the  age  of  seventy-four 
years.  His  widow  is  still  living,  and  is  aged  sev- 
enty-six. Four  of  their  six  children  are  living. 
^Irs.  Henderson  was  the  second,  and  was  born 
March  11,  1841,  in  Rush  County,  hid.  As  a  child, 
she  was  a  bright  beyond  her  years,  made  good  use 
of  her  time  in  school,  fitting  herself  for  a  teacher, 
and  followed  this  profession  for  a  period  of  seven- 
teen years  in  Indiana  and   Illinois. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Henderson  arc  devoted  members 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  they 
have  been  active  workers,  especially  in  the  Sun- 
day-school,  Mr.  Henderson  officiating  as  Superin- 


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tc'iKk'iit  and  toaelier  of  the  Bible  Class,  and  in  the 
cliurcli  proper  lie  lias  held  the  offices  of  Class- 
Leader  and  Steward.  He  is  rather  conservative  in 
])olitics  and  strouglj-  in  favor  of  proliibilion.  lie 
voted  for  Abrah.am  Lincoln  in  18C(),  but  is  now 
lather  independent,  aiming  to  support  the  men 
whom  be  considers  will  best  serve  the  interests  of 
the  peoi)Ic.  For  seven  years  he  has  been  Treas- 
urer of  his  school  district.  He  was  elected  a  Trus- 
tee of  Morris  Township,  but  resigned.  He  served 
at  one  time  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Morris  Town- 
ship. He  belongs  to  the  Grange,  the  Farmers'  Al- 
liance and  the  A.  H.  T.  A. 

Mr.  Henderson's  farm  embraces  three  hundred 
and  twent}'  acres  of  choice  land,  which  is  devoted 
to  the  )-aising  of  grain  and  stock,  be  making  a 
specialty  of  cattle,  horses  and  swine.  The  present 
residence  was  put  up  in  1881.  It  is  handsomely 
finished  and  furnished,  and  is  considered  one  of  the 
best  structures  of  its  kind  in  Morris  Township. 
Mr.  Henderson  is  one  of  those  men  whose  name 
will  be  held  in  i'omeinl)rance  long  after  he  has  been 
gathered  to  his  fathers. 


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•^  I^YATT  B.  GOAD.  Postmaster  at  Mayfield, 
traction,  and  a  native  of 
Smith  County,  May  3, 
1815.  His  early  boyhood  was  passed  in  his  native 
State,  and  in  1857  he  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Kentucky,  continuing  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  there,  and  growing  to  earlj'  manhood 
on  the  farm  which  his  father  owned  and  operated. 
He  had  been  taught  to  love  his  country,  and  the 
spirit  of  loyalty  which  was  implanted  within  his 
breast  led  him  to  desire  to  assist  in  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  I'nion,  and  he  therefore,  in  the  spring 
of  IS6'2.  although  but  seventeen  years  of  age,  en- 
listed at  Glasgow,  Ky.,  was  enrolled  in  Company 
C,  Thirtyseventli  Kentucky  Infantry,  and  served 
twenty-two  months;  lie  then  re-enlisted  in  the 
Fifty-fifth  Regiment,  Company  K,  Infantry,  until 
May  24,  1865,  when  he  was  honorably  discharged 
.■it  Covington.  .Mthough  he  was  not  called  upon 
to  take  i)art  in  any  of  the  most  famous  battles   of 


the  war,  he  bore  his  part  bravely  in  the  battles  of 
Mt.  Sterling,  Cynthiana.  and  King  Salt  Works  in 
Virginia,  a  few  minor  engagements,  in  the  routine 
duties  of  camp  life,  and  in  various  marches. 

When  mustered  out  of  the  service,  young  Goad 
returned  to  Kentucki',  and  remained  in  that  State 
until  1882,  when  he  came  to  Wellington,  Kan.,  and 
for  two  years  followed  his  trade  as  a  carpenter  in 
this  vicinity.  He  tiien  moved  on  to  a  farm,  and 
for  about  three  3ears  carried  on  the  pursuit  of 
.agriculture.  Having  received  the  appointment  of 
Postmaster,  he  took  possession  of  the  otlice,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1887.  Mr.  Goad  is  a  Republican,  never 
failing  to  exercise  his  right  to  the  elective  fran- 
chise in  behalf  of  what  be  considers  most  conducive 
to  the  welfare  of  the  country.  He  is  an  honorable 
and  upright  man,  and  throughout  his  entire  life  has 
exhibited  a  spirit  of  prudence  and  industry,  and  a 
cordial,  friendly  iKiluie  in  bis  dealings  with  man- 
kind. 

In  Xovembei',  ISdd,  Mr.  Goad  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Harriet  R.  Bullock,  who  was 
born  October  2,  1834.  and  who  diedM.ay  23.  1880. 
Mr.  Goad  subsequently  became  the  husband  of 
Mrs.  Nannie  Owens,  widow  of  James  T.  Owens,  the 
rites  of  wedlock  being  celebrated  between  them 
September  28,  1880.  Mrs.  Goad  is  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Emily  (William)  Franklin,  natives  of 
Mrginia,  and  was  born  ;\Iarch  28,  1852.  Her 
mother  died  in  Warren  County,  Ky.,  at  the  age  of 
fifty-five  years,  and  her  father  is  still  living  t'aere. 
She  has  borne  her  husb.and  one  child,  Thomas  II.. 
whose  natal  day  was  Februaiy  4,  1883. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Joshua  A.  Goad,  who  was  born  in  Virginia  about 
the  year  1770,  and  who  died  at  Carthage,  Tenn.,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-five  ^ears.  His  son, 
Henry,  was  born  in  Colfax  County,  Va..  October  9, 
1800,  and  was  six  years  old  when  the  family  re- 
moved to  Tennessee.  In  1857  he  became  a  resi- 
dent of  Kentucky,  where  his  death  occurred  A\iyU 
20,  1885.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a 
member  in  good  standing  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church. 

The  wife  of  Henry  (ioad,  and  the  mother  of  our 
subject,  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Martha  Duke, 
and  was  born  in  Jackson   County.  Tenn..   January 


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28,  1806,  'And  is  still  living  in  Monroe  County,  Ky. 
Her  parents,  McKaiige  and  Annie;(Brooks);  Duke, 
were  iiativesrof  'N'irginia,  andj  her  Jathor  was  a 
planter'and  slave  trader.  Mr.  and  IMis.  Duke  died 
in  Jackson  County,  Teun.  Tiie  family  'of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Henry  (ioad  comprised  eiglit_ children — 
Martha,  Harvey,  Sallie  A.,  Henry^  C.  Matliew, 
Mary,  Wyatt  and  Katlierine.  Three\)f  this  family 
arei!  deceased,  ^lartha  having  died  at  tlie  age 'of 
three  years,  Malliew  in  infancy,  and  Henry  at  the 
age  of  thirty-five.  The  latter  was  a  Union  soldier 
during  the  Civil  War. 

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"jfiOHN  L.  MEAL'S.  If  a  man's  character  may 
be  determined  by  his  surroundings,  that  of 
Mr.  Mears  and  his  no  less  capable  and 
I  worthy  wife,  possesses  all  the  elements  of 
tiirift,  industry  and  good  citizenship.  We  lind 
them  in  llie  midst  of  pleasant  surroundings,  the 
occupants  of  a  well-developed  farm  on  section  14, 
Dixon  Township,  having  a  substantial  dwelling 
with  convenient  outbuildings,  fruit  and  sliade  trees 
and  the  land  under  a  good  state  of  cultivation. 
The  family  occupies  a  good  position  in  the  com- 
munity, and  the  fact  that  they  are  well  spoken  of 
by  their  neighbors  is  sufficient  indication  of  the 
sterling  worth  of  character  which  has  bad  its  in- 
fluence upon  tliose  with  whom  tliey  have  become 
associated. 

A  native  of  Muskingum  County.  Ohio,  JNIr. 
Mears  was  born  May  29,  1837,  being  the  eleventh 
child  of  the  Rev.  William  and  Elizabeth  (Latham) 
Mears,  who  were  natives  of  the  cit}'  of  London, 
England.  The  father  for  a  period  of  forty  years 
officiated  as  a  minister  of  the  Baptist  Church. 
Upon  coming  to  America,  in  1830,  he  located  in 
Zanesville,  Ohio,  being  among  its  earliest  settlers 
and  teaching  the  first  school  established  there.  He 
purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  north 
of  llie  town  site  and  after  a  residence  of  tlirce  years 
in  the  town  removed  to  his  farm,  where  he  built 
up  a  permanent  homestead  and  where  his  death  took 
place  in  1869.  The  mother  survived  her  husband 
for  a  period  of  fifteen  years,  dying  in  Ohio  in  1884. 


They  were  the  parents  of  thirteen  children,  eight 
of  whom  grew  to  mature  years. '  Six  are  now^liv- 
ing,  making  their  homes  in  Ohio,  Kansas  and  N(!- 
braska. 

Young  Mears  lived_at  the  farm  with  his  parents 
until  a  youtii  of  nineteen  years,  learning  the  arts 
of  sowing  and  rea|iing  and  choosing  agriculture  for 
his  life  vocation.  In  the  fall  of  18.50,  starting  out 
for  himself  he  sought  the  Great  West  and  settled 
on  a  tract  of  new  land  in  Tama  County,  Iowa.  He 
was  one  of  the  earliest  pioneers  of  that  region  and 
not  realizing  his  hopes  of  making  a  fortune,  re- 
turned, after  about  two  years,  to  his  old  home  in 
Ohio.  Sojourning  there  until  1877  he  again  turned 
iiis  steps  Westward,  coming  to  tliis  State  and  set- 
tling on  a  tract  of  raw  land,  from  which  lie  has 
since  constructed  his  present  farm.  He  commenced 
at  first  i)rinciples  in  its  development  and  has  him- 
self effected  all  the  improvements  upon  it.  He  put 
u[i  a  new  resiticnce  in  18HX.  and  h,as  one  liuudred 
and  tliirt}'  acres  uniler  the  plow.  ~  He  makesa  spec- 
ialty of  swine. 

Miss  Mary,  daughter  of  Abraham  C.  and  Mary 
(  Wallwork  )  Romine,  was  wedded  to  John  L. 
Mears,  October  10,  1860,  in  Ohio.  Mrs.  Mears  was 
born  Septemlier  3,  1838.  near  Zanesville,  Ohio. 
Her  falherlwas  a  native  of  ^Columbus,  Ohio,  and  a 
plasterer  by  trade,  which  he  followed  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  and  died  in  Ohio  in  1889.  The 
mother  was  born  in  the  city  of  London,  England, 
and  came  with  her  parents  to  America  when  quite 
young.  She  passed  away  prior  to  the  decease  of 
her  husband,  her  death  occurring  in  1881  in  Ohio. 
Of  the  three  children  born  to  them  only  two  are 
living,  the  one  besides  Mrs.  Mears  being  Mrs. 
Black,  a  resident  of  Ohio. 

Six  children  have  been  born  to  Mr.  Mears  and 
his  estimable  wife,  the  eldest  of  whom,  Mary  Louisa, 
is  the  wife  of  Jamc^s  Mack,  and  the  mother  of  two 
children;  James  Baxter  married  Miss  Vesta  Thur- 
low,  and  is  a  resident  of  Milan,  Kan.;  Alice  is  the 
wife  of  Thomas  Looper,  a  resident  of  Belle  Plaine, 
this  State;  Laura  married  J.  M.  Bunker,  is  the 
mother  of  one  child,  and  lives  in  Ryan  Township; 
J.  Welcome  and  Ellen  Blanche  remain  at  home 
with  their  parents. 

Mr.    and    Mrs.   Mears    are    connected    with    the 


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Church  of  Oofl.  Jlr.  Mears  was  forraei'ly  a  Class- 
Leader  in  the  IMetliodist  Episcopal  Cburcli  and  is 
identified  with  Ihe  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he 
has  held  the  (jllicc  of  .liinior  Deacon.  For  a  period 
of  eight  years  lie  has  served  on  the  school  board  of 
his  district  and  he  has  also  ofliciated  as  Road  Over- 
seer. His  political  sympatiiics  are  wilh  the  Union 
Labor  party- 

In  1863,  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War, 
Mr.  Mears  enlisted  in  Conii)an}'  E,  One  Ilnndred 
and  Fifty-ninth  Ohio  Infantry,  and  was  promoted 
to  Corporal  in  the  one-iiundred  days'  service.  Ilis 
duties  lay  around  Camp  Bradfoni  in  Maryland. 
After  serving  his  first  term  lie  re-enlisted  in  Com- 
pany B,  One  hundred  and  Flighty-ninth  Battalion, 
Ohio  Infantry,  and  was  stationed  at  Camp  Chase, 
being  held  as  a  I'eservt,  and  as  it  was  near  the  close 
of  the  war  was   not  re<|uired  in  the  acti\'e  strvice. 

Wl  LFRFD  LASHLEY  is  the  owner  and  occu- 
(.@^]j|  pant  of  a  valnalile  farm  on  section  ;3;3.  Os- 
14^  ford  Township,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
general  farming.  lie  came  to  this  county 
in  January.  1880.  and  the  following  August  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  si-'^ty  acres,  which  he  soon 
afterward  began  imjiroving,  putting  upon  it  such 
outbuildings  as  are  usually  erected  b}' an  enterpris- 
ing farmer,  and  substantial  fences,  and  cultivating 
it  thoroughly.  He  has  also  set  out  shade  trees,  a 
wind-break,  and  an  orchard  wliicli  is  considered  as 
fine  as  an}'  to  be  .seen  in  this  vicinity.  'J"he  estate 
is  ably  conducted,  and  the  fortunate  owner  is  a 
fine  representative  of  the  class  to  which  he  belongs. 
John  Lashley,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject, 
was  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  his  wife's  maiden  name 
w.as  Grace  Bortons,  and  moved  to  Ohio,  when  it  was 
a  new  country,  and  in  Warren  County,  Juno  8, 
1829,  a  son  was  born  to  him.  That  son,  David 
Lashley.  grew  to  maturity  in  his  native  State,  mar- 
ried, settled  on  a  farm,  and  is  still  living  in  his  na- 
tive county.  His  wife  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
.Sarah  Slack,  and  she  was  born  in  the  same  count}' 
as  liimsclf.  her  natal  day  being  July  2,  1826.  Her 
parents,  Job  and  Rebecca  (.Searle)  Slack,  were  early 


settlers  in  the  Buckeye  State,  to  wliich  they  came 
from  Pennsylvania,  and  the  father  was  a  mechanic. 
To  David  and  .Sarah  Lasiiley,  seven  children  were 
born:  Rebecca  A.,  our  subject.  Sylvester  S.,  Will- 
iam IL,  Florence  E.,  and  Robert  H..  still  survive; 
Marshall  F>.  is  deceased. 

The  subject  of  this  biograjiiiy  is  a  native  of  War- 
ren County,  Ohio,  where  his  eyes  first  opened  to  the 
light  November  26,  1857.  He  received  a  good 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
county,  and  comi>leted  his  studies  at  Waynesville, 
and  at  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  left  his  home 
to  become  a  resident  of  Kansas.  Ho  is  not  only 
succeeding  in  his  agricultural  work,  but  is  winning 
the  respect  of  all  with  whom  he  conies  in  contact. 
by  his  honoiaiile  dealing,  his  intelligence,  friendli- 
ness, and  excellent  moral  principles.  He  has  al- 
ready a  good  financial  standing,  and  bids  fair  to 
become  one  of  the  wealth}'  men  of  the  township  ere 
middle  age.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Farmers'  Alli- 
ance, and  casts  his  vote  with  tlie  Republican  party. 
He  belongs  to  the  United  Brethren  Church. 

Sylvester  Lashley,  lu-other  of  our  subject,  was 
also  born  in  Waireii  County,  Ohio,  and  there  grew 
to  maturity.  His  natal  day  was  November  23. 
18.t9.  and  after  finishing  his  education,  and  remain- 
ing with  his  parents  until  twenty-two  years  old.  he 
came  to  this  county  in  F'cbruary,  1882,  and  has 
since  spent  the  most  of  his  time  here.  He,  how- 
ever, took  up  a  claim  in  Grant  County,  on  which 
he  resided,  and  which  he  [iroved  up  on. 


^p^EORGF^  S.  HILL,  manager  (if  the  business 
II  i;^  of  the  Rock  Island  Lumber  Co'npany,  at 
\^44l  Caldwell,  is  comparatively  a  young  man 
starting  out  with  the  promise  of  making  for  him- 
self an  excellent  record.  He  was  born  in  East  Sul- 
livan, Me..  June  l.j,  1859.  and  is  the  son  of  Thomas 
B.  and  Pruda  (Simpson)  Hill,  who  were  likewise 
natives  of  the  Pine  Tree  State,  and  born  in  the 
same  place  as  their  son.  Thomas  B.  Hill  followed 
the  se.as  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  but  is  now  lo- 
cated at  ICast  Sullivan,  Me.,  where  they  are  peace- 
fully spending  their  declining  days.     There    were 


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born  to  them  five  children,  namely:  Elwood  W., 
George  S.,  H.  Ernest,  Arthur  T.,  and  Helen  C,  all 
of  whom  are  living,  making  their  homes  principally 
in  Maine.  Kansas  and  Novia  Scotia. 

'i'he  subject  of  this  notice,  the  second  ciiild  of 
his  parents,  removed  with  them  when  quite  young, 
to  East  Sullivan,  in  his  native  State,  where  he  at- 
tended the  common  school.  After  becoming  suffi- 
ciently advanced  in  his  studies,  he  entered  East 
ISIaine  Conference  Seminary,  at  Bucksport,  where 
lie  completed  his  studies.  He  commenced  his  busi- 
ness career  as  clerk  in  a  store  of  general  merchan- 
dise at  Bucksport,  Me.,  in  1883.  That  year  he 
sought  the  Far  West,  and  in  September  took  up  his 
abode  in  Caldwell,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business,  in  which  he  has  since  been  interested. 
He  has  imi)roved  his  opportunities  for  information 
in  this  line  of  trade,  and  is  thoroughly  posted  as  to 
ils  details.  Although  meddling  very  little  with 
politics,  he  gives  his  support  to  the  Republican 
party,  and  occupies  a  good  position  among  the 
Knights  of  P3thias. 

After  becoming  a  resident  of  Caldwell,  ;\L'.  Hill 
formed  the  acquaintance  of  ]\Iiss  P>mma  G.  Cragin, 
to  whom  he  was  wedded  March  II,  1886.  Mrs. 
Hill  was  born  in  Grotun,  Mass..  .luly  31,  1864.  and 
is  the  daughter  of  Rodney  and  Jennie  (Gill)  Cra- 
gin, who  were^naLives  of  Groton,  Mass.,  ami  are 
now  in  Caldwell.  Kan.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hill  occuin' 
a""neat  home[in  the  central  part  of  the  city,  also  a 
good  position,  sociallj'.  among  its  |)eople. 


ALVIX  B.  McAllister.  Although  by 
10  means  an  old  man,  this  gentleman  is  one 
of  the  old  settlers  of  the  county,  to  which 
he  came  in  the  spring  of  1870.  opening  a  bachelor's 
hall  in  Belle  Plaine  Township,  assisting  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  agricultural  resources  of  this 
section,  and  seeing  the  country  around  him  grow 
to  a  well-cultivated,  well-settled  and  prosperous 
region.  'I  he  characteristics  which  make  of  the 
'■canny  Scot"  so  reliable  a  citizen,  so  stanch  a 
friend,  and  so  brave  a  soldier  when  called  to  bat 
tie,  have  been  manifested  in  the  career   of  the  gen- 


tleman above-named,  who  from  both  lines  of 
descent  derives  these  traits,  and  that  pride  in  the 
family  name  which  is  also  a  leading  trait  in  the 
Scotch  character. 

James  and  Nancy  (Andrew)  McAllister  were  na- 
tives of  Franklin  County,  Pa.,  and  the  parents  of 
eleven  children,  of  whom  our  subject  is  the  tenth 
in  order  of  birth.  Of  this  familj'  all  the  survivors 
except  our  subject  are  living  in  Pennsylvania — 
^largaret  and  John  make  their  home  in  Adams 
County;  Alexander  is  deceased;  Mary,  Agnes  and 
Samuel  live  in  Adams  Countj';  Sarah  is  the  wife  of 
John  Young,  of  York  Count}':  Martha  and  Theo- 
dore live  in  Adams  County,  and  Robert  is  de- 
ceased. The  father  of  this  famil}'  died  about  the 
year  1870,  and  the  mother  survived  him  about 
four  years.  The  parental  home  was  within  one 
and  a  half  miles  of  the  town  of  Gett\'sburg,  and 
the  McAllister  estate  formed  a  part  of  the  historic 
and  memorable  battlefield. 

The  subject  of  this  biography  was  born  Septem- 
ber 15,  1844,  w,as  reared  to  manhood  on  a  farm  in 
Adams  Count}-,  Pa.,  and  received  his  education  in 
the  common  schot  Is.  He  was  still  in  his  teens  at 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  but  with  the  pat- 
riotism and  enthusiasm  manifested  by  so  many  of 
the  }(nith  of  the  land,  he  entered  the  Union  army 
in  December,  1863,  ,as  a  member  of  Company  B, 
Twenty-first  Pennsylvania  Cavalry.  The  band  to 
which  he  belonged  became  a  part  of  the  Second 
Brigade,  Second  Division  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Crook,  since 
so  widely  known  as  a  successful  Indian  fighter. 
Mr.  McAllister  iiarticipated  in  the  fight  at  Din- 
widdle Court-House,  at  Farmerville,  Sailor's 
Creek,  in  the  engagement  prior  to  the  surrender  of 
Lee  at  Appomrttox  Court- House,  and  in  numerous 
affrays  of  minor  importance,  his  conduct  in  every 
position  doing  honor  to  the  family  name. 

After  receiving  an  honorable  discharge,  in  June, 
186ij,  Mr.  McAllister  returned  to  his  native  county 
and  State,  whence  in  the  spring  of  1868  he  emi- 
grated to  Kansas.  For  some  two  years  he  re- 
mained near  Junction  City,  and  then  coming  to 
this  county,  pre-empted  one  luindrecl  and  sixty- 
acres  of  land  on  Cow  Skin  Creek.  Belle  Plaine 
Township.     There  he  lived  about  two  years,  at  the 


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expiration  of  wiiicli  tiiiK'  lie  boiighl  llic  quarter- 
section,  upoii  wliifli  lie  now  lives,  paying  .i;2,200 
for  it.  Aliout  sixty  acres  of  lireaking  had  l>eeii 
doiu-  u|ioii  it.  and  a  shanty  of  cottonwood  boards, 
ten  by  twelve  feet,  had  been  constructed.  Tiiis 
'■shack,"  to  use  the  Western  term,  was  the  haclielor 
home  of  Mr.  JNIcAllisler  until  a  lietter  structure 
could  be  put  up  and  take  its  place. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  McAllister  practiced 
the  self-denials  and  endured  the  discomforts  of 
life  in  a  l)achelor's  hall,  which,  although  sufficiently 
jolly  at  times,  is  scarcely  the  ideal  of  home  life, 
and  he  then,  on  January  1st,  1884.  took  to  himself 
a  wife  in  the  person  of  Miss  Emma  Xorth.  His 
bride  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  is  a  daughter  of  AVes- 
ley  and  Amelia  (Moore)  North,  who  settled  in  this 
county  about  the  year  1872,  and  a  sketch  of  wliom 
appears  on  another  page  of  this  work.  By  dint  of 
energy  and  hard  work  Mr.  McAllister  had  brought 
his  laud  to  a  fine  state  prior  to  his  marriage,  and 
is  able  to  provide  his  loved  companion  and  bright 
family  with  all  the  comforts  of  life,  and  he  receives 
an  ample  return  in  the  neatness,  order  and  added 
cheerfulness  to  be  found  under  his  roof.  Three 
children  have  come  to  bless  the  home — Ray.  born 
October  10,  1884;  and  Nellie  and  Noma  (twin 
girls)  November  IG,  1886. 

Mr.  McAllister  has  served  as  Clerk  of  Belle 
Plaiue  Township  three  terms.  He  belongs  to  the 
Grand  Armj^  of  the  Republic  Post,  at  Belle  Plaine, 
is  a  Republican  in  his  political  opinions  and  ballots, 
and  both  ■  he  and  his  wife  are  members  in  good 
standing  in  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


^  ONATHAN  H.  DAVIS,  a  Sumner  County 
pioneer  of  1873  and  one  of  the  Trustees  of 
Jackson  Township,  is  a  citizen  deserving  of 
more  than  a  passing  notice.  He  was  born 
near  Greenville,  Bond  County,  111.,  October  19, 
1840,  and  is  the  son  of  Mattliew  Davis,  a  n.ative  of 
Trigg  County.  Ky.  The  paternnl  grandfather,  the 
Rev.  Jonathan  Davis,  a  preacher  of  the  Ironclad 
Baiilist  persuasion,  was  born  and  reared  in  \irgini.a. 
Jonathan  Davis  when  a  young  man   left    his   na 


five  soil  and  removing  to  Kentucky,  established 
himself  among  the  earliest  pioneers  of  Trigg 
County.  He  remained  there  uutil  about  1815.  then 
emigrated  to  what  was  then  the  Territory  of  Illi- 
nois, locating  in  what  is  now  Bond  County.  There, 
likewise,  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.  The  re- 
moval from  the  Blue  Grass  State  was  made  with 
teams,  and  a  portion  of  the  way  had  to  be  cut 
through  the  v.ilderness  in  order  for  the  travelers 
to  reach  their  destintaion.  The  earthly  [jlans  and 
expectations  of  Grandfather  Davis  and  his  family 
were  cut  short  in  one  brief  year  by  his  death.  The 
widow  and  her  seven  children  soon  afterward  re- 
turned to  Kentuck}-  and  resideil  in  Trigg  and 
Christian  Counties.  Matthew,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  sojourned  in  that  region  until  1  808,  then 
returned  to  Illinois  accompanied  by  his  mother  and 
two  brothers.  This  time  tiiey  located  about  the 
center  of  Bond  County,  where  ^latthcw  purchased 
a  tract  of  wild  land,  part  prairie  and  part  timber, 
and  built  a  log  house.  In  the  mcivntime  he  was 
married  and  in  that  humble  dwelling  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  was  born. 

Matthew  Davis  was  a  resident  of  Bonil  County, 
111.,  until  October.  1843.  when  he  sold  out  and 
removed  to  Montgomery  County'.  There  he  jnir- 
chased  a  partially-improved  farm  near  the  town  of 
Donelson.  Of  this  twenty  acres  had  been  cleared 
and  a  set  of  log  buildings  had  been  erected.  Deer 
and  other  wild  animals  were  plentiful.  It  w.hs  be- 
fore tlie  days  of  railroads  and  i>t.  Louis,  sixty  miles 
distant,  was  the  nearest  market.  Stoves  were  un- 
known and  the  mother  performed  her  cooking  by 
the  fireplace.  She  also  spun  and  wove  wool  and 
flax  and  clad  her  children  in  cloth  made  by  her  own 
hands.  The  father  was  in  ill  health  for  some  years 
and  the  children  were  trained  to  habits  of  industry 
at  an  early  age.  ^Matthew  Davis  departed  this  life 
at  the  old  homestead  in  Montgomery  Count}-,  111., 
in  18,')8.  He  was  married  in  Illinois  to  Miss  Sarah 
Bentley,  a  native  of  Giles  County,  Tenn.  Grand- 
father Richard  Bentley  was  a  native  of  Virginia, 
whence  he  removed  to  Tennessee  and  from  there 
to  Bond  County,  III.,  during  its  earliest  settlement. 
He  there  spent  the  closing  years  of  his  life,  dying 
in  l<s7;i,  ill  the  eighty-ninth  year  of  his  age.  The 
maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth  Hayes. 


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The  motliei-  of  l\Ii'.  Davis  camo  to  this  coiint>'  in 
1873  and  died  at  his  home  in  Jaclison  'J'ownship  in 
August,  188G.  Of  her  t-liihlren.  seven  in  number, 
the  eldest,  Margaret  C.  A..  I)ecarae  the  wife  of 
David  D.  Moss,  now  deceased.  .Tonatlian  H.  was 
tiie  second  born;  Nancy. ''^larissa  E.,  Rieliard  li. 
and  James  B.  are  residents  of  Jackson  Township; 
.Sarah  E.  married  E.  M.  Desart  and  lives  in  South 
Haven  Township.  Jonathan  H.  was  reared  to  man"s 
estate  in  Montgomery  County.  111.,  where  ho  at- 
tended the  i)ioneer  schools  conducted  on  the  sub- 
scription plan.  The  temple  of  learning  was  a  log 
house  with  slab  benches  and  a  fireplace  extending 
nearly  .across  one  end.  The  chimney  was  made 
outside  of  earth  and  sticks  and  the  system  of  in- 
struction corresponded  very  well  with  the  sur- 
roundings of  the  pupils.  Toung  Davis  being  the 
eldest  son  he.  after  the  death  of  his  father  necces- 
sarily  assumed  much  of  the  care  of  the  family  and 
he  remained  with  his  mother,  superintending  the 
farm  until  a  man  of  twenty-seven  j'ears.  He  made 
his  home  there  until  coming  to  Kansa.s  in  1873.  and 
after  retiring  from  the  management  of  the  farm 
occupied  Inmself  as  a  carpenter. 

The  journey  to  the  Sunflower  State  was  made  by 
Mr.  Davis  overland  with  a  team  of  horses  and  a 
wagon,  he  being  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  his 
brother,  Kichard  B.  They  arrived  in  this  county 
on  the  6th  of  April,  1873,  when  the  countr}'  was 
thinlv  settled  and  Wichita,  forty  miles  away,  was 
the  nearest  market  and  railroad  station.  Mr.  Davis 
entered  a  claim  to  a  tract  of  Government  land  on 
section  27.  in  what  is  now  Jackson  Township,  filing 
the  same  in  the  land  olHce  at  Wichita.  He  put  up  a 
box  house,  12x14  feet  in  dimensions  and  commenced 
at  first  principles  in  the  development  of  a  farm. 
He  resided  there  five  years,  effecting  good  improve- 
ments, then  sold  out  and  removed  to  that  whereon 
he  now  resides.  Deer,  buffalo  and  other  wild  game 
was  plentiful  a  few  miles  west  of  his  present  home- 
stead at  the  time  of  his  settlement  here.  He  has 
watched  the  march  of  events  in  his  adopted  State 
with  that  interest  only  felt  b}-  the  intelligent  and 
public-spirited  citizen,  and  in  adding  to  the  value 
of  the  taxable  property  of  .Sumner  Count\'  has  thus 
contributed  his  full  quota  to  its  prosperity. 

The  wife  of  !Mr.  Davis,  to  whom  he  was  married 


in  Montgomery  County  February  23,  1873,  was  in 
her  girlhood  ]\Iiss  Elizabeth    Desart.     Mrs.  Davis 

t  was  born  in  Edgar  County,  111.,  and  is  the  daughter 
of  George  and  Emil}'  (Martin)  Desart,  who  were 
natives  of  Ohio  and  New  York  and  are  now  de- 
ceased. This  union  resulted  in  the  birth  of  three 
children,  all  daughters — Olive,  Emily  and  August.i. 
They  are  a  bright  and  promising  trio  and,  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  state,  the  pride  of  their  parents' 
hearts. 

Mr.  Davis  cast  liis  first  Presidential  vote  for  Gen. 

[  McClellan  and  has  since  remained  a  steadfast  sup- 
porter of  the  principles  of  the  J^emocratic  partv. 
He  is  serving  his  sixth  term  as  the  Trustee  of  Jack- 
son Township,  and  luas  been  the  candidate  of  his 
party  for  the  State  Legislature.  He  belongs  to 
Lodge  No.  2,)5,  A.  F.  6z  A.  M..  and  is  prominently' 
connected  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 


,>  ORNELIUS    I.  CUSHMAN.     The  farming 


ft  ^^    community    of    Soutl 
'^^(    recognizes  in  Mr.  Cnsl 


1  Haven  Township 
hman  one  of  its  most 
faithful  representatives,  althougli  he  has  only  been 
a  resident  of  Kans.as  since  1883.  Tliat  year  he  came 
to  this  county  supplied  with  a  reasonable  amount 
of  hard  cash,  and  purchased  three  hundred  and 
thirty -three  acres  of  wild  land  on  section  9.  B\-  a 
course  of  unflagging  industry,  he  has  now  one 
hundred  acres  under  the  plow,  has  erected  a  sub- 
stantial frame  residence  with  a  barn,  corn  cribs, 
granary  and  other  necessary  structures,  and  li.as 
set  out  an  apple  orchard,  together  with  trees  of  the 
small  friuts.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  live  stock, 
mostly  cattle  and  swine  of  good  giades. 

A  native  of  Windsor  County,  Vt..  Mr.  Cushraan 
was  born  June  21,  1839,  and  was  there  reared  to 
manhood  on  a  farm.  His  father,  John  Cushman. 
Jr.,  was  also  of  New  England  birth,  and  the  son  of 
John,  Sr..  who  was  born,  and  reared  his  family 
chiefly  in  Vermont,  where  he  spent  his  last  d.ays. 
John,  .Jr.,  remained  a  resident  of  his  native  county 
until  reaching  manhood,  and  was  then  marrie<l  to 
Miss  Fanny,  daughter  of  Raszeli  Spaulding.  There 
were  born  to  them  seven  children,  of  whom   Cor- 


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nelius  I.  was  next  to  the  youngest.  IIu  ;ui(l  liis 
brother,  Eclmund  E.,  are  the  only  siiivi\  ini;  meni- 
bers  of  the  family. 

Mr.  Ciishinan  remained  a  resident  of  liis  native 
State  until  November,  1868,  then,  leaving  New 
England,  emigrated  to  Illinois,  and  was  a  resident 
of  Jacksonville  until  the  winter  of  1873.  Next, 
crossing  the  Mississippi,  he  established  himself  as  a 
resident  of  Fairmount,  Neb.,  where  he  was  employed 
as  a  clerk  in  a  store  three  years.  In  the  meantime, 
in  1876,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Isabel  Perry. 
There  were  born  to  them  one  child,  a  son,  Aubert 
J.,  and  Mrs.  Cushman  died  April  28,  1879,  aged 
twent3'-nine  years.  In  1876,  Mr.  Cushman  removed 
to  Claj'  County,  Neb.,  where  he  prosecuted  farming 
until  coming  to  this  county. 

Our  subject  contracted  a  second  marriage  April 
1,  1889,  with  Miss  Hannah  M.,  daughter  of  Carson 
and  Christina  E.  (Meyer)  Ehlers.  Mrs.  Hannah 
Cushman  was  born  in  Adams  County,  III.,  of 
parents  who  were  natives  of  Germany.  Her  mother 
carae  to  America  with  her  mother  and  sister  in 
1856,  and  located  in  Illinois.  Mr.  Ehlers  came  to 
the  same  state  in  1854,  and  was  there  married.  In 
1886  they  came  to  Kansas  and  purchased  a  farm  in 
Falls  Township,  upon  which  they  still  live.  In 
the  fatherland  they  were  members  in  good  standing 
of  the  German  Lutheran  Church. 

During  the  progress  of  the  late  Civil  War,  Mr. 
Cushman  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier  in  Company 
A,  Twelfth  Vermont  Infantrj-,  and  served  as  a  i)ri- 
vate  nine  months.  Politically,  he  votes  independ- 
ently. He  became  a  member  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  Illinois,  and  joined  the 
Farmers'  Alliance  after  coming  to  this  county. 

The  Cushman  famil)',  it  is  supposed,  originated 
in  England,  and  the  Orst  representative  in 
America  was  one  Robert  Cushman,  who  was  born 
about  1585,  and  was  one  of  the  band  who  left  his 
native  land  for  the  sake  of  religions  freedom.  To 
him  had  been  given  the  responsible  task  of  going 
to  London  and  hiring  a  vessel  larger  than  the  May- 
flower, of  "burden  about  nine  score,"  and  to  see 
that  she  was  sent  around  to  Southampton,  there  to 
meet  their  companions  from  Holland.  These  facts 
are  selected  from  a  work  compiled  as  the  ••Cushman 
Genealog.y."     The    Cushmans    later    flourished    in 


both  Massaclftisetts  and  ^'errnllnt,  and  were  people 
generally  well-to-do,  noted  for  their  industry, 
honesty  and  moral  worth  generally.  They  experi- 
enced all  the  inconveniences  and  discomforts  inci- 
dental to  the  early  settlement  of  New  England,  and 
in  all  the  relations  of  life  conducted  themselves  in 
a  manner  which,  as  the  records  show,  should  be  a 
matter  of  pride  to  their  descendants. 


-'»^}{^°^«— 


>'t3^^"'" 


^OHN  KIKLOR.  The  number  of  compar.a- 
tively  young  men  who  occupy  positions  of 
public  responsibility ,carry  on  extensive  busi- 
/  ness  operations,  and  own  large  and  v.aluable 
estates  in  the  great  expanse  west  of  the  Mississippi 
River,  is  a  continual  source  of  surprise  and  com- 
ment to  Eastern  visitors,  who  are  accustomed  to 
see  such  places  occupied  either  by  men  of  middle 
age  or  as  an  inheritance  from  those  who  have  lived 
long  in  the  East.  The  above-named  gentleman, 
though  still  young,  is  in  a  position  of  financial 
pros])erity  highly  creditable  to  his  own  energy  and 
ability,  and  is  justly  considered  one  of  the  most 
substantial  and  progressive  agriculturists  of  Greene 
Township. 

Mr.  Fiklor  carae  to  this  county  in  .I:uni;u-v. 
1878,  and  pre  empted  one  hundred  and  sixt}-  acres 
of  land  on  section  "29,  and  to  that  acreage  he  has 
added  until  his  landed  ('State  now  comprises  eight 
hundred  acres,  principally  located  in  Greene  Town- 
ship, and  bearing  improvements  which  are  more 
than  usually  adequate,  substantial,  and  attractive 
in  appearance.  He  is  one  of  the  largest  dealers  in 
stock  in  this  county,  his  herd  of  cattle  ^numbering 
some  Ave  hundred  head.  Since  youth  he  has  been 
engaged  in  farming,  and  endeavors  in  every  de- 
partment of  .agriculture  to  keep  up  with  the  times 
in  the  use  of  modern  and  labor-saving  machinery; 
he  takes  the  advantage  of  every  opportunity  to  in- 
crease the  quantity  and  qualitj^  of  his  farm  pvo- 
ducts,  and  keeps  fine  grades  of  stock,  exhibiting 
good  judgment  in  the  qualities  most  desirable  in 
them.     That  he  has  met  with  success  in  his  vinder- 


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takings  is  evidenced  by  a  lithographic  engraving 
of  his  homestead,  presented  clsswliorc  in  this  vol- 
ume. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Eilvlor  tool<  place  February  2, 
lKo2.  in  DeKalb  County.  111.,  which  was  his  home 
until  he  reached  the  age  of  twelve  j'ears.  Then, 
accom|)anying  his  parents  to  ^IcLean  County,  he 
there  grew  to  manhood,  making  it  his  home  until 
he  came  West.  There  also  his  father  died,  about 
two  years  after  settling  in  the  county.  Mr.  Kiklor 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Kmcline  Olm- 
sted, also  a  native  of  I^eKalb  County,  December 
17,  1  H72.  Four  bright  children — Daisj",  Andrew, 
Herman  and  Lawrence — have  come  to  bless  their 
union.  Mrs.  Eiklor  is  a  woman  of  intelligent  and 
cultureci  mind,  practical  domestic  acquirements, 
and  consistent  Christian  character. 

Mr.  Eiklor  belongs  to  the  Re[)ublican  part}', 
and  while  neither  an  aspirant  for  political  honors 
nor  what  is  commonly  known  as  a  politician,  is 
deeply  interested  in  tlie  success  of  the  principles 
in  which  he  believes,  and  in  the  election  of  the 
candidates  in  whose  hands  he  believes  the  reins  of 
(Government  will  be  most  wisely  held.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  an;  members  of  the  Methodist  Church,  and 
it  is  needless  to  sa>'  that  they  have  many  warm 
friends  in  the  community  and  are  held  in  higli  es- 
teem by  all  who  know  them. 

--. ^^ ^ 


HARLES  F.  HORNER,  in  whose  death  this 
,  _  county  lost  one  of  her  earliest  pioneers  and 
'^^^/  most  highly  esteemed  citizens,  was  a  native 
of  Oettysburg,  Adams  County,  Pa.,  his  natal  day 
having  been  A])ril  29,  1848.  He  was  a  son  of 
John  and  .lane  Horner,  of  the  same  count}',  w;is 
reared  on  a  farm,  and  received  his  early  education 
in  the  district  schools.  He  lost  his  mother  by 
death  when  he  was  about  seventeen  years  old.  He 
remained  in  his  native  State  until  eighteen  3-ears.of 
age,  when  he  came  to  Kansas,  following  various  oc- 
cupations here  during  th?  first  years  of  his  sojourn. 
He  and  his  brother.  D.  \V.  Horner,  herded  cattle 
here  before  Sumner  County  was  organized,  and 
they  liuilt  one  of    the  lirst  houses  within  its  limits. 


Among  the  emplo^'ments  in  which  Mr.  Horner 
was  engaged,  was  that  of  milling,  but  his  principal 
occuputiou  wris  buying  and  selling  cattle.  In  1870 
he  pre-empted  land  in  Belle  Plaine  Township, 
his  location  being  on  the  Arkansas  bottoms,  where 
he  resided  a  short  time,  and  then  n^jved  to  within 
a  half  mile  of  the  village  of  Belle  Plaine,  where  he 
was  a  resident  until  liis  death.  That  sad  event 
occurred  on  the  9th  of  January,  1889,  and  was 
made  doubly  sad  by  the  suddenness  with  which  the 
dreadful  blow  fell.  Mr.  Horner  seemed  as  well  as 
usual  during  that  day  except  for  a  slight  pain  in 
his  back,  of  which  nothing  serious  was  thought. 
During  the  evening,  however,  it  was  thought  best 
to  call  a  physician,  and  his  devoted  wife  sent  word 
to  his  brother,  that  "Charley"  did  not  seem  well. 
The  brother  and  a  friend  went  to  the  house  about 
eleven  o'clock,  found  ]Mr.  Horner  in  good  spirits. 
and  inclined  to  joke  about  the  matter.  Shortly 
after  their  arrival  the  Doctor  gave  him  a  soothing- 
potion,  and  requested  him  to  lie  down  and  try  to 
sleep.  He  was  attended  up  stairs  to  his  room  by 
his  wife,  who,  after  seeing  him  comfortably  dis- 
posed for  rest,  returned  below,  thinking  he  would 
fall  asleep  in  a  few  minutes,  but  on  going  back  to 
the  room  a  short  time  afterward,  she  found  that 
life  had  departed.  Although  no  noise  had  been 
perceptible  to  those  below,  it  was  evident  from  the 
position  of  the  lifeless  body,  that  Mr.  Horner  had 
risen  and  fallen  across  the  bed.  So  suddenly  did 
apoplexy  remove  an  honored  citizen  from  the  midst 
of  his  fellowmen. 

The  family  from  which  a  kind  and  loving  hus- 
band and  father  was  thus  removed,  comprised  a  wife 
and  three  children.  Mrs.  Horner,  who  has  the  sym- 
pathy of  many  devoted  friends  in  her  sad  bereave- 
ment, is  a  native  of  (xettysburg,  Pa.,  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Margaret  A.  Knox,  of  that  place,  .and  was 
united  in  marriage  with  him  whose  loss  she  now 
mourns.  November  7,  1883.  The  first  child  born 
of  this  hai)py  union,  is  Edith,  whose  natal  day  was 
August  21,  11S84;  John  B.  added  his  presence  to 
the  family  circle  May  23,  1886;  and  Margaret  C. 
October  IG,  1888.  Mrs.  Kate  M.  Horner  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which  her  de- 
ceased husband  held  high  standing.  She  still  lives 
near  Belle  Plaine,  owning  her   residence  with  ten 


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acres  of  land  siii  roundins;  il.  and  one  liuiidri'd  anil 
sixty  acres  near  Con\Ta\'  Springs. 

Mr.  Horner  belonged  to  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
and  gave  his  political  affiliation  to  the  Re|)ul)licaii 
l)arty.  Like  other  pioneers  he  had  endured  some 
of  the  hardshi|)s  attending  the  early  settlers,  and  as 
he  had  no  one  to  start  him  in  life,  his  snecess  was 
due  to  his  i)ersonal  efforts  and  capability.  The 
prosperity  at  winch  he  had  arrived  was  a  source  of 
rejoicing  to  all  wlio  knew  him,  as  he  had  ever  man- 
ifested the  generous  and  whole-souled  S|)irit  winch 
viewed  with  favor  every  movement  that  would  ad- 
vance the  interests  of  the  comiininity.  would  ele- 
vate the  standard  of  morality  and  good  citizenship, 
and  lead  U>  a  higher  and  nobler  civilization. 


/^  HARLKS  KUMI5LE.     If  great  credit  is  due 
(I  to  the  men  and  women  who  do  the   pioneer 

^^(7  work  in  any  section  of  countr}'  and  o|)en 
the  way  for  the  advance  of  civilization,  how  much 
greater  credit  should  be  accorded  those  who  take 
their  |)laces  upon  the  frontier  in  one  section  after 
another,  doing  a  double  share  of  the  labor  and  un- 
dergoing a  double  share  of  the  privations  and  dan- 
gers which  surround  the  lives  of  the  early  settlers. 
The  gentleman  above  named,  who  is  now  the  owner 
of  a  fine  tract  of  land  in  Wellington  Township,  is 
not  onl}'  a  pioneer  of  this  county  but  in  another 
section  of  this  State  was  also  an  early  settler  and 
developed  a  tract  of  land,  reclaiming  it  from  the 
primitive  condition  and  makinii'  of  it  n  valualilc 
estate. 

Mr.  Rumble  is  a  native  of  "Merric  England,"  in 
which  country  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John 
Rumble,  were  also  born  and  where  they  were  i-earcd 
and  married.  In  1 «;!  1  they  left  their  native  land 
and,  with  their  children,  crossed  the  Atlantic  and 
settled  near  Toronto,  Canada,  in  a  section  which 
was  then  sparsely  inhabited.  Tlu>i-c  the  father  of 
ovir  subject  was  employed  at  various  occupations 
for  a  few  years  when  he  purchased  twenty  acres  of 
land  twenty  miles  from  Toronto,  in  N'aughn  Town- 
ship, where  he  builla  set  of  log  buildings  and  lived 


uiitd  after  the  death  of  his  wife.  lie  then  sold  his 
[U'operty  and  lived  with  his  children  in  the  Domin- 
i(jn.  all  of  whom  o.Kcept  our  subject  remained  there. 
The  family  comprised  eight  sons  and  daughters — 
Thonnis,  William.  Robert.  John.  George.  Charles. 
Mary  and  Lucy. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  about  six  years 
old  when  the  family  came  to  the  New  World,  and 
he  was  re.areii  in  Canada,  whence  about  the  year 
18.").')  he  removed  to  the  I'nited  States.  He  located 
m  LaSalle  County,  111.,  wdiich  was  then  a  new 
country  in  which  Ottawa,  twenty  miles  distant 
from  his  home,  was  the  nearest  railroad  station  and 
depot  for  supplies.  He  purchased  a  tr.act  of  prai- 
rie land  in  Otter  Creek  Township,  which  was  un- 
l)roken  and  unimproved  and  u|)on  which  he  at  once 
(U'ected  a  frame  house  1(5x14  feet,  and  began  other 
necessary  improvnments  and  which  he  cultivated 
and  made  his  home  until  1874.  He  then  sold  and 
turning  his  face  WestwanL  arrived  in  this  county 
on  the  !)th  of  M.ay. 

Mr.  Ruml)le  thought  best  to  rent  a  farm  and 
raise  a  crop  that  year  while  looking  about  for  a 
l)lace  that  woidd  suit  him  as  a  permanent  location. 
The  |)eoi)le  who  were  living  here  in  the  year  187  1 
will  always  remember  that  as  the  ''grasshopper 
year"  and  our  subject,  witli  other  residents,  suf- 
fered the  loss  of  his  entire  crop,  as  the  grasshopers 
came  in  clouds  and  devoured  every  green  thing, 
leaving  corn-stalks  as  bare  as  bean  poles.  In  the 
fall  of  that  year  .Mr.  Rumble  purt'hased  the  south- 
east quarter  of  section  8,  in  Wellington  Township, 
which  was  an  unbroken  tr.act  of  prairie  land.  He 
continued  his  work  as  a  renter  for  two  years  and 
then  located  upon  his  own  estate  where  he  has  since 
resided  and  where  he  liegan  making  improvements 
immediately  after  taking  possession.  It  is  a  line 
body  of  land  lying  on  the  Slate  Creek  bottoms  and 
capable  of  producing  excellent  crops.  During  the 
lirst  few  years  of  Mr.  Rumble's  residence  here  an- 
telope were  to  be  seen  from  his  iloor,  and  deer  and 
bison  were  plentiful  a  few  miles  farther  west; 
Wichita  was  the  nearest  railroad  station  and  niai  kct 
for  farm  produce,  and  all  the  travel  throughout 
this  viiinity  was  accomplished  with  teams  or  on 
foot. 

I'hc  Lady  who  for  over  thirty  years  presided  <)ver 


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the  hoiisc'liold  ceononn'  of  i\Ir.  RuinMe's  lidiiie, 
faithfully  (Usch:iro-ini)'  tlie  duties  which  dcvnlveit 
upon  hci-  sphere  in  life  .'ind  eiie<>iir:iyinu-  him  in  his 
lahors,  was  a  native  of  Clenrlield  C'iiiiiit\ .  l*;i  .  and 
the  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between  them 
in  1854.  Her  maiden  name  was  Elizabeth  C'orle, 
and  she  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac  and  .Tane  Corlo, 
natives,  respectively  of  New  .Jersey  and  Pennsyl- 
vania. The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rumble  re- 
sulted in  the  birth  of  seven  children — Isaac,  Miriam 
.1.,  Lucy  May,  Mary  A..  Rella  Belle,  Phoibc  A., 
and  Elizabeth  R.  The  wife  and  mother  was  torn 
from  her  family  by  the  hand  of  death  May  18, 
188.5,  deeply'  re<j;retl.ed  bj'  many  friends  and  espe- 
cially by  the  home  circle  wiiereiu  liei-  virtues  were 
best  known  and  understood. 


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^p^EORGE  M.  D.  HINCKLE,  a  representative 
'|[  ,^— ,  farmer  and  stock-raiser  residing  on  section 
^i^J  '.),  Belle  I'laine  Township,  is  the  subject  of 
this  brief  biography.  He  was  born  March  28,  184(), 
in  Frederick  County,  Va.,  to  Daniel  and  Mary  J. 
(Duckwall)  Ilinckle.  The  parents  were  born  na- 
tives of  Virginia,  the  father  of  Daniel  Hiiickle  hav- 
ing settled  in  Frederick  County,  uiion  his  arrival 
as  an  emigrant  from  (Germany  man}'  years  before. 
The  parental  familv  consisted  of  live  children, 
named  respectively:  Mary  C,  wife  of  John  Shade, 
resides  in  Sedgwick  Count}^  Kan.;  Rebecca,  de- 
ceased; George  M.  D.,  the  subject  of  this  notice; 
Sarah  E.  is  the  wife  of  Dr.  W.  B.  Hollis,  and  re- 
sides in  Virginia;  and  William  A.  P.,  who  resides 
in  Belle  Plaine  Township,   Kan. 

Mr.  Ilinckle  was  reared  in  his  native  State  to  the 
occupation  of  a  farmer.  His  educational  advan- 
tages were  limited,  being  confined  to  the  early  suli- 
sciiption  schools  of  the  State,  which  were  far  from 
being  etiicient  in  either  method  or  scope  of  instruc- 
tion. Realizing  the  benefits  to  be  conferred  by 
knowledge,  our  subject  was  not  discouraged  at  the 
little  o|>portunities  which  were  within  his  reach,  but 
applied  himself  diligently  to  reading  and  stu<ly  of 
such  snbjects  as  were  [neseiited  to  him    from    lime 


U)  time.  B\-  this  means  he  became  well  acquainted 
with  all  the  leading  topics  of  the  day,  and  has  al- 
ways kept  abreast  of  the  general  trend  of  modern 
thought. 

When  jAIr.  Ilinckle  was  in  his  twentieth  year,  he 
left  home  and  went  to  Portland  Ky.,  where  he 
clerked  in  a  store  for  about  ten  months,  then  went 
north  as  far  as  Macoupin  County,  111.,  where  lie 
hired  out  as  a  farm-hand.  He  followed  the  latter 
occupation  for  about  two  years,  receiving  $2,5  per 
month,  and  his  board.  Subsequently  he  rented 
land  in  the  same  county,  and  farmed  it  one  season 
then  moved  to  Montgomery  Count}',  HI.,  where  he 
oi)erated  a  farm  two  years  for  another  man,  receiv- 
ing one-half  of  the  products  as  his  share.  He  left 
Illinois  in  the  spring  of  1872,  and  located  on  sec- 
tion 34,  Salem  Township,  Sedgwick  County,  Kan., 
where  he  resided  a  number  of  years.  He  then  went 
to  Mulvane.  Kan.,  where  he  handled  stock  for  a 
time,  then  removed  to  his  present  place  in  tlie 
spring  of  1886,  where  he  has  since  lived. 

I'pon  first  coming  to  Kansas,  Mr.  Hinekle  |)re- 
em()ted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Sedgvvick 
County,  when  it  was  in  a  perfect!}-  raw  condition, 
with  no  improvements,  and  but  few  neighboro. 
The  usual  hardships  of  a  pioneer  fell  to  his  lot,  but 
he  was  made  of  sterner  stuff  tlian  to  mind  a  little 
trouble  when  the  object  in  view  was  a  home  of  his 
own.  He  persevered  in  his  work,  and,  after  keip. 
ing  bachelor's  hall  for  some  time,  in   1874,  on    the 

a 

lOtli  of  November,  was  united  in  marriage  to  Mi?s 
Lillie  Wilson,  a  daughter  of  David  O.,  and  Corne- 
lia D.  Wilson.  They  are  now  residents  of  Stevens 
County,  Kan.,  but  were  at  the  time  of  the  marriige 
of  their  daughter,  residents  of  .Sedgwick  County. 
Mrs.  Ilinckle  was  born  Januar}'  14,  18.58,  in  Ran- 
dolph County,  W.  Va.,  is  a  lady  of  domestic  habits, 
and  is  a  model  wife  and  mother.  There  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hinekle,  three  children,  win. 
are  named  res[)ectively:  Pearl;  Earl,  deceased; 
and  Mabel.  Mr.  Ilinckle  and  his  wife  are  both  ac- 
tive and  eflieient  members  of  the  church  known  as 
the  United  Brethren  in  Christ.  They  are  no;  oiih 
regular  in  their  attendance  upon  its  services,  find 
liberal  contributors  to  its  financial  prosperity,  but 
in  many  other  ways  are  zealous  in  their  labors  of 
love  for  the  Lord.    Their  duties  to  their  home  and 


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church,  do  not.  hottpvor,  interfere  with  llieir  par- 
tieipalion  in  tlie  i)le!isiires  and  refinements  of  so- 
ciety, nor  in  their  obligations  to  the  coinniuiiity  in 
general.  They  are  over  ready  to  assist  the  right 
whether  in  political  affairs  of  tlie  State  or  Nation, 
or  in  the  more  immediate  concerns  of  tiieir  own 
county. 

Mr.   Iliucklo    owns  three    hundred    and    twenty 
acres  of  land  in  Sumner  Countj^  in  addition  to  tliat 
already  mentioned  as  lielonging  to  him  in  Sedgwiek 
County.      lie  is  a  self-made    man,  having   accumu- 
lated .'dl  his  present  pro|)erty  since  he  hegaii  life  as 
an  humble  hired    farm   hand.      Industry   and  good 
management  have  lieen  the  principal  factors  in  the 
success  which  he  has  achieved.     He  is  not  a  |)oliti- 
can.  and  has  no  desire  for   oflice.   i)referring   home 
life  to  the  agitation  of  pulilic  affairs,  but.  neverthe- 
less, he  keeps  [tosted  in  all  issues  of  national  or  lo- 
cal importance.      He  afliliates  with  the  Prohdiition 
|)arty.  but  is  not  a  strict  party  man,  aiming  to  vote 
for  the  best  man  irrespective  of  party,     lie   was  a 
member  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry   when   that 
organization  had  an   existence.     His   experience  in 
this  county  dates  back   to   its   beginning.     He  has 
witnessed   its  graihial  improvement  and   develop- 
ment from   a   wild   jirairie   where  the    Indian    and 
buffalo  hold   full   sway,   to  the   present,    when   the 
forces    emanating    from    the    brain    of    man    have 
changed  it  to  a  fit  residence  for  refined  people,  and 
made  it  the  dwelling  place  of  cheerful    pirosperity. 
The  parents  of  Mr.  Ilinekle  were  l)Oth  "inembers 
of  the  denomination  known  as  the  Tnited  Hrothicn 
in   Christ,  and    were    woi'th)'   and    devout    people. 
The  father  of    Mr.  Hinckle  was  a  local  preacher  in 
that  church.     Mi',  and  Airs.  Hinckle  are  natives  of 
Virginia   and   West   N'irginia.    respectively,  where 
they  have  many  fiiends. 


ICH.VRI)    1'..   DAXIS.      For  the  past  sixteen 
years  Mi'.  Davis  has  been  a  contin\u)us  resi- 
JLs\V       dent  of  tliis  i.ounty.  and    during   this    time 
\^has  lived  at  his  present  homestead   on   sec- 
tion 27,  Jackson  Township,      lie  shared  in    the   la- 
bors and  struggles  of    liie   early    pioneers,   and    h:is 


inade  for  himself  a  good  record,  having  been  a 
peaceful  and  law-abiding  citizen,  attending  closely 
to  his  own  concerns,  and  in  assisting  in  the  de- 
velopment of  a  good  farm,  has  thus  contributed  his 
cpiota  to  the  growth  and  pros|)erity  of  his  adopted 
county. 

Mr.  Davis  is  a  native  of  Illinois,  having  been 
born  in  Bear  Creek  Precinct,  Montgomery  County, 
November  2fi,  1846.  He  is  the  second  son  of  Mat- 
thew and  Sarah  (Bentiej')  Davis,  further  mention 
of  whom  is  made  in  the  sketch  of  the  brother  of 
our  subject,  .1.  H.  Davis,  on  another  page  in  this 
volume. 

As  soon  as  large  enough,  young  Davis  was  sent 
to  the  pioneer  school  of  his  neighborhood,  and  at 
an  early  age,  he  also  was  required  to  assist  in  the 
labors  of  the  farm  as  far  as  his  strength  would  per- 
mit. His  father  died  when  he  was  a  lad  of  twelve, 
and  he  continued  at  the  homestead  during  the  years 
which  followed,  assisting  his  mother  in  the  support 
of  tiu>  family,  and  remaining  under  the  old  roof- 
tree  until  1873.  Then,  in  company  with  his 
brother,  .Tonathan  H.,  he  started  out  for  tb.e  coun- 
try west  of  the  .Mississippi,  overland  with  a  tea'm. 
making  his  way  to  ihis  county.  Much  of  the  l;uid 
in  this  region  was  at  that  time  owned  by  the  Gov- 
ernment, and  was  thinly  settled,  presenting  a  wild 
picture  of  frontier  life. 

The  land  selected  b}-  Mr.  Davis,  comprised  the 
s<jutheast  quarter  of  section  28,  in  what  is  now 
Jackson  'I'ownship.  and  after  he  had  filed  his  claim. 
:  he  returned  to  Illinois  to  settle  up  his  alTairs.  In 
the  fall  of  that  same  year,  he  started  on  the  retiirn 
journey  to  Kansas,  accompanied  by  his  ni'ither,  his 
sisters,  and  a  younger  brother,  journeying  as  lie- 
fore,  overland  with  a  team.  The  mother,  upon  her 
arrival  here,  selected  the  soutlnvest  quarter  of  sec- 
tion 27.  as  her  iiro|ierty,  entering  the  same  at  the 
Laiid  Olllee  at  Wichita.  l|ion  this  land  a  house 
was  at  once  put  u|),  and  other  buildings  added  as 
time  and  means  allowed.  Mr.  Davis  and  his  broth- 
ers jiroceedcd  with  the  improvement  of  the  joint 
farm,  and  the  mother  resided  with  them  until  her 
death,  in  August,  1880. 

The  two  sisters,  Nancy  and  Clarissa,  continue 
their  residence  at  the  homestead.  The  latter  now 
presents   the    picture   of    a    thoroughly    improved 


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frinu.  which  lias  been  enlarged  from  its  original 
[iidportiuns,  comprising  now  two  huiulred  and 
forty  acres,  and  embellished  with  substantial  build- 
ings. 

Mr.  Davis  for  llio  i)ast  few  years  lias  given  con- 
siderable attention  to  stock-raising,  in  which  indus- 
try he  has  been  fairl}-  successful.  lie  still  pursues 
his  life  of  single  blessedness,  his  sisters  presiding 
over  his  domestic  affairs,  and  he  has  accumulated  a 
siitticlency  of  this  world's  goods  to  defend  him 
.against  want  in  his  declining  years.  In  summing  up 
the  list  of  the  earlj'  pioneers  of  this  county,  it  must 
be  .acknowledged  that  Mr.  Davis,  one  of  tlie  most 
worthy,  has  performed  well  his  part,  and  is  amply 
worthy  of  representation  in  a  work  designed  to 
perpetuate  tiieir  names  and  deeds. 


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■'OlIN  T.  McMillan,  one  of  the  earliest 
I  settlers  of  Sumner  County,  resides  on  the 
southwest  quarter  of  section  .34,  Belle  Plaine 
Townshii).  He  was  born  December  6,  1833, 
in  Jefferson  County.  Ind.,  to  John  and  Mary  (Shan- 
non) McMillan.  The  father  was  a  native  of  Ayr, 
Scotlanil,  and  emigrated  to  America  in  October. 
1803,  locating  first  in  New  York  and  afterward  re- 
moving to  Lexington,  Ky.,  September  12,  1805. 
He  was  a  Rue  architect  and  followed  that  profes- 
sion in  both  of  the  above-named  places  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  T'he  mother  of  our  subject  was  born 
ill  Fayette  County,  Ky.,  and  was  a  daughter  of 
George  Shannon,  wlui  settled  in  Jefferson  County, 
Ind.,  in  the  early  days  of  its  history  when  ever\'- 
thing  was  new  and  the  future  gave  little  promise 
of  the  wonderful  development  that  was  to  come. 

The  father  and  mother  of  our  subject  were  united 
in  marriage  April  26,  1815.  They  had  a  family  of 
eight  children,  of  whom  John  T.  is  the  youngest  in 
order  of  birth.  Their  eldest  son,  George,  was  a 
minister  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church  until 
death  relieved  him.  The  rest  of  the  family  were 
all  members  of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  The  Shan- 
non family  was  of  considerable  note  in  that  new 
country,  as  they  invested  in  quite  a  body  of  choice 


hind,  and  the  uncle  of  this  subject,  George  ShaniKjn. 
was  the  firs',  Surveyor  in  this  part  of  the  State,  and 
did  much  valualile  work  for  the  community  in 
which  he  lived. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  reared  in  his 
native  county,  and  after  a  thorough  course  in 
the  common  school,  ho  attenried  the  Hanover 
College  awhile.  This  institution  is  located  in 
Hanover,  Inil.,  and  is  the  oldest  Presbj'lerian  col- 
let;e  in  the  State.  The  father  of  our  subject  was  a 
hardware  merchant  for  a  number  of  j^ears  and 
besides  this,  he  was  the  owner  of  two  fine  farms, 
one  of  which  he  had  farmed  himself,  and  after  the 
death  of  his  father,  John  T.  being  then  not  quite 
twelve  years  of  age,  he  and  his  mother  lived  on 
the  farm  and  followed  agricultural  pursuits  until 
the  year  1856.  His  mother  died  September  21, 
1855,  and  a  portion  of  1857  he  spent  in  Illinois 
and  other  places.  He  then  leased  out  the  home- 
stead which  ho  had  fallen  heir  to,  and  in  the 
fall  of  1858,  concluded  to  go  to  Texas,  and  leaving 
the  Hoosier  State  at  Madison,  on  board  a  new 
steamer,  the  "  Diana,"  which  had  just  been  built 
for  the  Galveston  and  Houston  trade,  he  thus 
proceeded  down  the  Ohio  and  Mississippi  Rivers 
to  New  Orleans,  where  he  crossed  on  the  Gulf  to 
(ialveston,  Tex.  The  passage  across  the  Gulf 
came  very  near  being  of  a  serious  nature,  had 
the  "Diana"  not  reached  a  harbor  at  Vermillion 
Bay,  just  in  time  to  escape  a  fearful  storm,  in 
which  two  (4ulf  steamers  were  badly  disabled.  The 
pass.age  across  the  Gulf  occupied  several  days 
before  reaching  Galveston,  but  our  subject  enjoyed 
the  novel  experience  of  a  taste  of  sea  life  on  a 
common  liver  steamboat.  In  a  few  more  dajs  he 
reached  his  destination,  Houston,  Tex.,  where  his 
friends  met  him,  rejoicing,  .as  the  report  had  been 
there  for  several  days,  that  the  "  Diana"  was  lost. 
Mr.  McMillan  remained  at  that  place  for  some  time 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  He  was  a  resident 
of  the  Lone  .Star  State  for  six  or  seven  years,  re- 
siding in  different  counties  and  following  different 
occupations,  but  principally  engaged  in  an  agency, 
after  leaving  Texas.  He  finally  drifted  North- 
ward again  and  in  July,  1865,  found  himself  once 
more  in  his  native  State,  where  he  remained  some 
two  or  three  years.     He  concluded  to  settle  again 


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on  the  old  bomesteafl,  miuI  was  married  the  first 
time  to  iMiss  Sarah  A.  Leap.  Tlic  marriage  was 
celebrated  at  tlic  iioine  of  liio  hrido,  near  Hanover, 
Ind..  January  4,  ISCH.  Slie  was  a  refined  and 
gentle  woman,  but  unfitted,  pbysioall^'.  to  cope 
with  the  rigors  of  their  changeable  climate.  So  in 
the  spring  of  1868  they  removed  to  Kansas,  hoping 
it  might  benefit  his  w-ife's  health,  and  first  located 
in  Lawrence,  Douglas  Coiintj-,  where  he  remained 
but  a  short  time,  then  went  to  Labette  County, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  milling  business.  His  first 
venture  was  with  a  sawmill  wliich  he  ojierated  with 
good  success  in  that  county,  until  he  Ivul  the  sad 
misfortune  of  losing  his  wife,  who  bad  previous  to 
this  lime  borne  her  husband  two  children:  Cora  A., 
and  Ada  K..  who  arc  at  rest  beneatli  the  green  sod  I 
with  their  loving  mother.  .So  not  long  after  Mr.  ! 
McMillan's  sad  bereavement  he  removed  his  saw- 
mill west  to  Cowley  County,  on  the  Walnnl  River,  | 
three  miles  below  Winfield,  where  it  was  operated 
one  season  with  good  success,  during  which  time 
he  located  for  pre-emption  a  quarter  section  of 
land  in  Sumner  County  on  section  .'VI.  tiie  same  on 
which  he  now  lives,  which  w,as  done  in  the  fall  of 
1870.  He  afterward  decided  to  remove  bis  mill  to 
Oxford,  Sumner  County,  and  in  addition  to  the 
sawmill  he  also  put  u[)  a  gristmill  at  the  same  place, 
whicli  was  the  first  to  be  erected  in  that  part  of  the 
■State.  He  operated  the  mill  in  that  place  for  about 
three  years,  in  the  meantime  controlling  territory 
from  thirty  to  flft}'  miles  around,  as  he  was  the 
only  gristmill  owner  w^itiiin  a  radius  of  that  dis- 
tance. He  is  proud  of  the  distinction  of  being  the 
first  to  grind  (grain)  wheat,  corn,  and  buckwheat 
in  his  .section  of  the  country  where  it  was  so  much 
needed.  After  this  Mr.  McMillan  went  I'ast  onto 
the  Mississippi  River  and  engaged  again  in  the 
sawmill  business  for  two  or  three  years,  after  which 
time  he  had  tlie  misfortune  to  have  his  mill  burned 
lip.  lie  then  went  to  the  mountains  in  Colorado 
to  look  for  his  fortune  but  was  not  very  successful. 
He  was  in  the  milling  business  allcigeUier  about 
twelve  years.  After  Mi'.  Mc^Iilbm  n'linncd  fruni 
the  mfiiintnins  he  Iben  wi  nl  mhIh  Ins  l:i;id  wl:eie  be 
now  lesides,  and  coniinenrcd  improving  with  a 
iletcrmination  of  making  a  home  of  it.  Mr. 
Me^Iillnn  was  again  mai-ried  on  the  2'.ilh  of  Decem- 


ber, 187!),  to  Miss  Hattie  M.  Dickinson,  a  }"oung 
lady  of  groat  decision  and  force  of  character,  r.nd 
the  daughter  of  George  W.  Dickinson,  of  Madison. 
In<l.  'I'hey  are  the  parents  of  one  daughter, 
I'earl  B. 

Mr.  McMillan  owns  three  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  under  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  He 
turned  the  first  furrow  on  his  place  at  a  time  when 
there  was  no  wagon  road  near,  nothing  but  the 
hunter's  trail.  'I'iiere  was  no  town  laid  otT  in  the 
county  when  he  settled  in  it  and  he  has  lived  to  see 
it  dovelo|)  from  that  primitive  st.ate  of  wildness  to 
its  present  condition  of  wealth,  culture  and  refine- 
ment. In  common  with  most  pioneers  he  endured 
some  privations  and  hardships  but  he  feels  amply 
repaid  for  his  sacrifices  by  the  present  prosperous 
condition  in  which  everything  is  progressing  in  his 
adopted  State  and  county.  He  is  a  frieu<l  and 
helper  of  evciything  tending  to  the  upbuilding  of 
the  community  either  from  a  material  or  intellect- 
ual point  of  view. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McMillan  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church  and  take  a  deep  interest  in 
the  religious  education  of  the  rising  generation  and 
are  highl}'  esteemed  m  cburcli  and  society  ciicles. 
Mr.  McMillan  is  a  Democrat  and  is  distinguished  as 
till'  first  Democrat  to  locate  in  the  county.  [Je  takes 
only  a  moderate  share  in  purely  part\'  affairs,  l)ut 
keeps  himself  well  posted  in  regard  to  those  ques- 
tions of  the  time  tliat  concern  all  good  American 
citizens  and  is  ever  ready  to  lend  a  helping  iiand 
to  whatever  promises  good  to  the  nation  or  his 
own  community. 


J^LBKiri"   1).  SPAHR.  Postmaster  of  :\Iillcr- 
\@/U  I     ton  and  its  ijioncer  merchant,  is  widely  and 
7/   I*'     favorably  known  to  the  |)eople  of  this  part 
@/  of  ,'Mimner  County  as  a  man  who  has  been 

f<ir  nianv  years  idenlilicd  with  lici-  clo?o^t  interests. 
No:  withstanding  a  \  arieil  <  xperience  and  ni.iny 
year-,  spent  in  bnsine^s  channels,  ho  is  a  C(pmpar:i- 
tively  young  man.  having  been  born  Febru.'uy  1  I, 
ls.-)0.      His  native  ])lace  was  in   lilair  County.  P;i., 


PORTRAIT  AND  BJOGUAPIIICAL  ALIU;M. 


l!)!l 


.ind  his  parents  were  John  and  Susannah  (Shultz) 
Siiarr.  who  were  likewise  natives  of  the  Keyslonct 
Stritc.  within  wiiose  limits  the}'  reiu'ed  their  family 
of  ten  children,  of  whom  AII)ert  I),  was  llie  eldest. 
The  father  oeciipied  himself  at  farming  until  his 
death,  whieli  look  place  in  his  native  State  in  1805. 
He  was  a  man  of  many  excellent  qualities  and  a 
member  in  good  standing  of  the  Lutheran  Church. 
He  had  lieen  twice  married,  becoming  liy  his  lirst 
uni..n  the  father  of  two  children. 

The  subject  of  tiiis  sketch,  in  18G9,  leaving  his 
native  State,  made  his  way  to  Peoria  Count)-.  111., 
and  sojourned  there  until  April,  1873.  Then  cross- 
ing the  Father  of  Waters,  he  came  to  this  county 
and  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in 
I.oiidoH  Township,  where  he  lived  until  187().  In 
the  meantime  he  had  been  joined  by  his  widowed 
mother.  That  year  he  sold  out  and  jiurchased  an 
improved  farm  cif  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in 
Conway  Township.  He  occupied  that  four  years, 
effecting  many  improvements,  then  retiring  from 
the  active  labors  of  farm  life  removed  to  the  vil- 
lage of  Millerton,  which  had  just  been  laid  out. 
Soon  afterward  he  added  to  the  importance  of  the 
embryo  town  by  putting  up  a  substantial  residence 
and  [lurchasing  a  stock  of  goods  of  !iis  brothers. 
Edmund  and  INIartin  L.,  who  had  opened  the  first 
store  in  the  town.  He  entered  upon  his  career  as 
business  merchant,  which  he  has  since  followed  suc- 
cessfully, building  up  a  good  business. 

Mr.  Sparr  was  appointed  Postmaster  in  the  fall 
of  1886.  a  position  which  lie  still  holds  and  in 
which  he  has  given  general  satisfaction.  In  the  fall 
of  1887  he  was  elected  Townshi).)  Assessor,  and  has 
since  been  annually  re-elected.  In  the  meantime 
he  has  served  as  Clerk  of  the  School  Board  and  is 
the  only  Notary  Public  in  ]\Iillerton,  having  held 
this  oHiee  since  November,  1885.  He  has  also 
served  as  Township  Clerk.  Every  movement  cal- 
culated to  advance  the  welfare  of  the  place  has  been 
warmly  seconded  by  ]Mr.  Sparr,  who  may  be  looked 
upon  as  decidedly  one  of  the  city  fathers. 

Mr.  Sparr  remained  a  bachelor  until  twenty- 
eight  years  old  and  then  took  unto  himself  a  wife 
and  helpmate,  ^liss  Mary  F.  Martin,  to  whom  he 
was  wedded  April  25,  1888.  This  lady  was  born 
in  Jasper   County,  Mo.,  and  was   the  daughter  of 


Joshua  anil  Sarah  (A'ance)  Martin.  Mr.  Martin 
was  a  stanch  Union  man  during  the  war  and  was  a 
man  who  was  higlily  respected  in  his  community. 
He  was  shot  and  instantly  killed  by  bushwhackers 
July  29,  1863.  at  his  home  in  Joplin.  Mo.  These 
bushwhackers  claimed  to  be  Union  men  and  accused 
Mr.  Martin  of  secretly  working  in  behalf  of  the 
rebel  army.  It  was  confidently  Ijelieved,  however, 
that  tliey  were  rebels  and  accomplished  his  death 
to  effect  their  purpose.  Prior  to  this  they  had 
burned  his  house  with  the  most  of  its  contents,  to- 
gell;er  with  his  liai'u,  granary,  corn  cribs  and  all  the 
buildings  on  the  farm  with  the  outstantling  grain. 
^Irs.  Martin  was  compelled  to  flee  for  her  life  on 
foot,  as  her  teams  and  stock  were  also  driven  off. 
she  being  thus  left  without  means  or  resources  of 
any  kind.  Upon  one  occasion  her  thirteen-year- 
old  son,  who  had  gone  to  mill  with  an  ox-team, 
was  waylaid  by  the  outlaws  and  the  wagon  and 
team  taken  from  him.  he  being  compelled  to  walk 
home.  The  Martin  family  were  not  by  any  means 
the  onl}'  sufferers  from  maurauders  in  that  region, 
as  Unionists  generally  were  treated  in  the  same 
manner  bv  the  rebel  element. 

'Sirs.  Martin  spent  the  winter  of  1863-64  in 
Carthage.  Mo.,  and  the  following  spring  caine  with 
her  family  of  eight  childien  to  Kansas,  traveling 
from  Ft.  Scott  with  a  freighting  train.  (Her  two 
younger  children,  twins,  were  boi'n  in  September, 
1863,  a  short  time  after  the  death  of  their  father). 
She  was  destitute  of  money,  but  liaving  extended 
much  kindness  to  a  sick  soldier  in  Missouri,  the 
United  States  supply  train  men  on  this  account  as- 
sisted her  in  getting  to  Kansas,  i)roviding  all  the 
necessities  for  her  and  her  children  on  the  journey- 
to  Ft.  Scott,  and  at  that  point  hired  a  team  by^  which 
she  was  conveyed  to  Lawrence,  in  the  vicinity  of 
which  she  had  a  brother  living.  The  latter  was 
unable  to  go  down  to  Carthage  after  her  because  it 
was  dangerous  for  a  Northern  man  to  visit  that 
region. 

Mrs.  Martin  lived  for  a  time  in  Douglas  County, 
this  State,  until  one  of  her  sons,  Joseph,  came  to 
Illinois  Township,  this  county,  and  too.k  up  a  claim, 
after  which  she  joined  him.  Four  of  her  children 
are  now  residents  of  this  county,  and  she  makes  her 
home  among  them.    Joshua  Martin  was  a  prominent 


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meinbei'  of  tlio  Baiilisl  ('hurcli.  in  wliirli  he  offici- 
ated as  Dpa<-on.  IIo  was  born  in  Kentucky  and 
went  to  Missouri  with  his  parents  when  a  more  boy. 
He  was  first  married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Edwards, 
who   bore   iiim   eiglit  children  and  died  in  Joplin. 

The  mother  of  Mrs.  Sparr  was  a  widow  when 
she  married  Mr.  ^lartiii.  her  first  husband  liaviu^' 
lieen  Isaac  N.  Thompson,  who  died  in  1.S60.  while 
on  his  way  to  California,  leaving  two  cliildren. 

There  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  ]\Irs.  Sparr  five 
children,  viz:  Luther  L..  Ernest  I-:.,  Albert  D.,  Mil- 
son  V.  and  Zora  (J.  They  are  all  living  at  home. 
Mr.  and  Mrs  Sparr.  as  may  be  supposed,  enjoy  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  a  host  of  friends.  ISeside 
his  village  and  farm  projjerty  Mr.  Sparr  has  a  bu.si- 
ness  house  at  Conway  Springs,  a  part  of  which  is 
occupied  as  the  post-office.  For  four  years  he  con- 
ducted a  store  on  his  farm,  abandoning  it  when  the 
railroad  was  built  and  the  station  located  at  Mdl- 
crton. 

AMUEL  F.  CLINARI).  This  genlleinan 
is  numbcri'il  among  the  old  settlei's  of 
Sumner  Comity,  and  is  well  known  as  an 
enter|)rising  and  itrogressive  farmer,  a 
reliable  citizen,  and  a  man  of  upright  life  and 
cliaracter.  His  attractive  farm  consists  of  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  on  sections  17  and  8, 
Greene  Townshi|).  and  is  a  productive  and  valualilc 
estate. 

JNIr.  Clinard  was  born  in  Clermont  County,  Ohio, 
March  22,  1811,  and  is  a  son  of  Ilenr^-  and  Sarah 
(Ferguson)  Clinard.  The  parents  removed  to 
Pettis  County.  Mo.,  when  our  subject  was  about 
five  years  old,  and  in  tliat  and  Saline  Counties  he 
grew  to  manhood.  The  father  was  a  Iilacksniilh 
and  gave  his  son  every  advantage  possible  in  the 
wa}'  of  acquiring  an  education.  The  \'0ung  man 
attended  .lones  Commercial  Academy  at  St.  Louis 
about  six  months,  and  also  attended  the  ^lissouri 
State  Normal  School  at  Kiiks\illc,  for  more  than 
half  a  year.  He  adopted  the  profession  of  a 
teacher,  and  for  seven  or  eight  years  was  cniraged 
in  pedagogical  labors  in  I'etlis  .-ind  Saline  Counties. 
proving  his  cfliciency  in  Ihe  X'hool  rnom.  and  sov- 


ing  seed  whieli  wouM  develop  and  bring  forth 
fruits  of  usefulness  in  the  lives  of  his  pupils  long 
.-iter  he  had  left  their  midst. 

In  the  summer  of  1876,  Mr.  Clinard  came  lotliis 
county  and  pre-em|)ted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  section  17,  immediately  lieginning  work 
upon  the  same,  which  is  now  in  a  fine  state  of  pro- 
ductiveness and  improvement.  .Since  settling  here 
Mr.  Clinard  has  given  his  attention  almost  wholly 
to  farming  and  stock-raising,  and  is  demonstrating 
the  fact  that  book  lore  is  not  incom|)atible  with 
success  in  the  more  mechanical  em|)loyments,  when 
iractical  common  sense  and  good  judgment  are 
)rought  to  bear  with  one's  theoretical  knowledge. 
Me  has  added  to  his  landed  estate  since  his  first 
settlement,  now  holding  the  amount  mentioned  at 
the  lieginning  of  this  article,  the  whole  comprising 
a  home  with  which  an}'  man  might  well  be  pleased. 
In  Saline  County.  Mo.,  Februar_\-  27,  187;i.  Mr. 
Clinard  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mrs.  Magda- 
line  (Carmean)  Stanle}-,  who  was  born  in  Ross 
County,  Ohio,  December  2{),  1845,  and  who  is  an 
educated  woman,  of  noble  Christian  character,  and 
one  who  in  every  ilepartment  of  life  is  faithful  ami 
etlicient  in  the  discharge  of  her  duties,  so  letting 
her  light  shine  in  the  midst  of  her  associates.  ."Mrs. 
Clinard  is  a  daughter  of  .John  and  Susannah 
(  Delia  ven )  Carmean.  and  at  the  d.ate  of  her  marriage 
with  our  subject  was  the  widow  of  Wintield  S. 
Stanley,  who  died  in  Saline  County.  Mo..  February 
11,  1876.  Hy  her  first  marriage  she  became  the 
mother  of  two  children.  Frank  M.  anil  ^Mattie  E. 
To  herself  and  Rlr.  Clinard  three  children  have 
come:  I'eiulie  M..  now  Ijrightenirg  their  fireside, 
while  Jolin  II.  and  Rhoda  were  taken  from  them  in 
their  infancy. 

In  the  spring  of  1880,  Mr.  Clin;ird  was  elected 
Trustee  of  Greene  Township,  being  the  first  incum- 
bent of  that  office,  a  position  which  he  held  for 
five  consecutive  years.  He  has  also  held  some  of 
the  school  offices,  and  in  ever}-  position  manifests 
an  intelligent  understanding  of  the  duties  accruing 
to  it  and  an  e:irnest  determination  to  fulfill  tliem  to 
the  best  of  his  abilit}-.  In  politics  he  favors  the 
principles  of  the  Democr.acy  and  therefore  supports 
them  with  Ids  \nii\  He  belongs  to  the  F;u  uiers' 
Alliauec.      Itoth    himself    ;uid    wife   are    professing 


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Christians,  the  one  lieing  a  n)eml)er  of  tlie  Baptist 
and  the  other  of  the  Methodist  Cliureh,  and  both 
having  higli  standing  in  their  resi)ective  denomin- 
ations. 


,Tp\)  OSTIEN  L.  WRIGHT.  No  citizen  of 
!b*if  South  Haven  is  held  in  higher  respect  tiian 
41>  Vl\  the  subject  of  tliis  notice,  who  was  one  of 
^p!  tlie  fii'st  men  upon  tlie  ground  after  the 
hiyins  out  of  the  town  and  liad  the  honor  of  serv- 
ing as  the  first  City  Treasurer.  He  is  at  present 
engaged  in  tlie  grocery  business,  including  cigars, 
tobacco  and  confectionery,  and  by  his  straightfor- 
ward method  of  dealing  with  his  fellow-citizens, 
has  earned  their  confidence  and  esteem  as  well  as  a 
substantial  patronage. 

Mr.  Wright  was  born  in  Montgomery  County, 
Ohio,  February  9,  1850,  and  spent  his  early  j-ears 
in  Springfield,  Yellow  Springs  and  Da3^ton,  that 
State.  His  fatiior,  Isaac  K.  Wright,  a  native  of 
Philadelphia.  Pa.,  was  engaged  during  his  later 
years  as  a  merchant  tailor,  and  died  at  Philadelphia 
in  186S.  His  motlier  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Mitchell  and  is  now  living  in  Cowley  County,  Kan. 

Mr.  Wright  after  reaching  his  majority,  came,  in 
October,  1871,  across  the  Mississippi,  joining  a 
corps  of  men  who  had  been  appointed  to  survey 
the  Indian  'I'erritovy.  He  operated  with  them  two 
years  and  at  the  expiration  of  this  time,  located  on 
a  pre-emption  claim  at  a  time  when  few  white  set- 
tlers had  come  tt)  this  section  and  when  buffalo 
and  other  wild  animals  roamed  at  will  over  the 
country.  Erecting  a  frame  house,  young  Wright 
thereafter  lived  b3'  himself  for  about  ten  years, 
carrying  on  farming  and  kee[)ing  bachelor's  hall. 
He  had  a  dairy  of  from  ten  to  twenty  cows,  from 
which  he  manufactured  quantities  of  butter.  He 
hired  men  to  assist  him  in  his  farm  oi)erations,  do- 
ing the  cooking  for  the  whole  crowd,  and  afterward 
occupied  for  sumc,  time  an  old  log  building  that 
had  formerly  been  utilized  as  a  trading  post. 

FInulh',  however,  realizing  llie  f:K't  thnt  it  wns 
not  good  for  man  to  be  alone.  Mr.  Wright,  in 
Septemltci',  1881.  was   wedded    in  Cowley  County. 


this  State,  to  Miss  Lydia  A.,  daughter  of  N.  C.  and 
Margaret  (Raszell)  Ileizer.  This  lady  was  born  in 
Fa3ette  County,  Ind.,  in  1852,  of  parents  who 
were  natives  of  Indiana  and  who  are  now  living  in 
Sumner  County.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  AV right  remained 
on  the  farm  in  Cowley  County  until  the  spring  of 
1 885,  then  Mr.  Wright  purchasing  a  farm  in  Guelph 
Township,  this  county,  removed  to  it,  living  there 
until  February,  1887.  His  next  removal  was  to 
the  embryo  town  of  South  Haven.  Here  he  asso- 
ciated himself  with  a  partner,  J.  M.  Jolinson, 
and  the}'  engaged  in  the  dr3--goods  and  grocery' 
business.  In  April  following  Mr.  Wright  estab- 
lished a  new  grocer3'  store  133'  himself,  which  he  has 
since  successfully  conducted.  There  have  been 
born  to  him  and  his  estimable  wife  two  children: 
Maggie  E.  and  Carrie  C.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wright 
are  acti  vel}'  connected  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church. 

The  parents  of  Mrs.  Wright  came  to  Kansas  in 
1877,  settling  first  in  Cowley  County  and  later  re- 
moved to  Sou II I  Haven  Township,  this  county.  Mr. 
Heizer  was  born  in  Fayette  County,  Ind.,  and  his 
wife  was  a  native  of  Decatur  Counts',  that  State. 
The  latter  with  her  parents,  Nehemiah  and  Nanc3' 
A.  (Wherrett)  Raszell  removed  to  Fayette  County 
where  she  was  reared,  and  where  her  parents  si)ent 
the  remainder  of  their  lives. 


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*^.®^2IOTl-- 


_^  LBERT  M.  COLSON,  President  of  the 
'^/   I     Citizen's  Bank  of   Caldwell,  is  also  exten- 

I  I*  8ivel3-  engaged  as  a  dealer  in  live  stock  and 
(j^  is  one    of   the   leading   men   of    Southern 

Kansas.  By  u  course  of  industr}-  and  prudence, 
he  has  become  independent,  fiuanciall3-,  while 
his  genial  and  companionable  temperament  draws 
around  him  friends  wherever  he  goes.  He  is  a 
gentleman  of  fine  business  abilities,  and  enjoys  the 
distinction  of  being  one  of  the  first  settlors  of 
Sumner  Count3'.  A  native  of  Eaton,  Madison 
Countv',  N.  Y.,  he  was  born  March  13, 1843,  and  is 
the  son  of   Brackles'  and  Snsan  (Salter)  Colstni. 

Bracklej-  Colson    was  a   native  of  Connecticut 


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and  ;i  Imlti'f  by  trade,  at  wliicli  lie  worked  the 
greater  (lart  of  his  life.  lie  accumiiiated  con- 
siderable means  and  lived  to  a  ripe  old  aj^e,  dying 
in  1885.  after  liaviiig  passed  his  ninety-second 
year.  The  wife  and  niotlur  wa.s  born  in  Massa- 
cliusetts  and  outlived  her  husband  one  month  only, 
dying  in  1885  at  the  age  of  eight3"-seven  ye.irs. 
Tlicir  married  life  had  embraceil  the  long  period 
of  sixty-seven  years.  There  were  born  unto  tlicin 
nine  cliildren  of  whom  Albert  ISL  was  the  young- 
est. 

Mr.  C'olson  was  reared  in  his  native  town,  re- 
ceiving sueii  advantages  as  were  afforded  by  tiie 
common  school.  He  was  variously  employed  until 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  then  enlisted  .as  a 
private  in  Company  C,  Ninety-first  New  York  In- 
fantry, which  was  first  assigned  to  the  Deiiartment 
of  the  Gulf  and  later  went  with  the  Fifth  Army 
Cf  ri)S  under  the  eominand  of  (Jen.  Warren.  After 
a  faitiiful  service  of  four  years,  during  which  he 
shared  with  his  comrades  the  various  dangers  and 
hardships  in  the  .-irniy.  Mr.  Colson  received  his 
honorable  discharge  in  .luly,  1865.  .Soon  after- 
ward he  eniigrnteil  to  the  Pacific  Coast,  following 
various  pursuits  for  a  number  of  years.  We  lind 
him  first  in  Ivansas  in  1  87(1.  locating  in  this  county, 
of  wliich  he  lias  since  been  a  continuous  resident, 
lie  arrived  iiere  prior  to  its  organization  and  upon 
tills  important  occasion  was  elected  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction.  He  soon  took  up  his  resi- 
dence in  Caldwell  and  in  due  time  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council  and  finally  the  Miiyor. 
He  has  watched  the  growth  .and  development  of 
the  town  with  unabated  interest,  and  has  con- 
tributed his  full  quota  toward  bringing  it  to  its 
present  condition. 

In  1887  in  com|)any  with  other  leading  residents 
of  Caldwell,  Mr.  Colson  assistiid  in  organizing  the 
Citizens  Bank,  of  which  lie  was  elected  I'residenl, 
a  position  which  he  has  since  held  with  credit  to 
himself  and  satisfaction  to  all  concerned.  He 
came  to  the  Sunllower  State  poor  in  purse,  and  has 
had  no  assistance  from  any  one.  linancially.  Ky 
indu.stry  and  good  manngemeut,  he  lias  accumulated 
a  comfortable  property,  including  considerable 
real  estate  iii  ihis  county.  !ie.-ides  I'.ie  Iviu'.'.i"  c-U'i  ii 
Hotel    at  t  aldvv<'ll.      He   has   for  some  years   ile:ill 


considerably-  in  live  stock,  realizing  ample  returns 
therefrom.  He  cast  his  first  Presidential  vote  for 
Lincoln  and  remains  a  lo3-al  adherent  of  the  Re- 
IMililican  paity.  He  is  a  Mason  in  good  standing 
and  Commander  of  UiJton  Post.  No.  27,  (t.  A.  H. 
at  Caldwell.  He  is  also  a  K.  of  P.,  Iniform  Rank. 
Mr.  Colson  was  first  wedded  in  1874,  to  Miss  Mary 
(ioldey  of  Milan,  this  State.  This  lad^'  was  born 
in  Iowa  and  after  becoming  the  mother  of  one 
child,  a  daughter.  Fawnie,  died  at  their  home  in 
Caldwell  in  1879.  The  following  year  Mr.  Colson 
contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Mrs.  Mary  .1. 
(iaretson.  Mrs.  Mary  Colson  was  born  in  Litch- 
field, III..  April  11.  185.3.  Of  her  first  marriage 
there  was  born  two  children,  a  daughter,  Katie  and 
son  Charlie  who  died  .July  14,  1877.  The  Colson 
residence  is  [jleiisantly  located  in  the  north  part  of 
the  city  and  is  the  frequent  resort  of  its  most  in- 
telligent ami  cultured  people. 


.'^4  HS.  MAR(iARET  K.  CAPPS.  Ono  .,f 
I  the  finest  farms  in  Belle  Plaine  Township 
lielougs  to  the  lady  with  whose  name  we 
introduce  this  sketch  and  embraces  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  well-developed  land  on 
sections  1  and  12.  It  is  embellished  with  good 
buildings  with  fruit  and  shade  trees  and  is  sup- 
plied with  the  most  approved  machinery-  for  the 
successful  prosecution  of  agriculture.  Mrs.  Capps 
is  a  lady  of  more  than  ordinary  in'elligence  and 
fine  business  cap.acities  and  manages  her  property 
with  rare  good  judgment.  Socially,  she  occupies  a 
leading  position  in  her  community. 

Mrs.  Capps  was  born  in  Sangamon  ''ounty.  HI.. 
September  2.  1848,  and  is  the  il.aughter  of  .lames  P. 
and  America  (.Morris)  llilyard.  who  were  natives  of 
Virginia.  Jlr.  llilyard  removed  from  the  Old 
Dominion  with  his  parents  when  a  small  boy  to 
Sangamon  County,  111.,  they  k>cating  among  its 
earliest  pioneers.  His  wife.  America,  also  came  to 
that  region  with  her  parents  when  a  young  girl. 
They  lived  there  for  some  time  after  their  marriage. 
Mi-,  llilyard  ci>.:ncfing  in  agricultural  pursuits.  In 
the  meantime  he  ser\L.i    as  a    soldier  during    the 


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war  with  Mexico  anrl  afterward  removed  from 
Sansamon  to  Macon  Coant}^  where  he  made  his 
liome  four  years. 

Mr.  Hilyard  came  to  Kans.as  in  1870,  taking  up 
his  abode  in  Greenwood  County.  The  parental 
liouschold  consisted  of  fourteen  ciiildren  of  whom 
Margaret  K.  was  the  fourth  in  order  of  hirth.  She 
was  a  maiden  of  seventeen  years  when  the  family 
removed  lo  Macon  County  and  she  was  there  mar- 
ried November  21,  1867,  to  E|)hraim  .Tames.  Mr. 
.lames  was  Ijorn  near  Columbus,  Ohio,  Slarch  19. 
18.37,  and  liecame  a  resident  of  Macon  County,  111. 
After  tlieir  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  continued 
to  live  tliere  until  their  removal  to  Kansas  in  1874.  ] 
Tliey  settled  in  Belle  Plainc  Township,  Mr.  -lames 
purchasing  six  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land 
upon  wliicli  he  engaged  quite  extensively  in  farm-  | 
ing  until  the  illness  which  resulted  in  his  death, 
April  11,  18S-4. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  there  w.as  born  a  familj-    [ 
of  eight  children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  a  daughter. 
Liuira  J.,  is  the  wife  of  ().    C.   Watson    of    Belle    \ 
I'laine;  W'Uinm  lives   in  Belle    Plaine    Townshi[i;    ; 
I'dwell  died  when  one  year  old;  Emma,  Khner.  Al-   I 
bert,  (ieorge  and  Sybil,  remain  at  home  with   their 
mother.     Mr.s.    Margaret  E.   James  was  a  second 
time  married  April    19.  1888,  to  E.  S.  Capps,  a  na-    | 
live  of  Illinois  and  of  English  parentage.  ' 

in  religious  belief  Mrs.  Capps  is  a  Universalist, 
as  was  also  her  first  husband.  Mr.  J.ames  was  an 
iiilelligcnt  man  and  took  a  warm  interest  in  educa- 
tional affairs.  * 


•^^HO.MAS  R.  MORDV.  Among  the  resi- 
im^\  dents  of  Sumner  County,  who  claim  En- 
^V^^  glish  birth  and  parentage,  this  gentleman  is 
numbered.  As  a  successful  agriculturalist,  an 
early  settler  and  a  prominent  citizen,  he  well  de- 
serves notice  in  a  volume  of  this  character.  He 
now  resides  on  a  farm  in  Belle  Maine  Township. 
which  fr.in  an  (■■[.h'y-aci  e  tract,  he  has  increased 
two-lohl.  besides  redeeming  the  soil  from  its  prim- 
itive condition  and  erecting  substantial  buildings 
on  the  homestead,  lie  is  identified  v\iihall  im- 
portant movements  in  the  history  nf  the  township. 


and  is  a  member  of  the  Subordinate  Lodge  of 
I.  O.  O.  F.  at  Belle  Plaine,  also  of  the  P^neamp- 
mcnt  at  Mulvane,  being  a  charter  member  of  both 
organizations.  Politically,  he  sui)ports  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Repulilican  party,  and  is  at  present 
serving  his  third  term  as  Treasurer  of  the  Twenty- 
fourth  School  District. 

Durham  County.  England,  was  the  native  |)laee 
of  our  suliject,  and  the  date  of  his  birth  February 
13,  1845.  He  was  the  }  oungest  son  boru  to  John 
and  Dorothy  (Robson)  Mordy,  who  were  born  in 
P^ngland,  and  after  passing  their  entire  lives  on  its 
soil,  also  passed  to  rest  there.  Our  siibjeet's  edu- 
cation has  been  principally  self-obtained,  as  in  his 
youlh  he  had  very  limited  advantages.  He  was 
reared  in  his  native  county,  and  until  the  age  of 
seventeen  years,  remained  undei-  the  parental  rof)f. 
Then,  commencing  for  himself,  he  worked  in  the 
Durham  County  coal  mines  until  he  resolved  to 
come  to  America. 

Taking  passage  in  the  steamer  ■•Louisiana." 
which  sailed  from  the  port  of  Liverpool  April  20, 
18G4,  Mr.  Mordy  arrived  in  New  York  City  on 
the  1 1  til  of  May.  Thence  he  went  to  Pennsylvania 
and  worked  in  coal  mines,  princii)ally  in  Schuylkill 
Count3'.  He  was  there  duiing  the  Mollie  Mctudre 
period,  but  in  the  siJringof  18(i6  removed  to  Tus- 
carawas County,  Ohio,  whence,  after  spending  a 
sliort  time  engaged  in  digging  coal  and  farming, 
he  returned  to  Peiins\-lvania.  He  once  again  sought 
the  Buckeye  State,  where  he  was  united  in  mar- 
riage August  22,  18G7.  with  P^mma  Beberly,  who 
was  born  in  Germany  July  10,  1844  and  was  the 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Theresa  Beberly.  When 
about  two  years  of  age  she  came  with  her  mother 
to  the  United  States. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mordy  have  a  family  of  bright 
and  intelligent  children,  five  in  number.  The 
eldest,  James,  is  deceased.  Cora,  Thomas,  Simon, 
John  and  Vivian  are  at  home  and  are  receiving 
good  educational  advantages.  In  .Linuary,  1878, 
Mr.  Mordy,  with  his  wife  and  children,  came  from 
their  home  in  the  Buckeye  Stale  to  Sumner  County, 
K;in..  having  in  tlio  ffirmer  |ilace  traded  a  horse 
and  buggy  and  seventy  luisht  Is  nf  •;orn,  for  the 
eighty-acre  farm  where  they  now  live.  Tiiis  hnid 
was  practically  unimproved,  when  he  settled  on  it. 


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Ijeins;  in  aViout  tlie  same  condition  lefl  l)y  lln' 
Indians.  It  required  many  ycurs  to  bring  the 
farm  up  to  its  present  liijili  sta'.e  of  cultivation, 
wliilo  pindcnt  economy'  enabled  him  to  purchase 
another  eighty  acres.  I'pon  coming  to  the  Sun- 
flower ."-itate  he  had  ^6  ahead.  His  present  pros- 
perity is  due  in  no  small  measure  to  tiie  assistance 
he  has  received  from  His  wife,  who  has  been  his 
helpmate  and  counselor  for  years.  He  has  wit- 
nessed the  gradual  development  of  the  county  and 
has  contributeil  his  share  to  the  same.  His  farm  is 
a  monument  to  his  industry,  and  is  being  subjected 
to  constant  improvements. 


5n^  apt.  GEORGE  D.  ARMSTRONG.  This 
gentleman  first  set  foot  upon  the  soil  of 
?^</  Kansas  during  the  early  settlement  of  this 
county,  wiien  tiie  land  now  lying  within  its  limits  was 
the  proi^erty  of  I'nclc  Sam  and  when  few  settlers 
had  ventured  into  this  region.  He  landed  here  in 
June.  1S71.  and  at  once  entered  a  claim  to  the 
northeast  quarter  of  section  33,  in  what  is  now 
Avon  Townshi]).  tiling  his  claim  in  the  Land  Otlice 
at  A\ichit:i.  He  was  not  then  married  and  lid  not 
build  upon  his  land  until  the  following  year,  when 
he  put  up  a  solid  oak  frame  house  which  thereafter 
remained  his  residence  until  1879.  Then  selling 
out,  he  i)urchased  his  i)resent  farm,  which  occupies 
the  southeast  quarter  of  section  3.  Jackson  Town- 
ship. Here  he  has  erected  a  set  of  frame  buildings, 
has  gotten  together  the  requisite  farm  machinery, 
planted  a  large  variety  of  fruit  trees  and  surrounded 
his  (iwelling  with  shade  and  ornamental  trees.  His 
property'  is  now^  numbered  among  the  attractive 
rural  homes  of  the  county  where  is  indicated  in  a 
marked  manner  the  enterprise  of  the  proprietor, 
his  industry  as  an  agriculturist  and  his  worth  as  a 
member  of  the  community. 

Mr.  Armstrong  was  born  a  little  over  fifty  years 
ago,  December  3,  1839,  in  Shelby  County.  Ohio, 
where  he  spent  the  tirst  ten  years  of  his  life  and 
then  removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois.  He  was 
a  you'.ig  ma:i  ap;)!f):;'jhing  !'  -^    -■  n'y-se^'Orid   ye.nr 


of  his  age  at  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  and 
that  same  year,  in  October,  1861.  proffered  his 
services  to  assist  in  the  [ireservation  of  the  I'nion. 
*  enlisting  in  Companj'  F,  Fifty-ninth  Illinois  In- 
fantry. A  few  months  later,  however,  in  .\pril. 
1862.  he  was  obliged  to  accept  his  discharge  on  ac- 
count of  disability.  Upon  recovering  from  his 
ailment,  honever,  he  in  July  following,  re-enlisted 
in  Company  B.  Niuet}' -seventh  Illinois  Infantry 
and  had  the  satisfaction  of  serving  until  the  ene- 
mies of  the  (TOverninent  had  been  subjug.Ued.  He 
|)articipated  in  many  of  the  important  battles  of 
tlie  war.  meeting  the  enemy  at  Pea  Ridge,  Chicki- 
saw  Bluffs,  the  siege  of  Viiksburg,  Port  Gibson, 
Raymond.  Champion  Hills.  Black  River  Bridge,  Ft. 
Blakely  and  other  minor  engagements.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge and  was  mustered  out  at  (Talveston.  Tex. 

At  the  second  enlistment  of  ^Ir.  Armstrong  in 
the  army,  he  was  mustered  in  as  private  and  later 
for  gallant  and  meritorious  conduct  on  the  field. 
was  promoted  through  the  different  grades  and 
finally  was  given  a  Captain's  commission.  He 
justly  looks  upon  that  period  of  his  life  as  some- 
thing to  be  proud  of.  In  August.  186;').  Mr. 
Armstrong  returned  to  Illinois  and  in  connection 
with  farming,  worked  at  the  trade  of  a  plasterer, 
which  he  liad  learned  prior  to  entering  the  army. 
He  sojourned  in  Coles  County  until  1870  and  spent 
the  following  year  in  California.  In  1871  he  came 
to  Kansas. 

Mr.  Armstrong  found  a  wife  and  helpmate  in 
this  connty,  having  been  married  October  13.  1872. 
to  Miss  Sarah  A.  Gregson.  Mrs.  Armstrong  is  a 
native  of  Indiana  and  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Montgomery)  Gregson,  who  came  tn 
this  county  at  an  early  da}-,  settling  in  Avon 
Township;  they  are  now  residing  in  Avon.  Of 
the  seven  children  born  to  the  Captain  and  his  ex- 
cellent lad}-,  three  died  in  infanc}-.  The  survivors 
are  Irving,  Albert,  Minnie  and  Edwin.  .Since 
coming  to  this  county  Mr.  Armstrong  has  identilie  1 
himself  with  its  most  important  interests,  especially 
in  the  rural  districts  and  among  the  fruit  growers. 
He  is  a  leading  member  of  the  .State  and  Sumner 
County  Horticultural  Societies  and  belongs  to  the 
.s..;:'lu;:i  !\a;isns  Farmers' Alliance.     James  Shields 


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Post.  No.  .')7,  G.  A.  R.  recognizes  Capt.  Armstrong 
as  one  of  its  most  wortliy  members.  He  and  iiis 
estimable  wife  are  prominently  connected  witb  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

The  immediate  progenitor  of  Capt.  Armstrong 
was  John  8.  Armstrong,  who  was  born  September 
80,  1806,  in  Gallia  County,  Ohio.  The  paternal 
grandfather.  Andrew  Aimstrong,  a  native  of  MifHin 
Couuly.  I'a.,  was  born  March  li ,  1777,  and  was 
reared  in  his  native  county.  He  emigrated  to 
( )hio  during  the  early  settlement  of  the  State  and 
was  married  in  Gallia  County,  October  4,  1803.  to 
Miss  Susan  Snider.  Grandmother  Armstrong  was 
born  in  North  Carolina  June  18,  1779.  Her  father, 
John  Snider, was  born  in  September,  1751.  in  North 
Caroliria  and  removed  to  Oliio  during  the  pioneer 
days  of  Gallia  County,  wiiere  he  constructed  a 
liome  in  the  wilderness  and  spent  his  last  years. 

Andrew  Armstrong  after  his  removal  to  Ohio 
sojourned  a  few  years  in  Gallia  County,  then  re- 
moved to  Clark  County  and  finally  to  Shelby 
County.  In  the  latter  he  entered  a  tract  of  heavily 
timl)ered  land  from  which  he  cleared  a  farm  and 
thcif  resided  until  his  death  on  the  25th  of  March. 
1.840.  His  wife  had  died  in  Clark  County,  August 
24.  1817.  Their  son,  John  S.,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  when  becoming  his  own  m.an,  took  up  his 
abode  in  .Miami  County  where  he  sojourned  a  few 
years,  but  about  1845,  settled  in  Logan  County. 
There  he  proceeded  as  had  his  f.atber  and  grand- 
f.ather  before  him,  purchasing  a  tract  of  timber 
land  and  constructing  a  farm.*  Upon  this,  how- 
ever, a  few  acres  had  been  cleared  and  there  had 
been  erected  a  double  log  house.  This  was  long 
before  the  daj's  of  railroads  in  that  region  and  for 
some  years  thereafter  the  town  of  Sidney,  twenty- 
five  miles  awa^-,  was  the  nearest  market  and  trading 
point.  Upon  the  building  of  the  first  railroad, 
.lohn  Armstrong  secured  the  contract  to  suppl3'  the 
timber  for  one  mile  of  the  road.  Much  more  lum- 
ber was  then  employed  in  the  construction  of  a 
track  than  is  now  used,  heavy  timbers  then  being 
laid  lengthwise  the  road  bed,  the  cross  ties  being 
laid  u[)0n  them  and  upon  these  another  layer  of 
lengthwi.se  timbers  upon  which  were  spiked  the 
iron  rails.  Fatlier  Armstrong  cleared  considerable 
of  his  land,  residing  there  until  about  18.j1. 


In  the  above-mentioned  year  the  father  of  our 
subject,  selling  out  bis  interest  in  ihe  Buckeye 
State,  started  overland  for  Illinois  with  teams.  He 
was  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  seven  children, 
and  upon  arriving  in  Cumberland  County  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land  in  Long  Point  Precinct,  com- 
prising one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  timber  and 
the  same  of  prairie.  The  latter  embraced  a  part  of 
what  was  known  as  Parker's  Prairie.  A  hewed  log 
house  was  put  up,  the  first  ever  built  in  that  region. 
No  railroads  were  made  in  Illinois  for  several  years 
thereafter  and  Terre  Haute,  forty  miles  distant, 
was  the  nearest  market,  milling  place  and  depot 
for  supplies.  Deer  were  plentiful  and  the  Arm- 
strongs could  often  see  droves  of  them  passing  not 
very  far  from  their  own  doorway.  They  lived 
there  until  1863,  then  the  father,  selling  out  once 
more,  changed  his  abode  to  Coles  County,  purchas- 
ing a  farm  six  miles  southeast  of  Mattoon.  In 
1871  he  made  another  removal,  selling  out  again 
and  settling  in  Bond  County,  purchasing  an  im- 
proved farm  near  Greenville.  There  John  Arm- 
strong spent  his  last  3'ears,  dying  on  the  20th  of 
June,  1880. 

The  mother  of  Mr.  Armstrong  of  this  skelcli 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Priscilla  Dj'e.  She  was 
born  in  Miami  County,  Ohio,  July  12.  1818.  and 
was  the  daughter  of  John  Minor  Dye  who  was  born 
August  24,  1773,  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  pio- 
neers of  iliami  County.  He  was  a  man  of  great 
industry'  and  perseverance  and  improved  a  large 
farm  from  tlie  wilderness  near  which  the  city  of 
Troy  afterward  grew  u|).  There  he  spent  his  le- 
maining  days,  passing  aw.-iy  April  i.  1842.  at  the 
age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  was  married  to  Eliza- 
beth Clyne  who  was  born  in  June,  1775,  and  died 
Jauu.iry  5,  1852. 

Mrs.  Priscilla  (Di'C)  Armstrong  departed  this 
life  at  her  home  in  Bond  County,  III.,  March  .SI. 
1871).  To  her  and  her  husband  was  born  a  family 
<jf  twelve  children,  two  of  whom,  James  and  Sam- 
uel died  young.  They  were  named  respectively: 
Andrew  M.,  James.  George  D.,  Elizabeth  A.,  John 
C,  Henry  C,  Charles  M.,  Priscilla,  T.  Alexander. 
Mary  E.,  Samuel  S.,  and  Walter  Grant. 

Joseph  Gregson,  Mrs.  Armstrong's  father,  was 
born  in  Indiana  in  1828,  and   was  married  June  4, 


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l«o4,  to  Miss  Kliz.'ilietli  ^lontgdiiiciv,  wlm  w;is 
born  ill  Oiiio  in  18.">6.  Of  tiiis  union  there!  were 
lioni  eight  (.hihlreii,  ns  fuliows:  Saivili  A..  Mniy  C. 
William  C,  .Tosepli  F.,  Oanie  K.,  Alviii  W..  Cnni- 
modore  P..  Lee  M'.      All  of  these  ;ue  living. 


:==^*Hif-5ie^ 


^  OSEPH  THEW.  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Oxford,  came  to  this  eoiinty  before  the  rail- 
road was  built  through,  and  purchased  a, 
farm  of  one  hundred  aii<l  .■■ixty  acres,  adjcjin- 
ing  the  village  of  C)xford  on  the  west.  With  the 
exception  of  the  soil  having  been  broken,  no  im- 
provements whatever  had  been  made  on  the  place, 
but  going  at  once  to  work,  our  subject  [slanted  out 
an  orchard,  erected  a  good  residence,  setting  out  .1 
grove  and  in  other  ways  improved  the  farm. 

Upon  coming  to  Kansas,  .Joseph  Thew  was  ar;- 
companied  by  his  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was 
Mary  Hay  ward,  and  who  was  born  in  England  May 
20,  1824.  When  four  years  of  age  she  accom- 
panied her  parents  to  the  I'liited  States,  and  settled 
with  them  in  I'enns^dvnnia.  llcr  father,  Isaac 
Hayward,  was  a  farmer  by  occupaticm.  Her 
mother.  Ann  Shcpard,  was  also  a  native  of  I">iig- 
land.  Later  the  faniilj-  removed  to  Ohio,  where 
^NL-ii'V  met  and  married  Josejih  Thew.  the  wedding 
being  celebrated  December  20,  184.3.  The  father 
afterward  located  near  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind..  and  lived 
there  until  his  death  in  1881,  and  after  a  residence 
in  the  lloosier  State  of  about  tw-enfy  years. 

Mrs.  Thew  first  began  housekeeping  in  Clarion 
Count}',  Ohio,  where  her  husband  was  engaged  in 
the  shoe  business  and  where  their  children  were 
born.  Thej'  were  six  in  number  and  are  all  living, 
and  named  respectively:  Olive  Ann.  .1.  Wesley, 
Francis,  Ella,  A.  Lizzie  and  William.  Mr.  and  Airs. 
Thew  removed  to  Lidiana  when  their  \ oungest  son 
AVilliam  was  eighteen  nH)nths  ol(L  After  a  short 
sojourn  there  they  located  in  Noble  Comity,  the 
same  State,  where  Mr.  Thew  continued  in  the  same 
business  as  before.  In  that  county  they  rcsiiled  for 
eighteen  years,  coming  tiience  to  Kansas  in  1877. 

Having  purchased  his  farm  before  coniing  to  this 
State,  Mr.  Thew  came  directly    here   via    the   rail- 


road to  Wichita.  He  convejed  his  lumber  from 
the  latter  city  and  out  up  at  the  lirst  g<jod  iioiise  in 
the  country,  and  it  is  still  in  a  good  condition.  He 
w.is  not  a  politician,  but  was  a  member  for  many 
years  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Cliiircli.  He  wjis 
born  in  England  in  1819  and  when  six  years  of  age 
with  his  father  removed  to  Ohio,  settling  in  iSIor- 
low  County.  His  father,  IJichard  Thew,  there  en- 
gaged as  a  farmer.  Here  our  subject  grew  to  man- 
hood and  lived  until  his  marri.age,  which  occurred 
as  above  stated,  in  184.'5.  He  w.as  one  of  the  lead- 
ing men  of  the  township  in  which  he  resided,  and 
highly  spoken  of  by  all  who  knew  him.  lie  died  in 
Oxford  after  a  long  illness.  January  8,  I88;i.  Of 
his  children.  Olive  married  Albert  Rice  of  this 
township,  and  has  one  child,  Frank.  .1.  W.  married 
Miss  f^nintilla  Flowers,  by  whom  he  has  two  chil- 
dren— (j race  and  I^enna.  He  lives  in  O.xlord.  F. 
IL  married  Emma  Friiik,  and  they  have  three  chil- 
ilren — Iva,  Bessie  and  Bernie.  Ella  married  i).  F. 
Owens,  of  Dodge  City,  Ivan.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren. Mabel  and  William.  A.  Lizzie  married  1).  A. 
(Jriflitli,  now  of  Chicago.  Their  two  children  are 
Ethel  and  Mansure.  William  married  Ann  \.  (lih- 
bons,  and  has  one  child.  Joseph.  Mr.  and  .Mrs. 
Thew  lost  two  children.  Ellen  M.  and  Clnrlcs 
Wesley. 

Mrs.  Thew  wa.s  again  married  ;n  this  township  to 
William  G.  Lewis,  who  came  to  Kansas  in  the  siiiii- 
iiier  of  1877.  settling  at  Belle  Plaine.  and  tli(>re 
lived  until  coming^  to  Oxford.  He  was  born  in 
1837  in  Piltsburg,*'a.,  where  he  liveil  until  cmi- 
ing    Wi'st  and  taking  nii  a  claim. 


^ €-*-B- 


■^l^^iENJAMIN  F.  HAMILTON,  .M.  D.,  Coro- 
^  ner  of  Sumner  County,  and  a  leading  iiliy- 
sician  and  surgeon  of  AVellington,  was  lirst 
elected  to  his  present  office  in  November. 
1887.  He  w.as  re-elected  in  188!),  having  lilled  ll,c 
oliice  most  acceptably  to  the  people.  He  locitid 
in  Wellington,  in  the  fall  of  1884. 

Dr.  Hamilton  was  born  near  Memloii.  Mi  irer 
County,  Ohio,  August  31,  1857,  and  there  grew  to 
mature  years.     He  completed  his  education  at  \':d- 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


20; 


paraiso,  hid.,  aiirl  subseqiieiitly  tauirlit  school  (ivo 
years  in  Oliio.  a  part  of  wliit-li  time  ho  was  Super 
inteiident  of  the  Meiulon  scliools.  In  the  meantime 
for  three  years  he  occupied  his  leisure  hours  in  the 
reading  of  medicine  and  later  placed  himself  under 
the  instruction  of  Dr.  J.  ]">.  Haines,  of  Mendon. 
When  sufficiently  prepared  he  took  a  course  of  lec- 
tures in  the  Ohio  Medical  College  at  Cincinnati, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1883. 
lie  commenced  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  his 
native  i)lace  and  in  the  fall  of  1884,  coming  to 
Kansas,  settled  first  at  Millerton.  Sumner  County, 
whence  in  the  spring  of  188G  he  removed  to  Wel- 
lington. He  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  Incr.i- 
live  business  and  is  looked  upon  as  a  valuable 
member  of  the  community.  He  has  never  sought 
office  but  keeps  himself  well  posted  in  political  af- 
fairs and  gives  his  support  to  the  Republican  party. 
Dr.  Hamilton  was  married  August  23,  1885  iu 
Wellington,  Kan.,  toMissLuella  .Mann.  Jlrs.  Ham- 
ilton was  born  in  Shelby  County.  Ill,  September 
5.  1866,  and  is  the  daughter  of  .lohn  and  Maggie 
Mann,  who  were  natives  of  Illinois.  Mr.  .Mann  is 
at  present  engaged  in  the  haidware  business  at 
Wellington.  He  came  to  Sumner  County  in  1881. 
To  the  Doctor  and  his  estimable  wife  there  have 
been  born  two  children,  only  one  of  vvhom  is  liv- 
ing, a  babe  unnamed.  Barrus  F.  died  at  the  age  of 
one  year,  tiiree  months  and  seventeen  d.ays.  The 
father  of  our  subject  was  Justin  D.  Hamilton,  a 
native  of  Mercer  County,  Ohio,  who  married  Eliza 
J.  Suavely.  He  was  bred  to  farming  jjursuits  and 
with  his  estimable  wife  occupies  tlie  old  homestead 
where  he  was  born. 


I  RMOl'R  C.   LAMP.E.     In    making   notice 
HiSyji    of  the  men  wlio  came  to  this  county  dur- 
llf  li)    ing  the  period  of  its  early  settlement,  the 
1^'  name    of    Mr.  Lambe  could  by  no  means 

he  properly  omitted  from  the  category.  His 
career  has  been  signalized  b}'  unflagging  industry 
and  a  perseverance  that  was  bound  to  overcome 
all  obstacles.  He  met  with  the  usual  difficulties 
and  drawbacks  of  life  in  a   new  country  at  a  time 


when  a  long  journey  wus  involved  in  going  to 
market  an<l  mill,  and  when  the  country  was  poorly 
supiilied  with  the  facilities  for  either  .agriculture  f)r 
any  other  industry.  He  not  only  watched  the 
march  of  events  with  a  warm  interest  and  faith  in 
the  future  of  the  Sunflower  State,  but  in  building 
up  one  of  its  most  creditable  homesteads  has  con- 
tributed his  full  quota  to  bring  about  the  welfare 
and  prosperit}'  (jf  his  ado]ited  county.  He  is  now 
in  possession  of  a  well-tilled  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  whereon  he  has  effected  good  im- 
provements and  is  in  a  condition  to  rest  upon  his 
oars. 

Mr.  Lambe,  besides  the  property  above  men- 
tioned, owrns  another  body  of  land  on  section  23. 
the  homestead  proper  l.ving  on  section  28,  and 
both  pre  largel}'  devoted  to  stock-raising.  His 
native  jilace  was  County  Tyrone.  Irelanrl,  and  the 
date  of  his  birth  September  25.  1830.  He  lived 
there  until  a  youth  of  sixteen  j'ears.  attending  the 
common  schools  and  learning  the  art  of  agricul- 
ture as  conducted  in  the  Emerald  Isle.  When  a 
youth  of  sixteen  years,  desirous  of  bettering  his 
condition,  and  seeing  little  prospect  of  this  ujion 
his  native  soil,  beset  out  with  his  father  for  Amer- 
ica, settling  in  Clinton  County,  111.  He  lived  there 
until  a  young  man  of  tweniy  years,  then  emigrated 
to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  for  ten  years  Ihere.irter 
had  charge  of  an  omnibus  line.  At  the  expiratiDU 
of  tills  time,  tired  of  city  life,  he  returned  to  Clin- 
ton County,  111.,  and  engaged  in  farming,  lie 
sojourned  there  until  coming  to  Kans.as  in  ls7i). 
In  this  State  he  first  took  up  his  abode  in  ^Mont- 
gomery County,  but  onl\'  lived  there  aljout  one 
year,  removing  the  following  spring  to  Sumner 
County.  He  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  on  section  28,  where  he  estalilished 
his  abiding  place  and  has  since  remained. 

Mr.  Lf.mbe  after  coming  to  this  State  was  mar- 
ried in  Coffeyville,  Montgomery  Countj%  April  21. 
1871,  to  >Iiss  Mary  Sproul.  The  lady  was  born 
in  Pike  County,  III.,  .Inne  10.  1854.  The  result  of 
this  union  was  five  children,  who  bear  the  nam's 
respectively  of  Clmrles  1!.,  William  .T..  Nettie, 
Maggie  and  Armour  C,  Jr.  Mr.  Lambe  was  in 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
War,  and  was  identified  with  the  Home  Guards. 


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I'pon  becoming  a  voting  citizen.  Mi-.  L;unlie 
i(lciitifi('(l  liiniscif  witli  the  Dcind'.-i'.-itic  party,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  a  uniforni  snpporlei". 
Recognizing  his  ability  and  sound  sense,  the  Demo- 
crats of  tliis  county  nominated  liim  in  1881  to 
represent  them  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  ten- 
dered him  the  same  compliment  in  188i).  The 
party  being  in  the  minority,  he  was  defeated  witli 
the  balance  of  his  ticket.  He  has  otiiciated  as 
Township  Trustee  and  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  a 
(icriod  of  six  years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lambe  are 
prominently  identified  with  the  Christian  Church, 
in  whose  welfare  and  advancement  they  take  an 
active  interest. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  .lohn  Lambe.  also 
a  native  of  County  Tyrone,  Ireland,  and  a  farnur 
by  occupation.  After  coming  to  this  country  he 
prosecuted  farming  in  Clinton  County,  111.,  whcic 
he   died. 

■ — -^m- — 


\t7  EWIS  A.  SALTER.  The  legal  profession 
I  (?§)  of  this  county  embraces  manj'  able  men, 
jl'— ^\  anil  among  them  may  be  properly  num- 
bered Mr.  Salter,  who  is  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Aigonia,  and  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  thriving  busi- 
ness. He  is  a  young  man  still,  just  having  piissed 
the  thirty-second  3-ear  of  his  age.  having  been  Ijorn 
January  7,  1858.  His  native  place  was  in  the  vi- 
cinity of  Marshall,  Calhoun  County,  Mich.  His 
parents  were  Melville  J.  and  Sarah  lilizabeth 
(llinkle)  Salter,  natives  respectively  of  New  York 
and  Pennsylvania.  The  paternal  grandfathei'.  Da- 
vid N.  Salter,  was  a  native  of  X'crmont,  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  and  spent  the  closing  years  of  his 
life  in  Jlichigan. 

Melville  J.  Salter  sought  the  State  of  Michigan 
in  early  manhood  and  was  there  married.  He  con- 
tinued a  resident  of  the  State  until  Februarj-, 
1871,  coming  then  to  Kansas  and  hjcating  in  Neo- 
sha  County.  Later  he  removed  to  Bourbon  County, 
settling  at  Pawnee  Station,  wliere  he  now  lives,  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  with  two  of  his 
sons.  The  latter  and  Lewis  A.com])rise  the  house- 
hold circle.  The  elder  Sailer  was  Register  of  the 
I'nitcd    States    Land    Office    at    Iiulependence  for 


about  eight  years,  during  which  time  the  family 
lived  at  Inde[)cndence.  The  father  of  our  subject 
was  elected  Lieutenant-Governcu'  in  1874,  and 
again  in  187G  of  Kansas. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  eldest  born  of 
his  parents,  and  pursued  his  early  studies  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  township.  After 
tlie  removal  of  the  family  to  Kansas,  he  entered  the 
State  Agricultural  College  at  Manhattan. from  which 
after  a  three  years'  course,  he  was  graduated  in 
1879.  Subsequently  for  two  years  he  employed 
himself  on  his  father's  farm. 

( )ur  subject,  Lewis  A.,  subsequently  removed  to 
Cherry  ^^lle  .and  engaged  in  the  hardware  trade 
with  Messrs.  Carson  &  Baldwin.  In  1882,  he  re- 
moved to  Argonia  and  opened  a  hardware  estab- 
lishment with  the  same  gentlemen,  they  operating 
under  the  firm  name  of  Carson,  Baldwin  it  Salter. 
A  year  later  Messrs.  Carson  <fe  Baldwin  sold  oui  their 
interest  to  Mr.  O.  Kinsey,  and  under  the  firm  name 
of  Salter  it  Kinsey  the  business  was  conducted  un- 
til the  fail  of  1885.  Mr.  Salter  then  sold  out  and 
embarked  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  business, 
in  the  meantime  improving  his  leisure  hours  in 
the  reading  of  law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1887.  He  has  been  successful  in  both  in  his  i)rac- 
tice  and  his  other  interests,  and  is  the  ownerof  tuo 
hundred  acres  of  valuable  laud,  one  and  one  half 
miles  southwest  of  Argonia,  where  his  residence 
now  is. 

The  marriage  of  Lewis  A.  Salter  and  MissSii 
sannah  M.,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Tenissa  A. 
Kinsey,  occurred  at  Silver  Lake,  Shawnee  County, 
this  State,  in  September,  1880.  Mrs.  Salter  was  born 
in  1860,  in  Ohio,  and  was  given  a  good  education, 
developing  at  an  eaily  age  uncommon  brightness 
and  intelligence.  She  is  a  lady  who  has  read  ex- 
tensively and  keeps  herself  well  informed  upon  all 
the  leading  topics  of  the  day.  She  sympathizes 
entirely  witli  hci-  husband  in  his  political  views, 
being  with  him  a  stanch  Republican  with  prohibi- 
tion tendencies.  She  became  so  thoroughly  inter- 
ested in  the  well-being  of  the  city  of  Argonia  that 
she  was  consideied  fully  competent  tci  stand  at  the 
head  of  the  nuiiiicii)al  affairs,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1887  was  electeil  Mayor,  serving  her  term  of  one 
year   acceptabl}'  and   with    great  credit.     She  was 


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211 


the  first  lady  holding  this  position  in  the  State  of 
Kansas,  and  it  was  considered  a  great  triumph  for 
her  sex,  she  receiving  letters  of  congratulation 
from  all  over  the  world.  'Sir.  Salter  lias  alway.s 
been  an  active  politician,  prominent  in  his  party, 
and  is  frequently  sent  as  a  delegate  to  tlie  county 
and  Slate  conventions.  In  Neosha  County  he  was 
a  niemher  of  the  school  board,  and  in  (Sumner 
County)  City  Clerk  and  Notary  Pulilic.  He  was 
the  Master  Workman  in  the  A.  O.  U.  W.,  Argonia 
Lodge,  No.  171.  in  wliich  he  has  held  many  otiier 
offices.  He  and  his  estimable  wife  ai'e  members  in 
good  standing  of  the  Baptist  Church,  in  which  I\Ir. 
Salter  has  officiated  as  clerk  and  trustee. 

There  have  been  born  to  ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  Sailer 
five  interesting  children,  viz.:  Clarence  E.,  Francis 
Argonia,  who  was  tlie  first  child  born  in  the  cit\'; 
Winfru<l  A.,  Melva  Olive  and  Bertha  Klizabeth. 


:^  AMDEL  BUTTERWORTH  is  one  of  the 
leading  farmers  of  Oxford  Township,  where 
he  owns  a  valuable  farm  of  four  Inindred 
acres,  his  residence  being  on  section  ,51. 
He  was  horn  in  England,  April  14,  1833,  and  when 
nine  years  of  age  was  brought  to  the  I'nited  States 
by  his  father,  (iouther  Bntterworth,  who  settled  in 
Pequanick,  near  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  where  he  rt 
mained  about  four  }  ears.  They  then  removed  to 
Fall  River,  Mass.,  where  our  subject  remained 
seven  years,  liis  next  place  of  residence  being 
Shirley,  whence  he  came  West  to  Illinois,  settlin;' 
on  a  farm  in  DeWitt  County.  The  father  Ufl 
Massacluisetts  in  1849,  and  went  to  California, 
where  he  died. 

Samuel  Butlerworth,  of  whom  wo  write,  math' 
his  home  in  DeWitt  County,  111.,  unfil  1874.  though 
he  had  spent  some  time  in  Canada.  In  that  coun 
try,  on  IMarch  10,  1874.  he  was  united  in  marriage 
witii  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Alyea,  and  came  at  once  to  this 
county,  where  lie  had  purehase<l  a  farm  a  few 
months  before.  When  ;\Ir.  Bntterworth  pur- 
chased tlie  place  it  was  in  almost  its  primitive  con- 
dition, and  he  has  put  upon  it  the  fences  and  otln.r 


improvements  that  are  expected  of  an  enterprising 
farmer,  and  has  so  cultivated  and  conducted  it  that 
he  now  has  one  of  the  linest  farms  in  the  south- 
western part  of  the  township. 

Mrs.  Bntterworth  was  borti  in  County  Prince 
Pxlward,  f'anada,  December  31.  18.51,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  .Tames  and  Sarah  (Abraras)  Cum- 
mings.  Her  father  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  her 
mother  in  Rome,  N.  Y.,  their  home  after  marriage 
being  in  Canada,  where  their  daughter  also  resided 
until  her  marriage  to  her  present  husband.  Mr. 
and  Mis.  Butterworth  have  one  son,  .Tames  S. 
Sarah  Alyea,  the  daughter  of  Mi's.  Bntterworth  and 
her  first  husband,  is  now  the  wife  of  Charles  Brant, 
of  this  township. 

Until  recently  Mr.  Butterworth  belonged  to  the 
Republican  party,  but  he  is.  now  in  sympathy  with 
free  trade.  He  has  been  Trustee  of  the  School 
District  for  four  years,  and  his  continuance  in 
office  is  proof  of  his  fitness  for  the  iiosilion.  He  is 
•a  member  of  the  ^Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
while  his  wife  belongs  to  the  Friends'  Church. 
Both  receive  their  due  measure  of  respect  from 
their  associates  therein,  as  well  as  from  the  com- 
munity in  gener.'il. 

A  lithograjihic  iiortrait  of  Mr.  Butterworth  may 
be  found  on  another  page  of  this  volume. 


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If 


EWIS  J.  MATSON,  the  popular  liveryman 
5^  of  Argonia,  established  himself  at  his  pre- 
j^  sent  headquarters  in  August,  1889,  with  a 
fair  outlook  for  the  future.  He  is  well-to-do,  finan- 
cially-, owning  a  good  farm  in  Morris  Township,  and 
may  be  properly  classed  among  the  leading  citizens 
of  liis  town.  He  was  born  March  26,  1844,  in  Ohio, 
and  was  the  seventh  in  a  family  of  nine  children, 
the  offspring  of  James  and  Mar_y  ( Eels)  JIatson, 
the  former  of  whom  departed  tliis  life  at  his  home 
in  Pennsylvania,  in  1854,  and  the  latter  died  in 
Nebraska,  in  1881.  Seven  of  their  chibien  are 
still  living,  located  in  Nebraska,  Pennsylvania,  and 
Kansas. 
■James  Matson  was  one  of  the  earl}'   pioneers  of 


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the  Buckeye  Slate,  wlieiice  lie  removed  to  New 
York  State,  sojoiiining  tliera  one  year,  and  from 
there  went  to  Uradford  County.  Pa.  The  ii.arents 
were  married  in  New  York  Slate.  Tlie  niotlier  was 
a  native  of  ^'erlnonl,  and  descended  from  a  sub- 
stantial J)utcli  family,  who  setth'd   in   New  Jersey. 

Young  IMatson  I'omuu'ni'cil  •'|)adilliMg  his  own 
canoe"  at  tlic  age  of  lifteen  years.  He  worked  on 
a  farm  and  cliop|)ed  cord  wood  until  the  oulbreHk 
of  tlie  Civil  War.  then  made  two  separate  attempts 
to  enter  the  army,  both  of  wliicb  were  failures,  be- 
cause of  his  3'outh  in  one  instance,  and  the  negli- 
gence of  a  mustering  ollicer  in  the  other.  In  1863, 
however,  he  suce(KMled  in  getting  into  the  Pennsyl- 
vania State  iMilitla,  for  a  term  of  three  months,  and 
finally  in  September.  18GI.  he  enlisted  in  Company 
K.  Second  New  Y'ork  Cavalry,  as  a  recruit.  Tliis 
regiment  operated  in  the  Shenandoah  A'alley,  and 
assisted  in  fighting  the  famous  battle  of  Winchester 
the  d.ay  before  Mr.  Matson  joined  it.  He  served 
under  Gen.  Phil  Sheridan  in  the  lamented  Gen.  Cus- 
ter's Division,  going  on  several  scouting  expedi- 
tions. He  served  under  Custer  until  April,  1865, 
and  in  all  tlie  engagements  under  that  dashing  com- 
mander. At  the  battle  of  Five  Forks  he  was 
wounded  through  the  left  knee  b}'  a  ininie  ball. 
At  the  liehl  liospital  near  Dinwiddle  court  house, 
he  sul)initted  to  amputation  of  the  left  leg  above 
tlie  knee.  He  was  then  conveyed  to  City  Point, 
tiience  to  Harwood  hospital  near  Washington,  from 
there  to  Lincoln  hospital  at  W.ashington,  and  thence 
back  to  Harwooii,  where  he  ritceivcd  his  honorable 
discharge,  Seiitember  2,  18l!5. 

Returning  now  to  Bradford  County,  Pa.,  Mr. 
IMatson  sojourned  there  one  year,  then  selling  his 
farm,  removed  to  Muscatine,  Iowa.  He  lived  there 
on  a  farm  one  year,  llien  ch.anged  his  residence  to 
Mercer  County,  Mo.,  where  he  remained  ten  years. 
Dining  this  time  lie  took  charge  of  a  stock  of  tin- 
ware for  another  party,  adding  a  stock  of  groceries 
himself,  and  carried  on  this  business  for  some  time, 
returning  then  to  his  farm. 

In  March,  1877,  Mr.  Matson  first  struck  the  soil 
(jf  Kansas,  and  secured  a  tract  of  l.ar.d  on  section  8, 
Morris  Township,  this  county.  He  occupied  this 
until  August,  ISS;).  then  renting  his  farm,  estab- 
lished himself  in  his   presciil    business   in    Argouin. 


He  w.as  married  on  the  8th  of  .January.  1864.  to  Miss 
.Julia  Ann.  daughter  of  George  and  Eliza  (Fox) 
Locke.  Mr.  Locke  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  which 
he  followed  in  Bradford  County.  Pa.,  until  his 
death  September  11,  18.51.  There  were  born  to 
him  and  his  excellent  wife,  three  children,  only  one 
of  whom  is  living,  Mrs.  Matson.  She  was  liorn 
April  26,  1816,  in  Bradford  County,  Pa.,  and  was 
left  fatherless  five  years  later,  Mr.  Locke  dying  in 
1851.  The  mother  subsequently  married  Isaiah 
Carr,  and  is  now  a  resident  of  Kansas.  Miss  Julia 
Ann  remained  with  her  mother  until  her  marriage, 
which  took  [ilace  in  Bradfortl  County,  Pa.  Seven 
chihlren  have  been  born  of  her  union  with  our  sub- 
ject, live  of  whom  are  living.  The  eldest,  George 
L.,  is  operating  his  father's  farm;  \Villis  A.  lives 
with  his  iiareuts;  Marian  E.  is  the  wife  of  Simon 
Dobson,  and  lives  in  Argonia;  Elnora  is  the  wife 
of  Joseph  A'ariier.  and  they  also  live  on  the  home 
farm;  Cora  is  with  her  parents.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mat 
son  belong  to  the  Christian  Advent  Church, in  which 
Air.  Matson  is  a  CLass-Leader.  He  is  also  a  blaster 
Workman  in  the  Ancient  Order  of  I'nited  rt^ork- 
men,a  member  of  the  tJrange,  and  the  Grand  Army 
of  the  Ke|iublic,  at  Argonia,  in  the  latter  of  which 
he  has  been  surgeon  and  Senior  Vice  Commander. 
He  votes  the  straight  Republican  ticket,  although 
conservative  in  his  ideas.  He  has  officiated  as  Road 
Overseer  in  his  district,  and  as  a  member  of  the 
school  board. 

The  deceased  chiMren  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Matson 
are;  Harry,  who  died  in  Missouri  when  one  year 
old,  and  Cecil  Clay,  who  died  at  the  home  farm  in 
this  coiiiily  in  ISSfi.  in  his  fourth  \'ear. 


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^j?=!55ALE  S.  DOWIS,  general  merchant,  of  Perth, 
established  himself  in  business  here  in  188.J. 


and  b}'  his  good  management  and  strict  at- 
tention to  business  details,  has  built  n|)  a  lucrative 
and  steadily  increasing  patronage.  He  is  a  gentle- 
man just  iiast  the  fifty-fourth  year  of  his  age,  hav- 
ing been  born  December  12,  1835,  and  his  native 
place  was  the  town  of  Barboursville,  Ky.      His  an- 


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cestiy  from  away  back  were  Soutiicrners.  His 
father,  Roljert  Dowis,  was  born  in  .South  Carolina, 
whence  he  emigrated  to  the  Blue  Grass  State  with 
hie  parents  when  a  child.  The  family  were  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  Knox  CountN',  where  the 
father  followed  farming  and  died  at  the  early  age 
of  forty-one  years. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  also 
a  native  of  South  Carolina  and  lived  to  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  ninety  j'ears,  s|)ending  his  last  days 
in  Knox  County,  Ky.  Robert  Dowis  was  married 
in  early  manhood  to  Miss  Nancj'  Steele,  who  was 
born  in  ^'irginia  and  who  is  now  living  in  Knox 
County,  Ky.,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Annie  Steele,  who 
were  likewise  natives  of  the  Old  Dominion.  To 
her  and  her  husband  were  born  a  family  of  nine 
children,  viz.:  Martha,  Helen,  Jackson,  Gale  S., 
Jasper,  Franklin,  Elizabeth,  Robert  and  Dallas. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  the  fourth  child 
of  his  parents  and  was  reared  in  his  native  county, 
although  he  attended  school  for  a  time  in  Tennes- 
see. I'pon  approaching  manhood  he  was  occupied 
in  various  pursuits  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
War  when,  on  the  "iOth  of  August,  1^61,  he  enlisted 
as  a  soldier  in  the  Union  army,  being  then  twenty- 
six  years  old.  He  was  assigned  to  Companj-  I, 
.Seventh  Kentucky  Infantry,  served  as  Sergeant 
until  .lanuary,  1862,  was  thru  promot-d  to  be  Sec- 
ond Lieutenant  and  at  the  end  of  two  months  was 
agaiu  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Fu'st  Lieutenant,  in 
which  position  he  served  until  May.  1864,  when 
he  was  promoted  to  the  lank  of  Ca|)tain.  He  was 
discharged  from  the  service  on  the  5th  of  October, 
1864,  by  reason  of  the  expiration  of  term  of  ser- 
vice. He  ])articipated  in  the  seige  of  Vicksburg 
anil  various  other  engagements.  After  leaving  the 
army  he  returned  to  his  native  county,  sojourning 
there  until  18(!.'). 

In  the  year  above  mentioned  Mr.  Dowis  turned 
his  face  toward  the  country  west  of  the  Mississi|)pi. 
removed  lo  Jackson  Count}-,  Mo.,  where  he  so- 
journed until  1883.  In  the  mrantinie  iie  was  mar- 
ried, March  17,  1867,  in  Jackson  County,  to  Miss 
Betty  II.  Dui)uy.  This  lady  was  born  iu  Shelby 
County,  Ky.,  in  1845,  and  by  her  union  with  our 
subject  lieeamc   tlie  mother  of  four  children,  vi/. : 


Nellie,  Cora,  Robert  and  Albert.  Robert  died  in 
infancy ;  Nellie  is  married  and  living  in  Guthrie, 
Oklahoma;  Cora  and  Albert  are  at  home.  Mr. 
Dowis  was  not  quite  twenty-one  years  old  upon  the 
organization  of  the  Republican  party,  but  he  en- 
dorsed its  principles  and  has  remained  its  loyal  ad- 
herent. 

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JESSE  A.  BURXETTE,  attorney-at-law  in  the 
city  of  Caldwell,  and  who  is  making  for  him- 
self a  good  record  among  his  brethren  of  the 
legal  profession,  is  a  gentleman  still  young  in 
years,  having  been  born  May  26,  1859.  His  native 
place  was  Cocke  Count}',  Tenn.,  to  which  his  father, 
James  B.  S.  Burnette,  removed  in  boyhood,  living 
there  until  December,  1869.  That  year  he  set  out  for 
the  Far  West  and  located  in  Fremont  Count}-, 
Iowa,  where  he  sojourned  until  1874.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Atchison  County,  Mo.,  where  he  now 
resides.  He  was  born  in  Buncomb  County,  N.  C, 
in  1824,  and  has  followed  farming  all  his  life.  He 
served  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  late 
Civil  War  in  an  East  Tennessee  Regiment.  With- 
out making  any  great  stir  iu  the  world,  he  has  pur- 
sued the  even  tenor  of  his  way  as  a  peaceable  and 
law-abiding  citizen  and  is  a  member  in  good  stand- 
ing of  the  Baptist  Church.  The  paternal  grand- 
father of  Mr.  Burnette,  William  by  name,  was  also 
a  native  of  North  Carolina  and  the  son  of  a  hero 
of  the  Revolution. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  (Young)  Burnette,  the  mother  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Cocke  County,  Tenn.,  of 
parents  who  were  North  Carolinians  b}'  birth.  One 
of  her  grandfathers  served  in  the  Continental  army 
and  met  his  d(!ath  on  the  battle-field  at  King's 
Mountain.  Mrs.  Burnette  is  sixty-three  years  old. 
The  parental  family  consisted  of  twelve  children, 
of  whom  Jesse  A.  was  the  seventh  iji  the  order  of 
birth.  His  boyhood  days  were  spent  in  his  native 
county  until  he  was  eleven  years  of  age.  wIrmi  he 
accompanied  his  parents,  first  in  their  removal  to 
Iowa  and  then  to  Rlissouri.  He  worked  on  a  farm 
amd  attended  the  common  schools  until  api)roacli- 
ing    manhood,  then    completed    his    education    at 


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Amity  College,  College  Springs,  Iowa.  lie  utilized 
the  knowledge  which  he  had  acquired  in  lencliing 
school  and  emjiloyed  his  spare  moments  in  reading 
law.  Ill  the  latter  he  made  such  good  progress  that 
in  the  spring  of  1  S,S.')  lie  was  admitted  tf)  the  bar 
in  Atchison  County,  Mo. 

Soon  after  entering  the  ranks  of  the  legal  profes- 
sion young  Bnrnette  repaired  to  Mobeetie,  the 
connty-seat  of  Wheeler  Connty,  Tex.,  where  he 
c<in)inenee<l  the  practice  of  his  profession  and 
taught  school  one  year.  At  the  expiration  of  thi.s 
lime,  leaving  the  Lone  Star  State,  he  came  to  this 
county  and  located  in  Caldwell,  opening  an  ottice, 
and  has  since  given  his  attention  to  the  duties  of 
his  profession.  He  has  served  as  City  Attorney 
throe  terms  and  is  evidently  on  the  highway  to 
prosperity,  being  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  lucrative 
l)racticc  and  able  from  time  to  time  to  lay  up  some- 
thing for  a  rainy  day.  He  is  a  working  member  of 
the  Republican  party,  and  is  identified  with  the 
A)icient  Order  of  United  AVorkraen  and  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Burnette  with  Miss  Kale 
Pursel  was  celebr.ated  at  the  bride's  home  in  Atch 
ison  County,  Mo.,  JNIay  20,  1886.  Mrs.  Burnette 
was  born  in  that  county'  October  20,  1863,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Alex  and  Annie  Pursel,  who  are  now 
residents  of  Atchison  County,  Mo.  Two  daugiiters 
have  been  born  of  this  union,  named.  resi)ectively. 
Imogen  and  P^mma. 


KLSON  SMITH.  One  of  the  finest  stock 
ijj  farms  in  .Jackson  Township  has  been  de- 
i»},fMf  veloped  and  im|)roved  by  Mr.  Smith  and 
is  <ligibl_v  locate<l  where  it  is  amply  watered  !)>■ 
two  branches  of  Shoo  Fly  Creek — this  creek  being 
fed  by  springs  and  during  the  ct)ldest  weather  has 
never  been  known  to  have  its  current  interrupted 
liy  ihe  formation  of  ice.  In  tlie  industr3'  to  wliich 
Ml'.  Smith  devotes  the  most  of  Ids  time  and  atten- 
tion, he  has  been  very  successful  and  ships  annually 
nuinliers  of  cattle  and  hogs. 

A  native   of  the    I'.iiekeve   Stale.  Mr.  Smith   was 


liorn  ill  (hillicothe.  Ross  County,  March  7,  1833, 
and  is  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Eliza  (Ilanes)  Smith. 
Ill 3  former  a  native  of  New  York  State  and  the 
latter  of  Ross  County,  Ohio.  Jacob  Smith,  wlu-n 
a  young  man  emigrated  to  Ohio  and  w.as  there 
married.  He  pnrehased  a  tract  of  land  near  Del- 
jilii,  Ross  County,  where  he  prosecuted  farming 
ii.itil  his  death,  in  1838.  The  mother  h.ad  also  died 
several  years  prior  to  the  decease  of  her  husband 
and  the  latter  married  a  second  time.  Five  chil- 
dren were  subsequently  cared  for  by  the  steijmother. 
who  kept  the  *amily  together  about  three  years  and 
then  Nelson  went  to  live  with  his  guardian,  David 
Ilolderman.  a  farmer  of  Ross  County,  Ohio. 
Grandfather  Frederick  Hanes  was  a  native  of  Ger- 
many and  emigrated  T.0  America  when  a  young 
man,  settling  among  the  pioneers  of  Ross  County, 
Ohio.  He  took  up  a  tr.act  of  timber  land  from 
which  he  cleared  a  farm  anil  there  spent  the  remain- 
der of  his  days. 

Young  Smith  attended  school  ;i  p.'irt  of  each 
) ear  during  his  boyhood  and  the  balance  of  the 
time  worked  on  the  farm  with  his  guardian  luitil 
fourteen  years  old.  He  then  entered  the  employ 
of  his  brother-in  law,  David  Whetsel,  with  whom 
he  remained  for  a  period  of  seven  years  during 
which  he  was  absent  from  his  duties  but  three  days. 
Mr.  Whetsel  was  a  stock  dealer  and  there  being  no 
railroads  young  Smith  assisted  him  in  driving  his 
cattle  across  the  mountains  to  the  Eastern  markets. 
Upon  one  occasion  he  went  to  New  York  City  with 
a  drove  of  cattle.  He  had  saved  his  earnings  and 
when  twenty-two  years  old  had  a  snug  little  sum  of 
mone}'  with  which  he  went  to  Illinois  and  [uircliased 
land  in  Macon  County,  two  and  one-half  miles 
[;om  Decatur,  the  county  seat.  Mr.  Smith  resided 
in  Illinois  until  1877,  then,  selling  out,  came  to 
Kansas  locating  in  this  county,  when  the  nearest 
lallroad  station  was  at  Wichita.  He  had  visited 
this  region  iireviously  and  purchased  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  the  southeast  quarter 
of  section  22,  J.ackson  Township.  There  were  fif- 
teen acres  broken,  but  no  buildings.  Mr.  Smith 
rented  a  house  near  by  in  which  he  resided  with 
his  family  one  and  one-half  years,  then  put  u))  a 
dwelling  on  his  own  land,  which  he  has  since  occu- 
pied.    As  his  capital  increased,  being  prospered  in 


PORTRAIT  AND  nKvaRAPHICAL  ALIUJM. 


21.') 


liis  labors,  lie  added  to  his  landed  possessions  and 
is  now  the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  all  fenced  and  unpi-oved  with  modern  build- 
ings. He  is  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  in<luslry 
and  feels  well  rc|)aid  for  the  toils  and  sacrifices 
which  he  eadurcd  when  settling  upon  what  was 
very  nearly  approacliing  the  frontier. 

The  marriage  of  Nelson  Smith  and  Miss  Susanna 
May  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home  in  Ross 
County,  Ohio,  September  6,  ls.j.5.  Their  union 
has  been  blest  by  the  birth  of  five  children:  Frank, 
IJeman,  Chancey,  Maggie  and  Clara.  Mrs.  Smith 
was  born  in  Green  Township,  Ross  County,  Oliio, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  Francis  and  Barbara  (Betzer) 
May,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  Ross  County, 
Ohio.  It  is  believed  that  the  paternal  grandfather, 
George  May,  was  born  in  Germany  and  if  so,  lie 
emigrated  to  America  at  a  very  early  day  and  was 
reared  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was  among  the  earliest 
l)ioneers  of  Ross  County,  where  he  cleared  a  farm 
and  siient  the  remainder  of  his  life.  P'rancis  May 
was  reared  in  his  native  count}'  wheie,  upon  reach- 
ing man's  estate  he  purchased  an  improved  farm, 
wliich  lie  lived  upon  until  1!S58.  Then  removing 
to  Macon  County,  HI.,  he  settled  in  Decatur  where 
lie  resided  until  his  death,  about  18.S7.  The  mother 
of  Mrs.  Smith  was  the  daughter  of  William  Betzer, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  German  ancestry. 
He  likewise  was  a  |)ioneer  of  Ross  County,  Ohio, 
and  died  there.  His  daughter,  Barbara,  was  taught 
in  her  girlhood  to  card  wool  and  flax,  also  to  spin 
and  weave  and  made  her  home  with  her  parents 
until  her  marriage.  She  spent  her  last  days  in 
Decatur,  HI.,'  passing  away  prior  to  the  decease  of 
her  husband.  Mrs.  Smith  remained  with  her  par- 
ents until  her  mariiage. 


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RA  M.  VICKERY.  In  noting  the  leading 
farmers  and  stock-raisers  of  Walton  Townsiiip, 
]Mr.  Vickery  is  deserving  of  special  mention. 
He  lias  by  a  course  of  plodding  industry  and  good 
management  become  one  of  the  leading  land-own- 
ers of  this  section,  holding  the  warranty   deeds  to 


eight  hundred  acres  lying  in  the  counties  of  Cow- 
Ic}-  and  Sumner,  his  residence  being  on  the  Indian 
Territor}-  line.  He  came  to  this  county  in  1883 
and  commenced  operations  upon  his  present  estate, 
which  has  yielded  bountiful  returns,  rendering  the 
owner  piractically  independent. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Oswego 
County,  N.  Y.,  November  2,  I83M,  and  is  the  son 
of  William  and  Hannah  L.  (Manwarrcn)  A'ickery, 
both  also  natives  of  the  Empire  State  and  the  latter 
born  in  Oswego  County.  William  Vickery  lived 
in  that  county  from  a  child  of  four  3'ears,  until 
1857,  when  he  set  out  for  the  far  West,  settling  in 
Doniphan  County  in  1858,  before  Kansas  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  Union  as  a  State.  Taking  up  land, 
he  prosecuted  farming  successfully,  becoming  well- 
to-do  and  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  .*ilO,000.  His 
death  took  place  in  1865  when  he  was  sixty-two 
years  old.  He  was  for  manj'  years  a  member  of 
the  Christian  Church. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  liorn  in  1810 
and  is  still  living,  making  her  home  wiih  our 
subject.  Her  father,  John  Manwarren,  likewise  a 
native  of  New  York  State,  served  as  a  soldier  in 
the  War  of  1812,  and  his  father,  carried  a  musket 
on  behalf  of  the  Colonists  in  the  Revolutionary 
War.  To  AVilliam  and  Hannah  Vickery  there  was 
born  a  family  of  eight  children,  namely  :  Fanny  L., 
Ira  M.,  William  M.,  Lucy  A.,  Hannah  A.,  William 
E.,  Lillie  H.  and  Frank.  Four  of  these  are  living 
and  located  in  Colorado  and  Kansas. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  second  child 
of  his  parents  and  was  reared  on  the  farm  in  Os- 
wego County,  N.  Y.  He  attended  the  common 
schools  and  later  Falley  Seminary,  and  at  an  early 
ao'c  was  trained  to  those  habits  of  industry  and 
frugality  which  have  probaljly  been  the  secret  of 
his  success  in  life.  He  came  to  Kansas  Territory 
with  the  family  in  1857,  working  still  with  his 
father  until  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 
That  same  year  he  joined  the  army,  enlisting  as  a 
private  in  Company  A,  Seventh  Kansas  Cavalry, 
and  served  with  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps  in 
Missouri,  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Alabama 
and  Mississippi.  He  maintained  his  position  in 
the  ranks  until  the  close  of  the  conflict,  escaping 
wounds  and  imprisonment  and  received  his  honor- 


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able  discharge  at  Ironton,  Mo.,  July  20,  I860,  on 
ac'coiint  of  disabilities  from  a  horse  falling  on  him. 
After  retiring  from  the  service  Mr.  ^'ickory  re- 
turned to  r)onii)iian  County,  this  State,  remaining 
there  until  lemoving  to  his  present  homestead.  He 
gives  his  entire  attention  to  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  Aside  from  his  membership  with  the 
Church  of  God,  he  is  not  identified  with  any  organ- 
ization, social,  religious  or  political,  not  even  cast- 
ing his  vote  for  President.  On  the  30th  of  .lanuary, 
1866,  Mr.  Mckery  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Georgia  A.  Smith.  This  lady  was  born  in 
Randolph  County,  Ala.,  in  1  847,  and  is  the  daughter 
of  David  D.  and  .Sarali  II.  (Tiirasher)  Smitii  of  that 
State.  Mr.  \ickery  formed  tiie  acquaintance  of 
his  wife  in  Alaliama  during  the  war.  There  have 
been  liorn  to  them  six  children,  viz.:  Clara  .T., 
Minnie  L.,Ivan  W., Willie  M.,  Jesse  A.  and  Nannie 
E.  Clara  .1.  and  .lesse  A.  died  at  the  ages  of  three 
years  and  fourteen  ni<.)nliis  respectively. 


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RA  T.  GABBEKT.  ^M.  D.,  one  of  the  ablest 
physicians  and  surgeons  of  Caldwell,  aside 
from  occupying  a  high  position  in  the  medical 
profession,  is  also  numbered  among  the  business 
men  of  this  plate.  He  is  intelligent  and  progress- 
ive ill  liis  ideas,  a  man  who  keeps  himself  thoroughly 
posted  upon  leading  events  and  for  whom  i.s  pre- 
dicted a  career  of  more  than  ordinarj-  success.  He 
was  born  Decembers,  1852,  in  the  town  of  Weston, 
Platte  Count}%  Mo.,  and  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Frances  (Hamner)  Gabbert.  William  Gabbert  was 
born  in  Warren  County,  Ky.,  about  1816. 

The  father  of  our  subject  when  a  young  man 
removed  to  Soutiiern  Indiana,  sojourning  there 
until  about  1840.  Tliencc  he  emigrated  across  the 
Mississippi  to  Platte  County,  Mo.,  where  he  still 
resides.  He  has  followed  Agricultural  pursuits  the 
most  of  his  life,  accumulating  a  large  property,  and 
is  now  retired  from  active  labor,  with  the  exception 
of  occupying  himself  as  a  raoney-loaner.  He  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Christian  Chuich.  contribut- 
ing  liherallv  of   his  means  to  fuilher   the   cause  of 


the  Master.  I\jliticall3%  he  is  a  sound  Republican 
and  socially,  belongs  to  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Ma5r)ns  and  Modern  Woodmen  of  America,  of 
which  he  is  Examining  Physician. 

Mrs.  Frances  (Hamner)  Gabbert,  tlie  mother  of 
our  subject  was  born  in  Virginia  about  1818,  and 
is  still  living.  The  parental  family  included  eight 
children,  Ira  T.  being  the  fifth  in  order  of  biith. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  town,  receiving  a 
collegiate  education.  In  1878  he  began  reading 
medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  J.  W.  Martin, 
of  Weston  and  subsequently  attended  three  courses 
of  lectures  in  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadel- 
phia, from  which  in  1882,  he  was  graduated  with 
high  honors.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Kansas  Cit}',  IMo.,  but  a  j'oar  later  came  to 
this  covuity,  establishing  himself  in  Caldwell  of 
which  he  has  since  been  a  resident.  His  close 
attention  to  business  gained  him  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens  and  he  soon  found 
himself  in  the  midst  of  a  lucrative  business.  In 
addition  to  this  he  conducts  a  thriving  drug  store, 
of  which  he  became  part  owner  in  1886  and  sole 
prcjprictor  in  the  spring  of  1889.  He  has  also 
dealt  largely  in  real  estate.  As  a  member  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  he  has  taken  the  Uniformed  Rank 
degree,  and  in  j  olitics  is  a  straight  Republican. 

Dr.  Gabbert  was  mai'ried  in  Gap,  Lancaster 
County,  Pa..  October  2,  1889,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Slaymaker.  This  lady  was  born  in  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.,  in  1860  and  is  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Slaymaker,  who  were  likewise  natives 
of  the  Keystone  State  and  the  mother  is  still  living 
at  Gaj),  Pa.  The  father  died  at  Williamslown 
al)ont  1875. 


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OSEPII  M.  JOHNSON,  a  prominrul  citizen 
of  Creek  Township,  is  the  proprietor  of  one 
of  the  finest  homes  within  its  limits,  and  is 
apparenti}'  surrounded  wilh  all  the  good 
things  of  life.  He  has  been  more  than  ordinarily 
successful  as  an  agriculturist,  and  is  considerably 
interested  in  sheep-raising,  an  industry  which  he 
believes  is  far  too  much  neglected  among  the  fertile 


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217 


districts  of  Llie  Sun  flown- State.  The  career  of  Mr. 
.lolyison  ii.is  been  emiiK'iitly  creditable  to  liim  as  a 
mull  and  a  citizen,  but  tliat  perhaps  upon  wliich  he 
pridet  himself  most  is  the  fact  that  during  the  late 
Civil  War  he  wiis  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier  of  the 
I'nion  Army.  In  viewing  the  wealth  and  pros- 
perity of  this  great  country,  he  justly*  feels  that  he 
was  one  of  the  humble  instruments  in  i)reserving 
toiler  her  continued  prosperity  and  standing  among 
the  nations. 

('tuning  of  substantial  Pennsylvania  stock,  Mr. 
.b.lmson  was  himself  a  native  of  the  Keystone 
State,  and  born  in  Fa^'ette  County,  December  21, 
1832.  He  acquired  a  practical  education  in  the 
common -schools,  and  at  an  earl}'  ago  developed  the 
independence  of  character  which  has  made  him  a 
successful  man  in  life.  He  left  home  before  reach- 
in  his  majority,  emigrating  to  Delaware  Countj', 
Iowa,  and  was  there  employed  on  a  farm  the 
greater  part  of  the  year.  He  then  returned  to  his 
native  State,  sojourning  tiiere  and  engaging  in 
in  farming  mostly  until  1858.  He  liad,  however, 
learned  the  tanner's  trade,  at  which  he  worked  a 
part  of  the  time.  During  the  year  last  mentioned, 
he  went  to  LaSalle  County,  111.,  but  in  1859,  re- 
turned to  Pennsylvania,  remaining  there  until  after 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War. 

On  the  27th  of  August,  1861,  Mr.  .lohnson  sig- 
nalized his  patriotism  by  enlisting  as  a  Union 
soldier  in  Com|jany  I,  Eighty-fifth  Pennsylvania 
Infantr}'.  When  the  organization  of  the  regiment 
was  completed,  the  "boys  in  blue"  were  sent  to 
Washington  City  and  attached  to  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac,  which  was  then  under  the  command  of 
Gen.  McClellan.  Mr.  Johnson  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Williamsburg,  the  siege  of  Yorktown  and 
the  fights  at  Savage  Station,  Seven  I'incs,  Jones' 
Ford  and  Black  Water.  Later,  in  North  Cai-olina, 
he  met  the  enemy  at  Southwest  Creek,  Kniston, 
Whitehall,  Goldsboro,  the  sieges  of  Morris  Island 
;.nd  Fts.  Wagner  and  Gregg,  and  was  at  White 
Marsh  Island  in  Ga.,  Gloucester  Point,  Va.,  Bur 
niuda  Hundred  and  in  the  skirmish  near  the  Rich 
mond  &  Petersburg  Railroad. 

At  Kichmond,  Mr.  Johnson  was  wounded  in  the 
thigh  b}'  a  minie  ball,  and  sent  to  the  general 
hospital    at    Fortress     Jlonroe.      On    the    30th    of 


August.  1 863,  he  was  wounded  in  the  face  and 
breast  by  a  shell,  one  piece  of  which  he  still  carries 
in  his  breast.  He  entered  the  service  as  a  private, 
and  was  first  promoted  to  Orderly  Sergeant.  On 
the-lth  of  March,  1863,  he  was  tendered  the  com- 
mission of  Second  Lieutenant.  After  his  wounds 
were  healed,  he  returned  to  his  regiment  and  served 
the  balance  of  his  time  in  the  army  as  Regimental 
Quartermaster.  He  was  given  an  honorable  dis- 
charge November  22,  1864. 

Returning  now  to  Pennsylvania,  Mr.  Johnson 
sojourned  there  until  1869.  That  year  he  came  to 
this  State,  settling  first  on  a  farm  in  Waubansee 
Township.  In  1871  he  came  to  this  county,  locat- 
ing first  in  Palestine  Township,  where  he  lived 
eight  years.  His  next  removal,  in  1879,  was  to 
Creek  Township,  of  which  he  has  since  remained  a 
resident.  His  farm  embraces  two  hundred  acres  of 
thoroughly-cultivated  land  with  all  the  modern  im- 
provements. The  residence,  a  well-built  and  con- 
venient structuie.  was  erected  in  1885.  Mr.  John- 
son has  given  considerable  attention  to  fruit  grow- 
ing, having  an  orchard  of  80  apple  trees,  50  cherry 
trees,  30  i)ears,  and  1,000  peach  trees,  besides  the 
smaller  fruits,  and  he  gives  considerable  attention 
to  stock-raising. 

Mr.  Jolinson  was  first  mari'ied  November  10, 
1853,  to  Miss  Margaret  Diamond,  and  there  were 
born  to  them  three  children,  only  two  of  whom  are 
living.  The  daughter.  Catherine  Jane,  is  the  wife 
of  Frederick  Rinehart,  of  Springdale  Township, 
and  they  are  the  parents  of  eight  children;  William 
A.  B.  married  Miss  Myra  Brown,  is  the  father  of 
two  children,  and  lives  in  Riley  County,  this  State. 
Airs.  Margaret  Johnson  departed  this  life  at  her 
home  in  Pliuois  many  years  ago.  Mr.  Johnson  was 
again  married  September  27,  1860,  to  Miss  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Clovis)  Ganoe.  This 
lady  was  born  March  19,  1838,  in  Fa_vette  County-, 
Pa.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  that  State,  and  her 
mother  was  born  in  Maryland;  the  father  is 
deceased,  and  the  mother  resides   in   Pennsylvania. 

To  Mr.  Johnson  and  his  present  wife  have  been 
boin  twelve  children,  ten  of  whom  are  livincr. 
Martha  E.  is  the  wife  of  George  W.  Lewis,  of 
Ewell,  and  they  have  one  child;  Jesse  E.  is  unmar- 
ried, and  remains  at  home  with  his  parents;  Dessie 


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I'URTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAI'IIICAL  ALBUM. 


May  is  the  wife  of  William  Derapsey,  and  tlioy 
live  five  miles  nortlieast  of  Conwaj-  Springs;  Benja- 
min A.,  Plielie  A.,  Sarah  K.,  Qiiindora  L.,  Mary 
E..  Kate  S.  and  .Joseph  E.  sojourn  imder  the 
parental  roof.  Mr.  Johnson  belongs  to  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  Churcli,  while  his  estimable 
wife  is  a  Baptist  in  lier  religious  views.  Politicallj', 
Mr.  Johnson  supports  the  i)rinfiples  of  the  Repub- 
lican part3'.  He  is  Trustee  of  Creek  Township, 
serving  his  third  term.  He  was  Justice  of  tlie 
Peace  for  three  terms,  and  is  a  member  of  tlie  School 
Board,  taking  a  warm  interest  in  educational  mat- 
ters, and  having  been  a  school  offlcial  in  Pcnns^l- 
vania  and  other  places  where  he  has  resided. 
Socially,  he  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows  at  RHIau.  in  which  he  has  passed 
through  all  the  Chairs,  and  is  now  Past  Grand. 
He  is  also  identified  with  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  at  Milan,  in  which  he  has  been  Senior 
Vice  C!omm.ander. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  Simon  and  June 
(Jefferys)  Johnson,  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
the  father  a  farmer  b}'  occupation.  The  parents 
were  reared  and  married  in  their  native  State,  where 
they  spent  their  entire  lives.  The  fatlier  die  1  in 
1853,  at  tlie  age  of  fifty-five  years,  having  been 
born  in  1798.  The  mother  was  born  April  2,  180.5, 
and  died  in  Pennsylvania  about  1880.  Of  the 
twelve  children  ])orn  to  them,  eight  are  now  living 
located  mostly-  in  Pennsylvania.  Simon  Johnson 
was  a  prominent  man  in  liis  commtinity,  and  served 
as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  man\'  years. 


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\fiOSEPH  T.  BRENEMAN,  M.D.  Among 
the  old  landmarks  of  Wellington  may  be 
numbered  Dr.  Breneman,  who,  as  the  result 
of  a  long  and  successful  practice,  has  become 
fully  established,  botii  as  a  physician  and  a  citizen. 
He  does  business  at  a  well-eqnipped  office  on  the 
corner  of  Washington  and  Harvey  Avenues,  and 
occupies  a  i)leasant  residence  at  No.  1028  South 
Washington.  His  professional  career  has  been  sig- 
nalized by  close  study  and  extensive  reading,  re- 


sulting in  a  thorough  understanding  of  the  most 
modern  and  approved  methods  adopted  by  .the 
medical  fratoriiit3-  of  the  present  day. 

Dr.  Breneman  was  born  twelve  miles  east  of 
Findlay,  Hancock  County.  Ohio,  January  23,  1849, 
but  when  a  boy  of  seven  j'ears.  was  taken  by  his 
parents  to  New  Jliddlctown,  Mahoning  County. 
He  there  developed  into  manhood,  and  completed 
his  literary  education.  When  a  young  man  of 
twenty  years,  he  removed  with  the  family  to  Iowa 
County,  Iowa,  where  the  father  took  up  new  land 
and  improved  a  homestead.  Joseph  T.,  after  fol- 
lowing the  profession  of  a  teacher  for  a  time,  be- 
gan reading  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  Dr. 
AV.  W.  Orris  of  Victor,  Iowa,  and  later  entered 
Bennett  Medical  College  of  Chicago,  where  he  re- 
mained from  1872  until  1874.  He  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession  at  Morris,  Iowa,  remain- 
ing tlierc  until  1877.  That  year  he  entered  the 
Iowa  State  university,  and  took  two  full  courses, 
being  graduated  on  the  5th  of  March,  1871).  He 
then  resum'jd  practice  at  IVIorris  until  Ihe  fall  of 
th.at  year,  when  he  changed  the  Held  of  his  opera- 
tions to  Audubon,  Iowa,  where  he  sojourned  four 
years,  and  conducted  a  drug  store  for  three  years, 
doing  a  good  business. 

Dr.  Breneman  becaiae  a  resident  of  Wellington 
in  1883,  and  for  two  years  conducted  a  drug  store 
here  in  connection  with  his  practice.  He  now 
gives  his  entire  attention  to  the  latter,  and  has  met 
with  unqualified  success.  He  was  for  a  lime  a 
member  of  the  Board  of  United  States  Pension 
Examiners  under  the  administration  of  President 
Cleveland.  Although  a  warm  supporter  of  the 
Democratic  partj-  since  becoming  a  citizen,  he  has 
never  aspired  to  office.  He  is  identified  with  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Knights 
of  Pythias. 

Dr.  Breneman  w.as  first  married  in  Iowa  City, 
Iowa,  to  Miss  Allace  Ewing.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Frank  Ewing.  Of  this  union  there  was  no  issue. 
She  departed  this  life  at  Salon,  Iowa,  May  IGtIi. 
1877. 

On  the  13th  of  Maj%  1883,  Dr.  Breneman  was 
wedded  to  Miss  Fanny  Humptr}',  of  West  Union, 
Iowa.  This  lady  was  born  in  AVest  Union,  and  is 
the  daughter  of  William  II.  Hu niplry.  a  farnuM'  by 


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219 


occuitation,  and  now  decef.sed.  This  union  resulted 
in  the  birth  of  three  children — Fay  Alice,  Hazel 
and  a  babe,  George  H.  Tlie  father  of  our  subject 
was  Christian  B.  Breneinan,  who  was  born  in  Ma 
lioning  Countj',  Ohio,  in  1814.  He  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Kobison  and  engaged  in  farmintr.  In 
1869,  leaving  the  Buckeye  State,  he  removed  to 
Iowa,  and  thence  to  Kansas  in  the  spring  of  1881. 
His  death  took  place  at  his  residence  in  Wellington. 
November  10,  1884;  the  mother  is  still  living,  and 
makes  her  home  with  the  Doctor. 


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ICHAEL  TROl'TMAN.  The  Slate  of 
Illinois  parted  with  a  most  excellent  citi- 
zen in  October,  1872,  when  Mr.  Troutman 
left  the  fertile  lands  of  Macon  County, 
liojjing  for  still  better  things  in  Kansas.  He  first 
settled  in  Avon  Township,  nr ar  Wellington,  where 
he  lived  about  two  years,  then  removed  to  South 
Haven  Township,  where  lie  had  secured  possession 
of  a  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  upon 
which  he  removed,  and  where  he  continued  to  live 
until  1879.  Then,  selling  out,  he  came  to  Harmon 
Township,  and  selected  his  present  homestead  on 
section  13.  Here  he  has  erected  good  buildings, 
aufl  operates  largely  as  a  stock  dealer  and  feeder. 
reaping  therefrom  a  comfortable  income. 

Mr.  Troutman  was  born  in  Fulton  Count}',  Ind., 
April  17,  1852,  and  lived  there  until  a  3-oulh  of 
seventeen  years.  He  then  went  to  Macon  Count}', 
where  he  sojourned  until  coming  to  this  State.  He 
has  had  a  lifelong  experience  as  an  agriculturist, 
and  enjoys  nothing  better  than  watching  the  grow- 
ing grain  and  gathering  in  the  harvest.  His  farm, 
two  hundred  and  sixty -two  acres  in  extent,  has  all 
been  brought  to  a  good  stale  of  cultivation,  and 
yields  abundantly  the  rich  crops  of  Southern 
Kansas. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  important  events 
in  the  life  of  our  subject  was  his  marriage  in  Ox- 
ford Townshi}),  April  20,  1876,  to  Miss  Delilah 
Elder.  This  lady  was  born  in  Kosciusco  CounVj', 
Ind.,  April  1,  1857.  and  is  the   daughter   of    Lewis 


and  Elizabeth  (Firestone)  Elder,  who  were  natives 
of  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio.  Mr.  Elder  died  in 
Kosciusco  County,  Lid.,  about  1860.  The  mother 
is  still  at  the  old  home  in  Indiana.  The  parental 
householil  consisted  of  eight  children,  seven  of 
whom  are  living.  There  have  been  born  to  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Troutman  five  children,  only  one  of  whom 
is  living,  a  son,  George  XL,  who  was  born  April  26, 
1882,  in  Kansas.  The  deceased  are  Fayette, 
Joseph  M.,  Veda  and  James  E.  Mrs.  Troutman  is 
a  lady  highly  esteemed  in  her  community,  one  who 
has  been  a  devoted  wife  and  mother,  looking  care- 
fully after  the  ways  of  her  household,  and  by  her 
wise  management,  prudence  and  economy,  has 
assisted  her  husband  materially  in  his  struggles  for 
a  home  and  a  competence.  Mr.  Troutman,  politi- 
cally, supports  the  principles  of  the  Democratic 
party,  and  has  held  the  office  of  Township  Trustee. 
The  parents  of  our  subject  were  Joseph  and 
Phcbe  (Clark)  Troutman,  natives  of  Kcntuck}'  and 
Indiana,  and  who  are  now  residents  of  South  Haven 
Township,  this  county. 


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,,,       &ARNER  A.  TILTON  is  one  of  the  promi- 
—  .^  1,.. .; _.  Oxford,  where  he-is 


yAR.NER  A.   TILTO^'   is  C 
nent  business  men  of  Ox 
^  ^      engaged  in  the  sale  of    cl 


tiemcn's  furnishing  goods 


clothing  and  gen- 
Ilis  business  establish- 
ment is  furnished  with  a  complete  and  well- 
assorted  stock,  and  is  conducted  in  a  manner 
creditable  to  the  business  tact  and  energy  of  its 
owner,  and  on  the  principles  of  honorable  dealing 
with  all.  Mr.  Tilton  owns  a  fine  farm  of  three 
hundred  an<l  twenty  acres  in  Greene  Townshi[), 
which  he  still  supervises,  in  addition  to  the  man- 
agement of  his  excellent  business  in  this  city. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  took  place  in  Goshen, 
Hampshire  Count}',  Mass.,  October  21,  1820,  and 
he  lived  in  his  native  place  until  sixteen  years  old, 
attending  the  public  schools  and  in  intervals  work- 
ing with  his  father,  who  was  a  tanner  and  farmer. 
In  183G  the  family  removed  to  Hawley,  and  two 
years  later  to  South  Deerfield,  Franklin  County. 
Young    Tilton    finished     his    education    at    North 


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Ilamptdii.  aii'l  wiien  about  of  age  left  the  parental 
roof  and  started  in  life  for  himself,  occupying  his 
time  in  teaching  and  tanning.  He  finally  went  into 
the  business  of  manufacturing  buttons  and  doing 
all  kinds  of  turning  and  sawing  at  .South  Deerlield. 
continuing  in  this  business  until  1852.  lie  then 
went  to  California,  via  Cape  Horn,  and  engaged  in 
ranching  and  mining.  At  Grass  ^'alley.  Nevad.i 
County,  he  carried  on  his  mining  work,  and  at 
Iowa  City,  Placer  County,  conducted  his  search 
for  the  precious  metal.  After  four  years  spent  in 
these  cniplo3-raents  he  went  to  Sacramento,  where 
for  about  eighteen  months  he  dealt  in  wood  and 
coal.  He  then  returned  to  the  occupation  of  rain- 
ing, working  in  various  parts  of  the  State  until 
1860,  when  he  returned  home  via  the  Isthmus  of 
Panama. 

After  some  time  spent  in  farming  at  his  former 
place  of  abode,  Mr.  Tilton  removed  to  Toledo, 
Ohio,  and  engaged  in  the  milk  husin*ss  and  tobacco 
o-rowing.  In  1877  lie  left  the  Buckej'e  State  to 
become  a  resident  of  Kan.sas,  ami  having  purchased 
a  farm  which  was  almost  entirely  in  its  primitive 
condition,  he  set  about  its  improvement  and  cul- 
tivation. He  erected  good  buildings,  brought  the 
soil  to  a  fine  stale  of  productiveness,  and  now  has 
as  fine  a  farm  as  one  could  desire.  After  living 
upon  the  rural  estate  for  six  3-ears,  Mr.  Tilton 
came  to  this  place,  and  witli  his  son,  C.  G..  opened 
a  dry-goods  and  grocery  establishment,  but  not 
long  alter  changed  to  the  line  of  trade  which  he 
has  conducted  during  the  past  five  years. 

Mr.  Tilton  is  descended  from  one  of  thiee 
brothers  who  emigrated  from  Devonshire.  Eng- 
land, in  16G0,  and  who  settled  in  Martha's  Mne- 
yard,  N.  H.,  and  Kew  Jersey  respectively.  From 
the  New  Jersey  settler  descended  Theodore  Tilton. 
From  the  Martha's  Vineyard  branch  descended 
Salathiel  Tilton,  the  grandfatiicr  of  our  subject, 
wlio  was  born  on  the  Island.  His  son,  Benjamin 
B.  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Goshen, 
Mass,.  October  20,  1796.  He  learned  the  Ir.ade  of 
a  tanner,  and  always  made  his  home  in  llie  olil  Bay 
Stale,  being  gathered  to  his  fathers  in  October, 
1876,  when  he  lacked  but  a  few  days  of  being 
eighty  years  old.  His  wife  l)ore  the  maiden  name 
of   Clymena  Warner,  and  she  was    bom    in    1802. 


and  died  in  1847  of  consumption.  She  w.as  a 
daughter  of  Capt.  Warner,  who  took  part  in  the 
lirst  fighling  done  by  Vermont  during  the  Revolu- 
tion, and  in  after  years  settled  in  Williamsburg, 
Hampshire  County,  Mass  ,  bis  occupation  being 
tiiat  of  a  farmer.  The  p.irents  of.  our  subject 
reared  three  children. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject  took  place  in  June. 
1843,  in  .South  Deerfield,  Mass.,  his  bride  being 
Miss  Harriet  N.,  daughter  of  Col.  Zebediah 
Graves,  whose  char.acter  and  acquirements  well 
fitted  her  for  tlie  duties  of  wife  and  mother.  Their 
union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  four  children — 
Theressa  M.  is  now  the  wife  of  Mr.  Cole,  of 
(ilen  St,  Mary,  Fla.;  C.  G.  is  eng.aged  in  general 
merchandising  in  this  city;  Mrs.  Flora  A.  Dewey 
lives  in  Avondale.  Ala.;  Edward  W.  residesjn 
Tacoma.  Wash. 

Mr.  Tilton  is  not  an  aspirant  for  political  honors, 
and  takes  no  interest  in  political  affairs,  except  in 
so  far  as  to  exercise  the  elective  franchise,  and  his 
vote  is  given  to  tlie  Union  Labor  party.  He  is  a 
man  highly  spoken  of  by  all  who  know  him,  for  his 
business  integrity  and  ability,  his  good  principles 
and  his  kindly  nature. 


^^EORGE  W.  CLARK,  proi)rietor  of  the  Wei- 
ll 'Wf  ''"^''*^'"  Carriage  Works,  is  an  old  resident 
^^M  of  Sumner  County,  to  which  he  came  in 
Janu.nry,  1871,  the  first  settlement  in  this  county 
having  been  made  the  preceding  fall.  Although 
identified  with  the  liistor}*  of  this  county  at  so  early 
a  date,  ISIr.  Clark  has  not  been  a  continuous  resi- 
dent. He  is  one  of  those  gallant  soldiers  who  en- 
tered the  I'nion  army  soon  after  the  breaking  out 
of  the  Rebellion,  and  spent  several  of  his  best  years 
in  the  service  of  his  country,  receiving'  various 
injuries,  but  ever  faithful  to  the  cause  he  loved. 

Mr.  Clark  was  born  at  Coshocton,  Ohio,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1840,  and  while  quite  young  accompani^il 
his  parents  to  New  Philadelphia,  where  he  remained 
till  seventeen  years  old.  He  then  went  to  Fairfiel  I. 
Iowa,  and  entered  a  blacksmith-shop   with  the  pur- 


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pose  of  learning  the  trade.  After  sojourning  there 
two  3'ears  he  went  to  Burlington,  and  the  war  hav- 
ing broken  out,  enlisted  in  Company-  L  Sixth  Iowa 
Infantry,  iiis  enrollment  taking  place  June  17, 
1 80 1 . 

The  connnand  to  which  Air.  Clark  belonged  was 
sent  to  Missouri,  with  Oen.  Fremont  as  their  leader 
under  .Sherman.  They  then  went  to  .Shiloh,  where 
Mr.  Clark  particii>ated  in  the  first  engagement,  and 
subsetjuently  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Corinth, 
Holly  S()rings.  Memphis,  Vicksburg,  Jackson 
(Miss),  Missionary  Kidge,  Knoxville,  and  the 
various  combats  preceding  the  taking  of  Atlanta, 
thence  accompanying  Sherman  on  his  march  to  the 
sea,  and  being  mustered  out  after  having  served  a 
little  more  tlian  three  and  a  half  years.  The  first 
wound  which  he  received  vv.as  at  Jones'  Ford,  Miss., 
on  the  Black  River,  in  Jrdy,  1863,  from  the  effects 
of  which  he  was  sent  from  the  field  hospital  to  Pa- 
ducah,  K3'.  AVhile  forming  the  part  of  the  right 
wing  at  Atlanta,  on  the  27th  of  Julj',  1864,  he  was 
again  wounded,  the  injnry  beingsnificiently  serious 
to  detain  him  in  the  hospital  for  some  time.  The 
explosion  of  a  shell  at  Dallas  caused  partial  deaf- 
ness of  each  ear,  and  an  injury  received  at  Gris- 
woldvillc,  Ga.,  caused  his  discharge. 

After  being  mustered  out  of  the  service  Mr. 
Clark  went  to  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  being  desirous 
of  enlarging  his  fund  of  information  and  knowl- 
edge, attended  school  there  for  a  year.  In  1867 
he  came  to  this  State,  and  engaged  in  blaeksinith- 
ing  at  Salina,  where  he  remained  until  1869.  He 
then  removed  to  Hays  City,  and  took  a  contract 
to  furnish  wood  for  the  railroad.  The  following 
January  he  came  to  Sumner  Township,  this  count)% 
and  put  up  the  first  blacksmith-shop  therein,  and 
a  store  being  subsequently  started  by  C.  Gifford, 
both  situated  on  the  old  cattle  trail,  the  place  re- 
ceived the  name  of  Austin,  and  our  subject  was  its 
Postmaster  for  some  time.  In  1875  he  went  to  the 
Wichita  Agency,  where  he  was  employed  by  the 
Government  for  about  five  years.  He  then  went 
to  Texas,  and  purchased  seven  hundred  head  of 
cattle,  and  moving  them  to  the  territory  occupied 
himself  in  the  cattle  business  until  1 886.  He  then 
sold  out,  came  to  this  place, aud  with  O.  G.Brown 
engaged  in  carriage  manufacturing.     He  now  has  a 


fine  two-storv  and  basement  edifice.  .50x100  feet, 
built  of  stone,  in  which  all  kinds  of  work  pertain- 
ing to  carriage-making  ,nre  carried  on. 

The  marriage  lie?nse  of  Mr.  Clark  and  Jliss 
Catherine  Wright  was  the  first  issued.  The  bride 
was  horn  at  Bladensburg,  Iowa,  and  in  1  871  accom- 
panied her  parents  to  this  county,  of  which  the3' 
were  early  settlers.  She  died  in  December,  1873, 
leaving  no  children.  On  April  10,  1878,  Mr.  Clark 
contracted  a  second  matrimonial  alliance,  the  lad^' 
with  whom  he  was  united  being  Mrs.  Anna  M. 
Egner.  She  was  born  in  Batesville,  Ark.,  and  is  a 
d.augliter  of  Reuben  Harpham,  who  is  well-known 
in  this  county. 

Mr.  Clark  belongs  to  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Rc])uhlic  and  to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  is 
highly  spoken  of  by  all  who  know  him, as  a  man  of 
strict  integrity  in  all  business  transactions,  and 
honorable  in  his  social  life. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  an  Englishman, 
who  came  to  the  I'nited  States  when  a  young  man, 
and  spent  some  time  in  New  York  State,  there  mar- 
rying Miss  Anna  Syron,  and  afterward  settling  in 
Coshocton,  Ohio.  While  in  this  place  ho  worked 
in  a  sawmill,  although  his  trade  was  that  of  a  baker 
and  confectioner.  He  changed  his  location  to  New 
Philadelphia,  where  his  death  took  place  about  the 
year  1846,  when  he  was  forty  years  old.  The 
mother  of  our  subject  was  born  near  Trenton,  N.  J., 
about  the  year  1821,  and  after  the  death  of  Mr. 
Clark  remained  a  widow  for  a  number  of  years, 
eventually  marrying  again,  and  surviving  until 
1881. 


Ill 


UCIL  S  S.  CAMPBELL,  M.  D.  During  his 
ten  years'  residence  in  the  city  of  Welling- 
^  ton.  Dr.  Campbell  has  fully  established  him- 
self in  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellow- 
citizens.  The  storjf  of  his  life  is  in  its  main  points 
as  follows:  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Ferrisburg, 
Addison  Count3%  Vt.,  October  26,  1820,  and  is  the 
son  of  Capt.  George  Campbell,  a  native  of  Mans- 
field, Conn.  His  paternal  grandfather  is  supposed 
to  have  been  likewise  ;i.  native  of  Connecticut  and 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


trailitidii  says  that  the  family  in  Ai)ieriea  was  per- 
pi'liuUeil  b}'  four  brothers  who  einijrraterl  from 
Scotland.  Grandfather  Campbell  followed  farm- 
ing all  his  life  whieh  it  is  supposed  he  spent  in 
Connecticut.  Capt.  George  Campbell  was  reared 
in  his  native  State  whence  he  went  to  Vermont  and 
sfter  his  marriage  located  in  Vergennes,  where  he 
established  a  tannery  and  in  addition  to  the  manu- 
facture of  leather,  also  made  boots  and  shoes. 
This  was  before  the  days  of  railroads  and  trans- 
partation  was  effected  via  l>ake  Champlain  and  the 
Champlain  Canal. 

The  father  of  our  subject  remained  a  resident 
of  A'ergennes  a  number  of  years,  then  purchasing 
properly  in  Ferrisburg,  put  up  a  sawmill  and  bought 
a  tanner}-.  He  was  occupied  with  these  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  in  October,  1815.  He  earned 
his  title  of  Captain  by  commanding  a  company  of 
State  Militia  a  number  of  years.  Politically,  bo 
was  an  old  line  Whig  and  he  was  for  many  years 
identified  with  the  Masonic  fratcrnit}-.  He  was 
twice  married. 

The  maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  our  subject, 
who  was  the  second  wife  of  Capt.  George  Cam[)- 
bell,  was  Harriet  E.  Powers.  She  was  born  in  Fer- 
risburg, Vt..  and  was  the  daughter  of  Capt.  Joseph 
Powers,  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  Capt.  Powers 
received  only  limited  educational  ad  vantages  in  his 
3-outh,  being  a  good-sized  boy  when  first  attending 
school.  Tli.at  veiy  first  day  the  British  invaded 
Lexington  and  young  Powers  loft  the  schoolhouse 
and  joining  the  citizens  assisted  in  driving  the 
JJritish  back  to  Boston.  He  also  participated  in 
the  battle  of  lUinker  Hill  and  continued  in  the 
T'ederal  service  until  the  close  of  the  war.  Then 
removing  from  Massachusetts  to  Vermont  he  set- 
tled in  Ferrisburg  where  he  spent  his  last  days. 

Jlrs.  Cami)l)ell  accompanied  her  son,  Lucius  S.  to 
Wisconsin  and  thence  to  Michigan,  spending  her 
last  days  at  his  home  in  Glen  Arbor.  Her  death 
took  place  in  1858.  She  was  the  mother  of  four 
children,  only  two  of  whom  lived  to  matnre  years. 
Six  children  were  born  to  Capt.  (ieorge  Campbell 
by  his  first  wife.  Lucius  S.  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive county,  receiving  a  good  education.  After 
leaving  school  he  taught  one  term  in  .Shoreham, 
Vt.     In  1818  he  went  to  Tolland,  Conn.,  and  com- 


menced the  stud}' of  medicine  with  Dr..).  C.  Eaton. 
Thence  in  1850  he  emigrated  to  Wisconsin  and 
practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Fond  du  Lac  County. 
There  l)eing  then  a  good  opening  for  a  builder  and 
contractor,  he  embarked  in  this  business  and  re- 
sided there  eight  years.  His  next  remcval  was  to 
(•leu  Arbor,  Mich.,  where  he  erected  a  sanniill 
and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  twcj  vears. 
I  Then  returning  to  Wisconsin  he  snperintended  the 
I   erection  of  seven  buildings  at  Lapeer. 

During  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Cami)bell,  at  St. 
[  Louis,  Mo.,  entered  the  Quartermaster's  Depart- 
j  ment  of  the  Second  Missouri  Light  Artillery  as 
regimental  wheelwright.  He  remained  with  the 
ami}-  in  Missouri  a  few  months  and  was  then  sent 
to  the  frontier,  being  in  the  service  about  one  year. 
When  the  war  closed  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge with  his  regiment  at  St.  Louis.  Next  visit- 
ing the  Southwest,  he  sojourned  briefly  at  Sprinij- 
field  and  from  there  traced  his  stejis  to  Douglas 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  put  up  a  steam  sawmill. 
j  Later  in  Dallas  County,  he  erected  the  first  steam 
saw  and  grist  mills  within  its  borders.  Later  he 
operated  similarly  in  MarshfleM,  Webster  County, 
taking  a  contract  also  for  buildi.g  the  court  house 
and  several  other  important  structures.  He  spent 
a  few  months  following  in  New  Orleans  and  then 
coming  to  thisoount}'  established  himself  in  a  drug 
store  at  Marshfield  which  he  operated  until  1871). 
Then  selling  out  he  came  to  ^\'ellington  which  was 
at  that  time  a  town  of  about  twelve  hundred  in- 
habitants. He  purchased  lot  No.  20,  block  51). 
Washington  Avenue,  and  erected  a  frame  building 
which  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  188."5.  He  at  once 
|)ut  u))  an  iron  clad  building  and  resumed  business 
within  a  short  time. 

In  1884  Dr.  Campbell  erected  one  of  the  best 
buildings  in  Wellington,  25x100  feet  in  dimensions 
two  stories  in  height  and  with  a  fire-proof  metal 
loof.  In  October,  that  year  he  sold  his  stock  of 
drugs  and  rented  the  building.  In  the  meantime 
he  was  studying  medicine  and  in  188.'i  attended  the 
Cincinnati  Medical  College  to  which  he  returned  iij 
1885,  and  in  1886  was  regularly  graduated.  He  is 
now  following  his  profession  with  fiattering  success. 
Dr.  Campbell  was  married  in  1871  to  Miss  Jose- 
phine E.  Straw.  This  lady  was  born  in  N'ew  Hamp- 


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shire,  in  1850,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Lucy  Straw.  Her  mollier  is  living  at  Springfield 
Mo.  .and  her  father  is  deceased.  The  two  sons  born 
of  this  union  bear  the  names  of  Robert  't.  and 
Lucius  S.  During  his  early  manhood  Dr.  C'auip- 
liell.  liolitically.  attiliated  with  the  old  Whig  part}^ 
and  upon  its  abandonment  cordiality  endorsed  Re- 
publican principles.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
tlie  I.  ().  O.  F.  Encampment  at  Marshfleld,  Mo., 
and  at  the  same  place  identified  himself  with  the 
INIasonic  fraternity.  He  has  been  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  three  lodges  of  the  Knights  of  Pythi.as.  He 
and  his  little  family  occupy  a  neat  home  in  the 
northeast  part  of  the  city,  and  a  good  position  in 
its  social  circles. 


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1;  ACOB  H.  ALLEN.  This  gentleman  is  a 
veritable  pioneer  of  Sumner  County,  having 
entered  what  are  now  its  limits  before  it 
was  \et  surveyed  or  organized,  and  when 
every  foot  of  the  land  was  held  by  the  Govern- 
ment, whicii  has  since  been  sold  for  $L25  per  acre. 
Mr.  Allen  is  a  large  land-owner,  his  acreage  in 
Wellington  Township  amounting  to  six  hundred 
and  forty  acres,  while  he  has  a  half-interest  in  six- 
teen hundred  and  sixty-three  acres  in  Falls  To*vn- 
ship.  He  farms  a  portion  of  the  land  and  rents  tiie 
remainder,  his  home  being  on  section  23,  Welling- 
ton Township,  where  he  has  a  commodious  and 
tasteful  dwelling,  accompanied  by  all  necessar3' 
outbuildings,  substantially  erected  and  conven- 
iently disposed. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  one  of  llie 
first  settlers  of  INIontgoniery  Count}'.  Ohio,  where 
he  cleared  and  operated  a  large  farm,  uijon  which 
his  son.  Scott  Allen,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  and  reared.  On  reaching  mature  years  the 
latter  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  J,acob  Hosier, 
an  early  settler  of  the  same  county. 

After  his  marriage  Scott  Allen  leased  a  farm  iu 
Fayette  Count}-,  and  lived  upon  it  until  1847, 
when  he  bought  land  in  Shelt)}-  County  and  re- 
moved   there.     Li   the  latter  county  he  remained 


until  his  death,  October  10,  1869,  although  during 
that  period  he  changed  farms  two  or  three  times. 
His  wife  had  been  taught  to  card,  spin  and  weave, 
and  when  her  children  were  small  she  used  to 
weave  the  cloth  and  fashion  their  garments  there- 
from with  her  own  hands.  She  also  departed  this 
life  in  Shelby  County,  the  date  of  her  decease 
being  in  the  fall  of  1«88.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scott 
Allen,  twelve  children  were  born,  nine  of  them 
attaining  to  years  of  maturity. 

Jacob  H.  Allen  was  born  in  Fayette  County, 
Ohio,  April  <;.  1842,  and  was  l)ut  five  years 
old  when  his  parents  changed  their  residence 
to  Shelby  County,  where  he  attended  school  as 
opportunity  offered,  and  in  early  boyhood  began 
to  assist  his  father  upon  tlie  farm,  continuing  his 
labors  as  strength  would  admit.  The  breaking  out 
of  the  Civil  War  roused  in  our  subject  a  desire  to 
do  a  man's  work  in  the  armies  of  his  country,  and 
in  July,  18()1,  though  still  lacking  some  months  of 
being  of  age,  he  entered  the  Union  army  as  a  mem- 
lier  of  Company  B,  Twentieth  Ohio  Lifantry. 

The  army  life  of  Mr.  Allen  carried  him  into 
various  parts  of  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Mississippi, 
Louisiana.  Alabama  and  Georgia,  and  he  i)artici- 
patcd  in  a  number  of  the  most  noted  and  liloody 
i<;nllicts  of  the  Rebellion.  Among  the  engage- 
ments in  which  be  took  part  were  those  at  Ft. 
Douelson,  Shiloh.  La  Grange,  Bolivia,  Grant  Junc- 
tion, Corinth.  \'icksburg,  Jackson,  Black  River, 
Snake  Creek  and  Ft.  Gibson.  He  joined  Sherman's 
command  in  Georgia,  and  took  pnrl  in  the  battle 
of  Jonesburg  and  the  engagements  around  Atlanta. 
Like  all  faithful  soldiers  he  h.ad  a  weary  round  of 
camp  duties  to  perform  at  times,  and  much  arduous 
marching  to  undergo,  but  they  were  fill  cheerfully 
fuJfiUed  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service, 
in  October,  18G4,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged. 

On  being  mustered  out  of  the  service  Mr.  Allen 
went  to  Louisville,  where  he  spent  six  months 
driving  a  Government  Post  team.  He  then  went 
to  Washington,  Iowa,  and  rented  some  land  on 
which  he  began  farming  for  himself,  and  where  he 
remained  until  November  2,  1869,.  on  whicli  day 
he  started  on  horseback  for  this  State.  He  stopped 
in  Miami  County  and   rented  a   farm,  upon  which 


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he  resided  until  lule  in  llie  fall  of  ISTo,  when  ho 
started  on  hoisebaek  for  the  Western  frontier,  and 
reaeliiny  this  county,  located  a  elaini,  built  a  tlug- 
out.  anil  liegan  his  labors  as  a  pioneer  tarnier.  lie 
occupied  the  dug-out  a  twelve  month,  and  then 
elected  a  frame  house,  and  as  time  rolled  on  added 
to  his  original  quarter-section  and  made  various 
marked  improvements,  some  of  which  have  been 
noted  above. 

On  April  H),  1874,  Mr.  Allen  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mary  E.  Sullivan,  an  estimable  iad^, 
who  was  born  in  Wisconsin  and  was  a  daughter  of 
Hiram  and  Mary  Sullivan.  She  died  on  the  13th 
of  October,  1878,  after  having  borne  two  children 
— Ral|)li  .).  and  Minnie  E.  After  having  remained 
a  widower  several  j'cars,  Mr.  Allen  contracted  a 
second  matrimonial  alliance,  the  ceremony  taking 
place  November  15,  1383.  and  the  bride  being 
Miss  Mar}'  E.  Gregson,  a  native  of  Rochester, 
Fulton  County,  Ind.  Mrs.  Allen  has  borne  her 
husband  two  children — Fred  and  Glenn.  She  is  a 
meuiber  of  the  Christian  Cluireh.  and  an  intelligent 
and  noble-hearted  woman. 

The  grandparents  of  the  present  Mrs.  Allen 
were  William  and  Mary  (Myers)  Gregson,  the 
former  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1803,  and  the 
latter  a  native  of  Lexington,  K}'..  while  their  mar- 
riage took  place  in  the  Iloosier  State,  to  which  Mr. 
Gregson  had  gone  when  a  young  man.  He  was 
an  early  settler  in  Morgan  County,  where  on  April 

23,  1834,  a  son  was  born  to  him,  who  was  christ- 
ened James  R.,  and  who  became  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Allen.  William  Gregson  carried  on  a  farm  in 
Morgan  County,  whence  lie  subsequently  removed 
to  Fulton  County,  which  he  made  his  home  until 
1873,  when  he  came  West  and  lived  with  his  chil- 
dren in  this  count}'  until  his  death,  November  1, 
1876.     His  companion  survived  him   until  March 

24,  1887,  when  she  also  fell  asleo|).  and  was  buried 
beside  her  husband  in  Prairie  Lawn  Cemeter}'. 

James  R.  (iregson  was  but  an  infant  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Fulton  County,  where  he  was 
reared  and  attended  the  pioneer  schools.  He  re- 
mained with  his  parents  until  his  marriage  to 
Christina,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Sarali  (Mc- 
^Ldlon)  Morri.s.  who  was  born  in  i''ayctte  County, 
Ohio,    October    1.").    1837.      He    then    purchased   a 


tract  of  timber  land,  comprising  eighty  acres,  and 
located  live  and  a  half  miles  from  Rochester,  built 
a  frame  house  and  log  stable  thereon,  cleared  half 
of  the  land  and  resided  thei'e  until  l.S7.'i.  He  then 
sold  his  Indiana  pioperly  and  came  to  this  county, 
traveling  liy  rail  to  Wichita,  which  was  then  the 
western  terminus  of  the  road,  ami  thence  continu- 
ing his  journey  with  a  team.  He  bought  the 
southeast  quarter  of  section  24,  where  the  sod  had 
been  turned  on  a  half  acri'.  and  a  small  boai'd 
shant}-  had  been  erected.  Wellington  then  con- 
tained but  a  few  houses,  Wichita  was  the  nearest 
I'ailroad  station,  and  for  some  years  continued  to 
be  the  market  for  this  locality.  Herds  of  buffaloes 
roamed  over  the  prairies  a  few  miles  west,  and 
deer  and  smaller  game  were  abundant.  Mr.  Greg- 
son immediately  began  to  improve  his  farm,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  -luly  20.  18cS4,  was  in 
possession  of  a  produ(:tive  and  valuable  estate. 
While  Wichita  was  yet  the  market  for  produce,  he 
drew  eight  hundred  bushels  of  grain  there  one 
year. 


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;^1  IJ^ILLIAM  K.  W  Al.LAUK.  Few,  if  any,  of 
\/iJr  ''''°  f'^'*"6Uers  of  this  county  ha\e  a  more 
\y^  realizing  sense  of  pioneer  life  than  the 
above-named  gentleman,  who,  as  boj'  and  man.  has 
labored  in  frontier  development.  He  is  one  of  those 
to  whom  Belle  I'laine  Township  owes  its  improve- 
ment, and  that  he  has  many  friends  is  attested  by 
the  fact  that  he  has  been  elected  Mayor  of  Belle 
Plaine,  in  which  town  he  has  lived  for  a  few  years 
past.  He  was  born  in  DeWitt  County,  111.,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1844,  to  Charles  C.  and  Rebecca  R.  Wal- 
lace, natives  of  Kentucky,  whence  his  father  had 
gone  to  the  Prairie  State  at  an  early  d.ay,  laboring 
among  the  pioneers  there.  His  paternal  ancestors 
were  Scotch-Irish,  and  his  grandfather  Wall.ace  is 
said  to  have  been  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  l.sii'. 
Our  subject  is  the  oldest  son  in  a  family  of  four 
children,  of  whom  the  other  survivors  are:  Eliza- 
beth A.,  wife  of  C  A.  Stewart,  of  Kans.as  City; 
and  James  I).,  of  Girard,  Kan. 

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scenes  of  pioneer  life,  and  liaving  lost  liis  father 
wiien  he  was  but  eight  years  old,  and  living  on  a 
farm,  he  was  early  obliged  to  assume  control  of 
the  farm,  and  the  support  of  the  family  depended 
to  a  considerable  extent  on  his  efforts.  His  educa- 
tion was  therefore  somewhat  limited,  although  he 
attended  the  district  schools  of  the  county  in  which 
he  lived,  and  for  about  two  years  was  a  student  in 
the  schools  of  Atlanta,  111.  On  the  2d  of  Au- 
gust, 1862,  having  but  a  short  time  before  attained 
to  eighteen  years  of  age,  he  became  a  member  of 
Company  C.  One  Hundred  and  Sixtli  Illinois  In- 
fantry, wdiich  was  a  part  of  the  army  of  the  Jlissis- 
sip[)i,  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Grant.  The  du- 
ties of  Mr.  Wallace  for  some  time,  were  to  form 
one  of  the  body  which  was  watclang  .Johnston  to 
prevent  him  from  breaking  through  Grant's  lines 
wliile  tlie  latter  was  besieging  Vicksburg.  He  sub- 
stquentlj-  did  duty  in  Arkansas,  and  was  shifted 
around  to  various  places  doing  guard  duty.  On 
March  19,  186.'),  after  an  army  life  of  over  thirtj-- 
two  months,  he  was  honorably  discharged,  leaving 
the  service  v.-ith  a  worthy  record  as  a  member  of 
the  nuik  and  tile  who  so  faithfully  carried  out  the 
orders  of  their  commanders. 

Returning  to  Illinois  Mr.  Wallace  remained  there 
until  the  summer  of  1874,  at  which  time  he  was 
nundjered  among  the  inhabitants  of  this  county.  In 
the  meantime,  Decenibei  2s,  1871.  he  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Elizabeth  A.,  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  Temple,  of  Pike  Comity,  111.,  a 
lady  to  whose  housewifely  skill  and  Christian  cliar- 
acter  he  owes  the  physical  i.-omforts  of  his  home, 
and  the  sym|)athj'  and  good  counsel  which  every 
true  man  finds  agreeable.  The  happ\-  union  has 
been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  the  following  children  : 
Helen,  born  December  22,  1872;  Nora,  April  1, 
1875;  Edna,  September  7,  1882;  and  Charles,  de- 
ceased. 

Upon  becoming  a  citizen  of  Kansas  Mr.  A\'all.ace 
first  located  on  a  farm  in  the  northern  part  of  Belle 
Plaine  Township,  and  after  operating  the  same 
some  five  years,  removed  to  the  town  where  ho 
now  lives,  and  where,  with  the  exception  of  two 
years  which  was  spent  in  Wellington,  he  has  since 
been  a  continuous  resident.  He  still  owns  one  hun- 
dred and  fift}'  acres  of  outlying  land    in   the  town- 


ship. He  was  Township  Trustee  there  three  differ- 
ent terms,  and  for  two  3ears  he  served  as  Register 
of  Deeds  for  Sumner  County.  In  April,  1889,  he 
was  elected  Mayor  of  Belle  Plaine,  the  term  of 
office  being  one  year.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
G.  A.  R.  Post,  aiul  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  Christian  Church,  in  which  he  luis  officiated  as 
an  Elder  for  a  number  of  years.  In  politics  he  is 
a  irue-lilue  Republican. 


ANIEL  E.  HOLLIDAY.  now  following 
I  the  peaceful  pursuits  of  agriculture  on  a 
ine  hundred  and  sixty-acre  farm,coni- 
[iiising  a  portion  of  section  21:,  Harmon 
Township,  looks  upon  that  period  of  his  life  which 
was  spent  in  the  Union  army  as  the  one  most 
creditable  in  his  whole  career.  He  enlisted  as  a 
[>rivate  soldier,  Octol)8r  1,  1863,  at  the  organiza- 
tion of  Company  C,  which  w.as  assigned  to  the 
Ninety  first  Ohio  Infantry,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  Prior  to  this,  however,  he  had 
been  in  the  armj-  in  the  employ  of  Capt.  .John 
Cook,  of  the  Fifty-sixth  Ohio  Infantry,  one  \'ear. 
Upon  entering  the  ranks,  he  went  with  his  com- 
rades to  the  front  and  participated  in  the  battles 
of  Cloyd  ^lountain.  Lj'nchburg,  Stevenson  De[)ot, 
Winchester,  Opeguan,  Cedar  Creek  and  others, 
thirteen  general  engagements  in  all.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  receiving  a  slight  flesli  vvouud,  which 
did  not  incapacitate  him  from  service,  he  escaped 
unharmed,  and  was  nuistored  out  at  Cumberland, 
Md.,  after  which  he  received  an  honor.ible  dis- 
charge at  Camp  Denison,  Ohio. 

At  the  expiration  of  his  first  term  of  service, 
Mr.  HoIIiday  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Eighteentli 
Regular  United  States  Infantry,  in  wliich  he  serveil 
three  years,  going  to  the  Far  West  among  the  In- 
dians. Upon  returning  to  the  pursuits  of  civil 
life,  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Warren  Coun'y, 
111.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits for  about  four  years.  At  the  expiration  of 
this  time  he  came  to  Kansas,  locating  in  Miami 
County,  where    he  engaged    in    farming   until  the 


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POKTRAIT  ANl)  BIOGUAPIllCAL  ALBUM. 


spiing  of  1878.  That  year,  coming  lo  this  coiinly. 
he  puichaseil  liis  present  farm  in  Harmon  Towii- 
ship,  of  which  he  has  since  been  a  resident.  His 
land  is  all  in  a  productive  condition,  enclosed  and 
divided  with  good  fences  and  embellished  with 
substantial  modern  buildings.  Both  as  a  farmer 
and  a  citizen  lie  may  be  accounted  a  success. 

Mr.  HoUiday  was  married  in  Paulding  C'ourfl)', 
Ohio,  June  10,  1869,  to  Miss  Sarah  Drake.  Tliis 
lady  was  liorn  in  Liciiing  County,  that  State, 
April  11,  18r)l,an<l  is  the  daughter  of  tiio  Uev. 
James  11.  and  Caroline  Drake,  who  were  natives 
of  Ohio,  [and  are  now  living  in  Wayne  County. 
Iowa.  Eight  children  have  been  l)()rn  of  this 
union,  viz:  Arthur  O.,  Oliver  ]M.,  Clara,  Fiank, 
Milton  Garfield,  Lulu  B.,  Robert  L.  and  (ieorge 
A.  ]\Ir.  Hoiliday  gives  his  support  to  the  Repul)- 
lican  party,  and  has  taken  quite  an  active  part  in 
political  affairs.  He  lias  held  the  office  of  Town- 
ship Clerk  and  served  at  different  times  on  tlie 
School  Board  of  his  district.  He  is  a  member  in 
good  standing  of  Belle  Plaine  Post,  No.  337,  G.A.R., 
with  headquarters  at  Belle  I'laine.  Both  he  and  liis 
wife  are  prominently  connected  with  tiie  Metho- 
dist E|)iscopal  Church. 

When  entering  the  regular  army,  Mr.  Hoiliday 
was  at  once  promoted  to  Second  Sergeant,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  for  eigiiteen  months.  He 
was  then  made  a  First  Orderly  Sergeant,  vvitli 
which  rank  he  was  mustered  out.  AViiile  in  the 
volunteer  army  he  was  detached,  and  served  aliout 
sis  montlis  as  Orderly  of  his  regiment  at  depart- 
ment headquarters,  and  at  the  headquarters  of 
Gen.  George  Crook. 


\f  OIIN  E.  IIUTSON,  one  of  the  leading  far- 
mers and  stockmen  of  Caldwell  Township, 
lias  been  a  resident  of  Kansas  for  alvnit 
twenty  j'ears,  and  during  the  extended  pe- 
riod of  liis  sojourn  hero  has  made  many  warm 
friends.  He  inherits  the  thrift  and  sturdy  integrity 
of  liis  Scotch  ancestry,  and  has  succeeded  in  amass- 
ing a  comfortalile   properly.     He  was  equally  ffir- 


tiinate  in  the  selection  of  a  helpmate,  his  wife 
being  a  lad}'  of  culture  and  refinement.  She  was 
Miss  Rettie,  daughter  of  James  and  Eliza  (Black) 
Stevens,  and  was  born  June  12,  1850,  in  Jefferson 
Count}',  Ohio,  though  at  the  time  of  her  marriage 
she  was  living  in  Miami  County.  Kan.  Mr.  and 
Jlrs.  Ilutson  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  as 
follows:  Ella,  Delia,  Eddie,  Jessie,  Nellie  K.  and 
Asa. 

In  Greene  County,  Mo.,  our  subject  was  born 
December  1.  1842,  his  parents  being  William  and 
Elizabeth  (Ryan)  Hutsoii.  The  former  was  born 
in  Ray  County,  Tenn.,  and  removed  to  Greene 
County,  Mo.,  in  1842.  After  the  late  war  he  re- 
moved to  Douglas  County,  Kan.,  and  subsequently 
to  ^Hami  Count}-,  where  he  died  in  1872,  having 
attained  to  the  age  of  sixty-four  years.  His  entire 
life  from  boyhood  had  been  spent  in  tilling  the 
soil,  with  the  exception  of  three  years,  which  he 
devoted  to  the  service  of  his  country.  In  1801  he 
joined  the  Union  army  in  Company  E,  Thirty- 
seventh  Missouri  Infantry,  but  was  afterward  trans- 
ferred to  Company  B,  Seventh  Missouri  Cavalr\-, 
and  held  the  rank  of  Lieutenant.  He  served  three 
years,  and  during  the  term  of  his  enlistment  par- 
ticipateil  in  many  of  the  hard-fought  battles  of 
the  war.  He  was  a  Republican,  and  a  member  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  father. 
David  Hutson,  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  ard  a 
soldier  of  the  War  of  1812. 

Tlie  mother  of  our  subject  was  born  in  Kay 
County,  Tenn.,  and  has  now  reached  the  ripe  age 
of  seventy-six  years.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Abner 
Ryaii,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Tennessee.  She  is 
the  mother  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  our  subject 
is  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
was  reared  on  the  farm  in  Johnson  County,  and 
received  a  common-school  education.  He  was  not 
yet  of  age  when  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  but 
during  the  first  j-ear  of  that  struggle  he  joined  the 
Union  forces  as  a  private  in  Company  L,  First 
Missouri  Battery,  and  served  with  that  command 
in  Missouri,  Arkansas,  Tennessee,  Mississippi  and 
Pennsylvania,  until  the  winter  of  1802,  when  his 
term  of  service  expired.  He  then  returned  to 
Sedalia,  Mo.,  and   re  enlisted,  becoming  a  meinlier 


Farm  Residence  of  6eorge  biNN,  Sec. 4.,  Dixon Tp.  Sumner  Co.  Kans. 


RESiasircE  of  J. E.Hutsoit.  Sec. 4  CAtiDWEL.L.  T-p.  -Sumner  Co.  Kan. 


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of  Conipanj'  L,  Stcond  Missouri  Battery,  in  wLiieh 
he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  most  of  the 
lime  in  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps.  Tlicre  are  few 
men  wlio  took  part  in  as  many  hard  '  engagements 
as  did  Mr.  Ilutson,  and  he  had  a  share  in  manj' 
minor  conflicts,  in  much  lieavy  marching,  and  in 
the  usual  camp  duties  which  pertain  to  a  soldier's 
life.  The  list  of  hotly-contested  fields  upon  which 
he  bore  a  gallant  [jart,  includes  Vicksburg,  Gctt3's- 
burg.  Shiloli,  Stone  Kivei-,  Nashville.  Franklin 
(Tenn.)  and  Chickamanga.  At  the  latter  |)lace 
his  commanding  officers  tVll,  and  he  assumed  their 
duties  during  the  battle.  He  took  part  in  the 
famous  Georgia  campaign  with  Sherman's  army, 
and  with  the  60,000  marched  tlirough  to  the  sea. 
During  his  term  of  service  he  received  seven 
linllet  wounds,  although  none  were  of  a  serious 
nature.  Just  before  his  term  of  service  exi)ired 
he  w;\s,  with  three  companions,  out  scouting  on 
Powder  River,  Wyo.  Ter.,  when  they  were  en- 
countered b}'  the  Indians,  and  all  were  killed  with 
the  exceplion  of  our  subject.  Being  able  to  run 
liarcfootcd,  he  escaped,  though  being  compelled  to 
run  for  a  long  distance  on  |)rickly  pears,  the  thorns 
penetrated  his  feet,  and  it  required  three  days  for 
the  physician  to  extract  them.  Even  after  that, 
for  many  months  the  small  particles  would  wurk 
through  his  feet.  The  last  battle  our  subject  was 
engaged  in  was  with  Price  at  Pleasanton,  Kan. 

The  limits  of  a  sketch  like  this  will  not  allow 
of  any  detailed  account  of  Mr.  Hutson's  expe- 
riences lUiring  the  Rebellion,  and  we  can  only  say 
that  he  was  ever  found  ready  at  the  word  of  com- 
mand, and  that  his  conduct  on  the  field  of  battle, 
and  in  man>'  positions  where  even  greater  moral 
courage  was  needed  tluin  in  those  exciting  scenes, 
was  such  as  became  a  brave  and  loyal  young  man. 
He  was  honorably  discharged  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in 
November,  1865,  and  took  up  his  residence  in 
Miami  County,  Kan.,  (having  first  become  a  resi- 
dent of  this  .State  in  1861).  In  1870  he  removed 
to  Labette  County,  and  three  years  later  to  Sum- 
ner t'ounty,  purchasing  two  hundred  and  two 
acres  of  land  on  section  4,  Caldwell  Township, 
where  he  has  since  resided.  He  has  given  his 
entire  attention  to  farming  and  the  stock  business, 
and    has    one    of    the    best    improved     farms    in 


the  township.  All  that  he  has,  has  been  made  liy 
his  own  unremitting  industry-,  his  prudent  economy, 
and  the  exercise  of  a  discriminating  judgment  re- 
garding the  agricultural  needs  of  the  community, 
the  best  methods  of  cultivation,  and  the  number 
and  kind  of  stock  of  which  he  could  re.adil^'  dis- 
pose. 

Mr.  Ilutson  belongs  to  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic  and  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  A  firm  believer  in  the  principles  of  the 
Republican  party,  he  exercises  the  right  of  suffrage 
in  its  behalf  and  upholds  it  with  his  personal  in- 
fluence. He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Churcii,  .ind  endeavors  to  live  in  a  manner 
consonant  with  his  belief;  consequently  he  gains 
the  respect  of  all  who  know  him,  and  among  his 
associates  has  man}'  warm  friends. 

By  careful  labor  and  systematic  business  manage- 
ment, Mr.  Hutson  h.as  become  the  [lossessor  of  a 
commodious  residence,  which,  with  its  convenient 
accessories,  is  represented  by  a  view  elsewhere  in 
this  work. 


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fl  EORGE  LINN.  The  Linn  homestead,  which 
(—1  is  pleasantly  situated  on  section  4,  Dixon 
^jD  Township,  invariably  attracts  the  attention 
of  the  passing  traveler  as  one  which  has  evidently 
been  built  up  by  a  man  possessing  more  than  ordi- 
nary industry  nnd  cnteriirisc.  A  handsome  resi- 
dence still  further  embellishes  it,  and  is  represented 

;  on  another  page  of  this  volume  by  a  lithographic 
engraving.  The  in'oi)rietor  is  a  self-made  man  in 
the  broadest  sense  of  the  term,  having  begun  at  the 
foot  of  the  ladder  in  life,  and  made  his  way  un- 
aided, bending  his  energies  to  the  accom|ilishnient 
of  a  certain  purpose,  and  he  has  reason  to  lie  proud 
of  the  result  of   his   efforts.     He   has   been   a  hard 

I  worker,  and  a  good  manager,  and  has  surrounded 
himself  and  his  family  with  all  the  comforts  and 
many  of  the  luxuries  of  life. 

In  noting  the  career  of  the  successful  citizen,  the 
mind  naturally  reverts  to  those  from  whom  he  drew 

I   his  origin.     The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  son  of 


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Jacob  I -ill  11.  ;iiifl  was  boi'ii  Fcliriinry  12,  ls.i\>.  m 
Stark  Country,  Ohio,  boiiig  tlic  tliirlocntli  in  a  fam- 
ily of  fourteen  children,  ten  of  wliuin  are  still  iiv-  \ 
ing.  The  mother,  who  in  lier  girlhood  was  Miss 
Elizabeth  Allen,  was  a  native  of  tlie  Keystone  State, 
wlierc  both  siie  and  her  husband  develojieil  into 
mature  years,  and  wliere  tlie}'  lived  nearly  twenty 
years  after  their  mariiage.  'riicn  removing  to 
Ohio,  they  settled  on  a  farm  in  Stark  County,  where 
they  ^pent  the  remainder  of  their  days.  The  elder 
lAun  was  a  blacksmilh  \)y  trade,  which  he  followed 
more  or  less  until  the  close  of  his  life.  He  departed 
hence  in  1848,  after  having  made  the  record  of  an 
honest  man  and  a  good  citizen.  The  mother  sur- 
vived her  husliand  nine  years,  dying  in  Ohio  in 
1857. 

Mr.  Linn  spent  his  early  years  in  his  native 
township,  and  .acquired  his  education  by  a  some- 
wh.at  limited  attendance  at  the  common  school,  lie 
was  only  nine  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  father's 
death,  after  which  he  went  out  to  work  among 
strangers,  giving  his  earnings  to  his  widowed 
mother.  He  continued  this  course  until  his  mar- 
riage, giving  even  the  proceeds  of  his  summer's 
work  before  that  event,  to  his  mother.  He  was 
united  in  wedlock  with  Miss  Helen  K.,  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  .lonathan  M.  and  Blary  (Brown) 
West,  the  fiirnier  a  minister  of  the  Church  of  Ood, 
preaching  for  many  years  in  Ohio,  Mi.ssouri  and 
Kansas.  Both  he  and  his  wife  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  departed  this  life  at  his  home  in 
Missouri  in  1881.  The  mother  died  in  Ohio  in 
1K87.  They  were  the  parents  of  nine  children, 
three  of  whom  are  still  living.  Mrs.  Linn  was  born 
J.anuary  22,  1840,  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  and  there 
olitained  her  education  in  the  common  school. 

Our  subject  and  his  wife  became  tlie  parents  of 
five  children,  namely:  Mary  .1.,  Iiorn  September  .■■), 
1861;  Dora  B..  .luiie  11),  1803;  Kmma  I..  March 
21.  1868,  died  .lune  23,1871;  Helen  A.,  born  Octo 
ber  3,  1870;  and  George  N.,  April  1  1.  1874.  The 
latter  is  at  home  with  his  parents.  Mary  J.  is  the 
wife  of  William  Keplinger,  and  they  live  in  Na- 
varre, Stark  County,  Ohio;  Dora  15.  is  at  home  with 
her  parents;  Helen  A.  is  the  wife  of  Corwin  Bry- 
ant, of  Meade  County,  this  Sl:ite,  and  they  li:ive 
one  chilli.  l-"loyd.  an   infant.      Mr.    Linn's    cliihlreii 


have  Ijeen  given  a  good  education,  and  are,  like 
their  parents,  intelligent  and  bright,  reflecting 
credit  upon  the  home  training. 

liitil  llie  early  part  of  1885,  Mr.  Linn  leniMiiied 
a  resident  of  liis  native  State,  then  decided  n|)oii 
seeking  the  fartlier  West.  Setting  out  for  Kansas, 
he  arri\((l  in  this  county  on  the  J8th  of  February, 
settling  at  once  upon  his  present  farm.  This  em- 
braces one  hundred  and  Hfty-six  acres  of  fertile 
land,  and  Mr.  Linn  owns  besides  a  quarter-section, 
two  and  one-half  miles  southeast  of  Argonia  on  the 
Cliikaskia  River  bottoms.  The  latter  is  operated 
liy  a  tenant.  The  homestead  proper  is  embellished 
with  good  buildings,  including  a  neat  residence, 
l)nt  up  in  1885,  at  a  cost  of  ¥1,200.  Kighly  acres 
of  the  land  are  devoted  to  the  raising  of  grain,  and 
the  ordinary  crops,  and  the  balance  is  utilized  prin- 
cipally for  live-stock,  Mr.  Linn  being  coiisideralily 
interested  in  cattle,  horses  and  swine. 

In  politics,  l\lr.  Linn  votes  the  Democratic  ticket. 
He  has  been  somewhat  prominent  in  local  affairs, 
serving  as  Treasurer  of  Dixon  Township  two  terms. 
In  Ohio  he  was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  his  district,  and  served  as  Town- 
ship Trustee  two  terms.  Socially,  he  belongs  to 
Argonia  Lodge,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  and  is  foreman  in  the 
Ancient  Or<ler  of  LInited  Workmen.  Mrs.  Linn,  a 
lady  greatly  respected  in  her  coninimiity.  is  con- 
nected with  the  Presbyterian  Church. 


UDOLPII  .1.  TKACV.  Among  the  solid 
i?  men  of  Dixon  Township  may  be  most  prcp- 
eily  ineiuioned  Mr.  Tracy,  whom  we  find 
^pin  independent  circumstances,  financially, 
the  result  of  his  own  industry  and  good  manage- 
ment. He  is  one  of  the  many  who  may  be  termed 
"self-made,"  ha\'ing  sprung  from  an  liumlile  posi- 
tion in  life,  and  without  any  other  aid  than  his 
native  good  sense  and  steady  application  has  at- 
tained to  a  worthy  position  and  is  deserving  of 
more  than  a  passing  mention.  It  is  to  perpetuate 
the  record  of  such  men  that  the  present  work  has 
lieeii    instiliited.  in  the  hope   that  the  story  of  their 


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lives,  pevused  by  a  generation  to  eonie,  will  be- 
come an  incentive  to  tliose  who  ma}'  be  similarly 
situated. 

Mr.  Tracy  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  on 
the  other  side  of  the  Atlantic,  in  the  Kingdom  of 
Prussia,  December  13,  1849.  He  is  thus  a  little 
past  the  age  of  forty  years,  still  a  young  man, 
and  having  already  acquired  a  competence,  ma}- 
reasonaliiy  hope  for  many  years  in  the  enjoyment 
of  this  world's  goods,  lie  comes  of  substantial 
German  stock,  being  the  son  of  George  and  Cath 
erine  (Verlia)  Tracy,  who  were  likewise  natives  of 
that  country  and  born  under  the  reign  of  the  good 
old  Emperor,  Wilhelm.  The}'  were  reared  and 
married  in  their  native  Province,  whence  they 
emigrated  to  America  in  1860,  settling  first  in  the 
city  of  Baltimore,  IMd.  In  1867  they  emigrated 
to  the  West,  settling  in  Lisbon,  Iowa.  From  tlieic 
in  1870,  they  came  to  Kansas,  locating  in  Sedg- 
wick County,  where  the  mother  still  lives.  The 
|iarental  household  comprised  seven  children,  only 
two  of  whom  are  living — Rudolph  .Land  Augusta, 
the  latter  a  resi<lent  of  Wichita. 

Mr.  Tracy  was  a  lad  of  only  eleven  years  when 
coming  to  America,  and  immediately  ii|ion  his 
arrival  began  to  work  in  a  factory  at  Baltimore, 
turning  over  his  earnings  to  his  mother.  After 
coming  West,  he  was  employed  on  a  farm  and  a 
railroad,  and  spent  one  season  in  Nebraska,  part  of 
the  time  ch6p()ing  wood  near  old  Ft.  Cottonwood, 
past  which  wild  Indians  frequently  roamed  and  dis- 
played feelings  which  were  anything  but  friendly. 
After  removing  to  Sedgwick  County,  this  State, 
the  Tracy  family,  who  were  among  the  earliest 
pioneers,  occupied  a  dug-out  for  some  time,  and 
Uudolph  J.  subsequently  was  employed  in  freight- 
ing between  Wicliita  and  Emporia. 

7^t  the  age  of  twenty-two  years,  ^Mr.  Tracy  was 
united  in  marriage,  on  the  i)th  of  January,  1872,  at 
Wichita, witli  Miss  Euphemia  L.  Lane,  the  ceremony 
being  [lerformed  by  the  first  probate  judge  at 
Wichita.  Mrs.  Tracy  was  a  daughter  of  Reuben 
C.  and  Su.sannah  (Mood)  Lane,  who  were  natives 
of  ()lii(),  where  they  were  reared  and  mavried.  The 
father  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and,  leaving 
the  Buckeye  State  in  1854,  settled  in  Illinois.  Two 
years  later,  with    his  family,  he  pushed  on  further 


Westward  into  Iowa,  locating  on  a  farm  in  Madi- 
son County,  where  they  sojourned  until  1870. 
That  year  they  moved  to  Sedgwick  County,  this 
State,  of  which  they  were  residents  until  1877. 
Their  next  removal  was  to  this  county,  where  they 
remained  until  1884.  They  then  removed  to  Eil- 
wards  County,  where  the  father  now  lives,  the 
mother  having  died,  in  1871,  near  Wichita.  Mr. 
Lane  is  living  with  his  third  wife.  During  the 
Civil  War  he  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Twenty- 
third  Iowa  Infantry  and  served  gallantly  until  the 
close.  By  his  first  wife  he  became  the  father  of 
thirteen  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  and  of 
whom  Mrs.  Tracy  was  the  eldest.  She  was  born 
January  9,  1852,  in  Ohio. 

Tlie  seven  children  born  to  ^Ir.  and  Mrs.  Tracy 
were  named  respectively:  Harmon  F.,  Emma  L., 
(ieorge  C,  Henry  M.,  Vernon  R.,  Lnella  A.  and 
Benjamin  Levi.  They  form  a  bright  and  intelli- 
gent group,  acquiring  their  education  in  the  dis- 
trict school,  and  all  living  at  home  with  their  par- 
ents. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tracy  were  in  former  years 
members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church. 
They  now  perform  the  office  of  guardian  to  Elmer 
R.  Tracy,  a  nephew,  who  is  the  only  surviving 
member  of  his  family.  Mr.  Tracy  takes  an  active 
interest  in  politics,  and  uniformly  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket.  He  is  liberal  and  progressive  in 
his  ideas,  a  member  of  the  Grange  and  also  of  the 
Farmers'  Alliance.  He  has  little  ambition  for  of- 
fice, and  aside  from  serving  as  Road  Overseer,  has 
held  himself  aloof  from  responsibility  in  this  line. 

The  estate  of  Mr.  Tracy  embraces  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  of  prime  land,  all  improved,  and 
upon  which  he  has  built  four  and  one-half  miles 
of  fencing.  Tlie  greater  part  of  his  land  is  under 
the  plow,  and  twenty-five  acres  are  devoted  to  a:; 
apple  orchard  and  nearly  all  other  kinds  of  fruit. 
Several  thousand  evergreens  add  beauty  to  the 
premises,  including  five  red  cedars,  which  Mr. 
Tracy  brought  vvith  him  from  the  battlefield  of 
Pea  Ridge.  These  also  are  in  a  nourishing  condi- 
tion. The  present  residence  was  completed  in 
1888. 

When  Ml'.  Tracy  came  to  Sedgwick  County,  this 
State,  he  brought  with  him  a  capital  of  thirty 
cents  and  seven  bushels  of  feed  for  his  team.  After 


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(•()nipltliii<";  his  Ikjusi' in  liiis  county,  lie  hail  notliin;!; 
left  and  was  $50  in  debt.  In  1878,  his  dwelling, 
with  all  its  contents,  was  destroyed  hy  (ii'c.  He 
has  thus  met  willi  reverses,  but  he  never  allowed 
himself  to  s>ive  way  to  (lisconrai;ements,  simply  j 
following  the  rule  of  always  doing  tlie  best  he  1 
cotdd  undei'  all  cin-nmstauces. 


^ -fe"  '>-f^- 


AWSON  yV.  COOLKY.  Tiie  Oxford 
)V  J?ank  is  one  of  the  flourishing  institutions 
<^  of  iSumner  County,  and  is  now  operating 
under  a  State  charter,  obtained  M.ay  15, 
18«5.  It  was  organized  by  -T.  II.  Allen  and  D.  W. 
Cooley  as  a  private  enterprise,  opening  its  doors 
for  business  in  November,  1883.  These  two  gen- 
tlemen were  President  and  Cashier  respectively, 
and  the  capital  was  S^IO.OOO,  which  has  been  in- 
creased to  a  stock  of  $25,000,  while  a  few  wealthy 
farmers  are  added  to  the  stockholders,  .^nd  the 
some  otlicers  retain  the  positions  which  thev  as- 
sumed at  the  opening  of  thi^  institution. 

Our  subject  is  a  son  of  .lolin  B.  Cooley,  who  w.as 
Ixrn  in  the  Empire  State,  February  7,  1817,  and 
reared  on  a  farm,  liut  who  became  a  steamboats 
captain.  On  October  18,  1838,  John  Cooley  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Wealthy  A.  Win- 
chester, who  was  born  in  Wyoming  County.  .'Sep- 
tember 30,  1820.  The  home  of  the  famil}'  was 
ill  New  York  State  until  the  fall  of  1866,  when 
tlu'v  removed  to  Hrooklield,  Mo.,  and  thence  to 
Rogers,  Ark.,  in  the  spring  of  1883.  In  the  latter 
place  the  father  deiiarted  this  life,  M!\y  21,1888, 
anil  the  wiihiw  is  still  living,  .lolm  Cooley  was 
quite  ]iroininent  in  local  politics,  though  not  an 
aspirant  for  otlice.  He  belonged  to  the  Democratic 
paity.  The  parental  family  comprised  live  chil- 
dren, of  whom  our  subject  was  the  first  born — 
(ieorge  W.  is  now  living  in  New  York  City;  Mar- 
ion I>.  lives  in  Las  \'egas,  N.  M.;  I'rank  P.  died 
in  1878;   Dtmna  died  .March  27,  1862. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  opened  his  eyes  to  the 
light  in  Wyoming  County.  N.  Y..  August  11,  1839, 
aiii     reinaincil    in    his    native    pl.-ice   until    sixteen 


\-e;iis  of  age.  He  then  went  to  Wisconsin,  where 
lie  sojourned  until  the  fall  of  1860.  when  he  re- 
turned to  his  native  State,  and  the  following  spring 
offered  his  services  to  uphold  the  Union,  being  one 
of  the  first  volunteers  in  the  Slate  or  country. 
Three  daj's  after  Ft.  Sumter  was  fired  upon  he  en- 
listed in  Company  C,  Hawkins'  Zouaves,  which 
was  mustered  into  service  on  the  3d  of  May,  and 
is  said  to  have  been  the  first  organized  regiment  of 
volunteers  in  the  war.  It  was  .attached  to  the 
Ninth  Army  Corps,  and  for  some  time  formed  a 
part  of  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  The  command 
was  first  sent  to  Fortress  jNIonroe,  and  took  part  in 
the  capture  of  Hatteras,  Roanoke  Island  and 
Elizabethtown ;  in  engagements  at  Winton  ami 
C'.'imden  Court-House;  and  in  the  terrible  conflicts 
at  Antietam  and  Fredericksburg.  The  regiment 
was  one  of  those  that  sutTere(l  the  greatest  loss  in 
battle,  Hawkins' Zouaves  lieing  evr  in  the  thick  of 
the  fight  or  in  the  most  exposed  position,  and  the 
gallantry  of  the  memliers  of  that  band  is  unqnes 
tioned.  Mr.  Cooley  was  discharged  at  Suffolk,  and 
returned  to  New  York,  and  until  the  close  of  the 
war  was  in  the  employ- of  the  Government  in  the 
(Quartermaster's  Department. 

After  peace  was  declared  Mr.  Coole}'  went  to 
Brookfleld,  Mo.,  and  there  remained  until  1869. 
when  he  changed  his  phice  of  abode  to  Baxter 
Springs,  Kan.  In  the  spring  of  1871  he  came  to 
this  county,  and  took  up  a  claim  which  now  forms 
a  part  of  the  town  of  Wellington,  being  one  of  the 
few  settlers  in  the  vicinity,  and  building  the  first 
frame  house  on  the  prairie  where  Wellington  now 
stands.  The  <1  welling  is  still  standing  in  what  is 
now  the  Rose  Ilill  Addition,  and  our  subject  con- 
tinued to  occupy  it  until  the  population  of  the 
town  was  about  twelve  hundred,  and  in  place  of 
the  buffaloes  which  covered  the  plains  when  he 
came  here,  herds  of  cattle  were  to  be  seen  over  its 
broad  expanse. 

Mr.  Cooley  removed  from  Wellington  to  Mis- 
souri, and  spent  two  years  as  a  traveling  salesman, 
afterward  going  into  the  mercantile  and  lianking 
business  at  Golden  City,  Mo.,  where  he  remained 
about  two  yeai's.  He  then  caiiie  to  Oxford,  and 
organized  the  bank  of  which  he  has  since  had  sole 
charge  and  which  is  in  a  \'er_y  pro.'^iierous  condition. 


I'OKTUAIT  AND  lUOGKAPlllCAL  ALl'.lJ.M. 


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owing  to  his  businoss  tact  and  good  management, 
lie  was  married  in  Oneida  Count}-,  N.  Y.,  October 
26,  1870,  to  Miss  Estella  M.  Temple,  wiio  was  re- 
moved from  him  by  death  October  17.  1885.  Mr. 
Cooley  contnuted  a  second  matrimonial  alliarice 
October  2G,  188G,  the  bride  being  Miss  Anna 
Milner,  "iio  was   born   in  Ohio,   Jannary  10,  1855. 

Ml-,  t'oolej"  is  a  member  of  tlie  Masonic  fra- 
ternity, and  his  good  character,  as  well  as  his  abil- 
ity and  uprightness  in  business  life,  command  the 
respect  of  his  fellow-citizens,  and  insure  his  po(>u- 
larity  among  them. 

Mr.  Cooley  takes  great  pleasure  in  the  preserva- 
tion of  some  familj'  relics  which  have  been  handed 
down  to  him.  Among  them  is  a  deed  given  to  his 
grandfather.  Grove  Cooley,  by  the  Holland  Land 
Company  in  November,  1733.  Tliere  is  also  a 
demit  from  the  Dryden  (N.  Y.)  Lodge  of  Master 
Masons  to  Grove  Cooley,  dated  February  6,  1820. 
The  commission  of  John  B.  Cooley  as  Captain  in 
the  Ninet3'-ninth  Infantr}'  (New  York  State  Militia) 
dated  October  3,  1839,  and  signed  b^'  W.  H.  Sew- 
ard, is  a  valued  lelie  of  the  Black  Hawk  AVar,  to 
which  our  subject's  father  had  started,  although 
he  did  not  got  to  the  front  until  the  Indian  troubles 
were  settled. 


^^.^^Cv^^^^^;^^^^. 


OlIN  S.  KITERSON.  In  the  person  of  tlie 
subject  of  this  notice  we  have  one  of  the 
most  liberal-minded  and  public-spirited  men 
'i^lj  of  Sumner  County.  This  fact  is  duly  recog- 
nized by  his  fellow-citizens,  who,  in  November, 
1888,  elected  him  County  Commissioner,  the  duties 
of  which  office  he  is  discharging  in  a  manner  credit- 
able to  himself  and  satisfactory'  to  iiis  constituents. 
He  is  a  lifelong  agriculturist  by  occupation,  al- 
though he  is  now  retired  from  active  labor  and  is 
living  at  his  ease,  having  accumulated  a  compe- 
tence. A  Republican  of  the  first  water,  he  takes  a 
warm  interest  in  political  affairs,  and  has  been  the 
Treasurer  of  Avon  Township  in  the  past,  and  a 
member  of  the  School  Board.  He  and  his  estima- 
ble wife  are  memliers  in  good  standing  of  the  Chris- 


tian Church,  and  have  taken  a  prominent  i)art  in 
its  prosperity  and  welfare,  Mr.  Epperson  holding 
its  various  offices,  and  in  fact  being  one  of  the 
chief  pillars.  For  forty  years  both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Epperson  have  laboicd  conscientiously  to  further 
the  Master's  cause. 

Madison  County.  Ivy.,  was  the  native  place  of 
Mr.  Epperson,  and  the  date  of  his  birth  June  27, 
1827.  His  father,  Charles  Epperson,  likewise  a  na- 
tive of  the  Blue  Grass  State,  emigrated  to  Indiana 
where  he  sojourned  a  few  years,  then  pushed  on 
further  Westward  into  Benton  County,  Iowa,  where 
he  spent  his  last  years.  The  maiden  name  of  the 
mother  was  Martha  Wooiler}',  and  she  is  now  with 
our  subject.  Mr.  Epperson  was  a  young  man  of 
twenty  years  when  he  accompanied  his  father's 
family  from  Indiana  to  Iowa,  in  which  State  he 
continued  to  reside  until  1870.  In  the  meantime 
he  was  married,  in  Benton  County,  November  27, 
1848,  to  Miss  Nancy  E.  Forsyth.  In  August,  1870, 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  Independence,  this 
State,  and  November  7,  1872,  came  to  this  county. 
Soon  afterward  he  entered  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  on  section  3,  Avon  Township,  and  in 
November  following  removed  to  it,  and  there  has 
since  continued  to  reside.  His  sound  sense  and  the 
spirit  of  enterprise  which  has  signalized  his  opera- 
tions have  had  the  effect,  not  only  to  place  him  in 
a  good  position,  linaneiall}-,  but  also  to  establish 
him  in  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow- 
citizens.  He  has  built  up  one  of  the  best  home- 
steads in  this  part  of  Sumner  County,  his  well-tilled 
fields  yielding  him  a  handsome  income. 

In  his  labors  and  struggles  Mr.  Epperson  has 
found  a  most  efficient  assistant  in  his  amiable  and 
estimable  wife.  Mrs.  Nancy  E.  (Forsyth)  Epper- 
son was  born  in  Decatur  County,  lud.,  -Kily  5. 
1831,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Judge  J.  S.  Forsyth, 
who  was  formerly  the  Count}'  Judge  of  Benton 
County,  Iowa,  for  a  period  of  four  years,  and  for 
the  same  length  of  time  was  the  Sheriff  of  Boone 
County,  Ind.  He  came  with  his  family  to  Kansas 
in  1872,  and  made  his  home  with  our  subject,  in 
Avon  Township,  where  his  decease  occurred  in 
1877.     His  wife  died  in  1850. 

Prior  to  their  removal  to  this  State  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Ejjperson  had  charge   of  the  Benton  County 


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(Iowa)  Pool'  Farm  for  three  years.  ,ind  the  insti- 
tution under  the  management  of  Mr.  Epperson 
underwent  man3-  improvements  and  reforms.  There 
have  been  l)orn  to  rilr.  and  Mrs.  Epperson  six 
children,  tlie  eldest  of  whom,  a  daughter,  JLartha 
.!..  became  the  wife  of  W.  G.  HoUingswortli,  and 
died  in  Harmon  Township,  this  county,  April  28, 
18(S7;  Harry  married  ISIiss  Susie  Nottingham,  and 
is  farming  in  Scott  Count}-;  Julius  married  Miss 
Ella  Seeger,  and  is  farming  in  Harmon  Townshi]); 
Alma  is  the  wife  of  W.  H.  C.  Bowers,  of  Welling- 
ton ;  Mary  and  Florence  remain  at  home  with 
their  parents. 


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1 


ACOl!  SMITH,  one  of  the  leading  fanners  in 
Walton  Township,  was  born  in  Prussia,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1841,  to  Anthony  and  Elizabeth 
(Keiser)  Smith.  They  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica in  1857,  and  settled  in  St.  Clair  County,  111., 
where  the  father  lives,  and  where  the  mother  died 
on  the  24th  of  August,  1889.  The  father  had  been 
a  manufacturer  of  woolen  goods  in  Germany,  but 
.adopted  a  farmer's  life  after  becoming  a  resident  of 
the  United  States.  He  was  in  easy  financial  cir- 
cumstances, and  was  a  devout  member  of  the  Catho- 
lic Church.  He  w,as  the  father  of  five  children — 
Mary,  Catherine,  Jacob,  John  and  Christina,  all  liv- 
ing but  the  first  liorn. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  Lliis  sketch, 
was  but  a  boy  when  his  parents  came  to  America, 
and  he  was  brought  u|)  on  the  farm  in  St,  Clair 
County,  III.  In  18G9  he  took  up  his  residence  in 
Montgomery  County,  Kan.,  lived  there  until  1872, 
and  then  removed  to  Cowley  Countj',  and  pre- 
empted one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land.  He 
subsequently  bought  six  hundred  acres  in  Cedar 
Township,  of  that  county,  and  lived  on  the  same 
until  1885,  when  he  removed  into  Arkansas  City, 
continuing  to  reside  in  that  town  until  the  spring 
of  1888,  when  he  moved  to  his  present  home.  Ilis 
home  farm  comprises  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
cn><ctionsl2  and  13.  Walton  Township,  which 
bears  in.nrked  improvements,  the  whole  estate  evinc- 


ing careful  management  and  skillful  oversight.  lie 
is  now  devoting  his  entire  attention  to  farming  and 
stock-raising,  and  is  atlding  to  his  prosperity,  and 
placing  his  aflfairs  on  a  still  more  substantial  finan- 
cial b.asis.  In  addition  to  his  farm  in  this  county, 
he  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Cedar 
Township,  Cowley  County,  and  some  valuable  real 
estate  in  Arkansas  City.  All  his  property  li.asbeen 
acquired  since  he  became  a.  resident  of  this  State, 
and  is  a  proof  of  his  unflagging  industry  and  busi- 
ness ability.  He  is  a  devout  member  of  the  Catho- 
lic Church,  a  reliable  citizen,  and  his  social,  kindly 
nature  are  manifested  in  his  associations  with  his 
neighbors  and  in  his  domestic  relations. 

An  important  step  in  the  life  of  Mr,  Smilli  was 
taken  in  1874,  when  he  became  the  husband  of 
Miss  Katie  Gallagher,  of  Cowley  County,  whose 
capable  and  t.asteful  coniluct  of  the  household 
cconom}'  makes  his  home  pleasant,  and  his  heart 
happy.  Mis.  Smith  was  born  in  Caniida.  She  has 
borne  her  husband  two  children,  Mary  and  An- 
thony, who  are  yet  under  the  jiarental  roof. 


'r^A  AKE  HACKNEY,  a  pioneer  of  1871,  came 
H  to  this  county  in  the  fall  of  that  year  from 
'■  Adams  County.  III.,  and  purchased  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  luid  on  section 
27,  Harmon  TownshiiJ.  Of  this  township  he  has 
since  licen  a  resident,  making  good  iinproveinenls 
on  his  farm,  eighty  acres  of  which,  however,  he  has 
disposed  of,  having  the  remaining  eighty  in  a  line 
state  of  cultivation. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in  Chatham 
Count}',  N.  C  November  7,  1846,  and  when  a 
small  bfiy  removed  with  his  parents  to  Adams 
County.  HI.,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  spent 
his  time  after  the  manner  of  most  farmer's  sons, 
attending  the  district  school  in  winter  and  making 
himself  useful  about  the  homestead  in  summer  until 
after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  On  the  24th 
of  February,  1864,  when  a  young  man  of  eighteen 
yeurs,  he  enlisted  in  Company  B,  Fiftieth  Illinois 
Infantrv    and    serveil    eighteen    months,   oiicrating 


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with  Ills  regiment  mostly  with  fxen.  Sherman.  IIo 
f:uv  active  fighting,  and  after  being  mustered  out 
at  Springfield  rctiiriuMl  to  Adams  t'ount3-,  111.,  and 
i)rcn|)iod  himself  at  farming  until  his  removal  to 
Kansas. 

On  the  1  llli  of  Mareh,  1867,  Mr.  Maekney  was 
married,  at  the  bride's  home  in  Seiuiyler  County, 
111.,  to  IMiss  Maggie  Baxter.  This  lady  was  born 
in  Carrol!  County,  Ohio,  December  9,  1847,  and  is 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Kllen  Baxter, who  are  na- 
tives of  Ohio  and  spending  their  last  years  in  l.rown 
County,  Kan.  There  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and 
!\[rs.  Il.ackney  six  children,  two  of  whom,  .lohn  and 
Ktta,  died  in  infanc3'.  The  survivors  are  Ella, 
Emma,  Myrtle  and  Jessie.  Mr.  Hackney  votes  the 
straight  Republican  ticket,  and  has  lield  some  of 
the  school  olHces  of  this  district.  He  belongs  to  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  Belie  Plaine 
Post,  G.  A.  R. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  John  and  Milly 
^Dorsett)  Hackney,  natives  of  North  Carolina  and 
now  residents  of  Schuyler  County,  III.  The  p.-u'en  ■ 
tal  household  included  six  children. 


\,  ALPH  A.  BROWN,  M.  1).  This  promis- 
ing young  physician  of  South  Haven  es- 
tablished himself  here  in  the  spring  of 
@^,  1886,  and  bids  fair  in  the  near  future  to 
lake  a  leading  position  among  the  practitioners  of 
this  county.  His  native  place  was  Ashtabula 
County,  Ohio,  his  birth  occurring  April  C,  18.58, 
and  in  1861  his  parents,  George  P.  and  Mary 
(Seymour)  Brown,  removed  to  Richmond,  Ind., 
where  the  earlj*  school  days  of  tiie  boy  were  spent. 
Ten  years  later  they  changed  their  residence  to 
Indianapolis,  and  in  that  city  Ralph  A.  developed 
into  manhood.  The  family  consisted  of  four  sons 
— Charles  C,  Ralph,  George  A.  and  Walter  S. 

In  1877  the  Brown  family  removed  to  Ann 
Arbor,  Mich.,  in  order  that  the  boys  might  re- 
cei\e  the  advantages  of  a  thorough  education. 
The  four   were  all   graduated   from   the  Jlichigan 


State  Univeisity.  During  this  time  the  mother 
kept  house  for  her  sons,  wiiile  the  father  was  en- 
gaged as  a  traveling  salesman.  Later,  the  parents 
removed  to  Bloomington,  111.,  where  tiie}'  now  re- 
side, the  father  being  publisher  of  the  Illinois 
Sclujol  Joiinidl.  lie  is  a  well-educated  man,  and 
in  former  years  served  as  Su[)erintendent  of  the 
Richmond  Public  Schools.  Later,  he  was  Princi- 
pal and  Su|)erintendent  of  the  High  Schools  of 
Indian.ipolis.  The  elder  Brown  identified  himself 
some  j'ears  ago  with  the  .\ncient  Free  &  Accepted 
Slasons,  of  which  ho  still  remains  an  honored 
member. 

The  patei'nal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
William  Brown,  a  native  of  England,  who  crossed 
the  Atlantic  when  a  young  man,  locating  in  the 
Dominion  of  Canada.  Later,  he  emigrated  to 
New  York  State,  where  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  Piper,  a  lady  of  Irish  ancestrj'.  Finally 
leaving  New  York  State,  they  remove  \  to  Ohio, 
where  they  reared  a  laige  family  and  died.  Ralph 
A.,  our  subject,  was  graduated  from  the  schools 
of  Indianapolis  in  1875,  and  in  due  time  entered 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, from  which  he  emerged  in  1880,  well  equip- 
l)ed  for  the  duties  of  his  chosen  profession.  He, 
however,  s[)ent  one  year  in  the  hospital  at  Ann  Ar- 
bor, and  then  established  himself  in  Boone  County, 
Ind.,  vvhere  he  remained  until  the  fall  of  1885. 
Then,  on  account  of  failing  health,  he  spent  sev- 
eral months  traveling. 

Returning  to  Indianapolis,  in  January,  1886, 
Dr.  Brown  was  married  to  Miss  Cora  J.,  daughter 
of  James  M.  and  Mary  (Council)  Smith.  This 
lady  was  born  December  28,  1864,  in  Boone  C'onnt\', 
Inii,  and  was  the  daughter  of  an  early  pioneer  of 
that  region.  Her  mother  died  when  she  was  a 
sniiU  child.  Her  father,  an  attorney -at-law,  is  still 
a  resident  of  Tipton.  Mrs.  Brown  received  a  care- 
ful home  training  and  a  good  education,  and  at 
an  early  age  developed  a  rare  taste  for  music,  in 
which  she  became  quite  proficient  and  is  now  an 
experienced  and  skillful  pianist. 

Dr.  Brown,  l)y  his  strict  attention  to  the  duties 
of  his  profession,  is  rapidly  gaining  a  foothold  in 
his  community,  no  less  as  a  physician  and  snro-eon 
than  as  a  biisiness  man  and  a  member  of  the  com- 


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iiiiinity.  lie  is  a  regular  atten(l;iiit  at  the  Christian 
Church,  of  which  ]Mrs.  Brown  is  a  devoted  mem- 
ber, and  lie  served  one  year  as  Superintendent  of 
the  SLindaysehool.  While  a  resident  of  Boone 
County,  Ind.,  he  became  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
[K'nilent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  votes  the 
lnde|ii'n<lent  ticket,  and  was  the  lirst  City  Clerk  of 
South  Haven.  There  has  been  born  to  the  Doctor 
and  his  estimable  lady  one  child,  a  son,  Ralph  S., 
August  2.5,  1889. 


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i||--,/'REDERIClv     W.     BAIM.       The     farming 


community  of  Falls  Township  recognizes  in 
Mr.  Bauui  one  of  its  most  enter[)rising  and 
successful  men.  He  was  born  in  the  Kingdom  of 
Prussia,  December  10,  1838,  and  is  the  son  of 
Frederick  C.  and  .Johanna  F.  Augusta  (Finke) 
Baum,  who  were  likewise  natives  of  that  kingdom, 
and  who  emigrated  to  America  in  18o3.  Tliey 
settled  in  Calhoun  County,  111.,  and  there  spent  the 
remainder  of  their  lives,  the  father  engaged  in 
farming  pursuits.  In  former  years,  in  his  native 
land,  he  had  been  a  weaver.  He  was  a  highly- 
educated  man,  and  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary 
intelligence.  There  were  born  to  him  and  his  ex- 
cellent partner  two  children  only — Tohanna  F. 
Augusta  and  Frederick  W.  The  former  died  in 
Illinois.  Freilerick  W.  is  consequently  the  only 
surviving  member  of  his  family. 

5Ir.  Baum  was  a  lad  of  fifteen  years  when  leaving 
his  native  land,  and  he  sojourned  with  his  parents 
in  Calhoun  County,  111.,  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War.  in  IMOl,  at  an  early  stage  in  the  con- 
flict, he  joined  the  LJnion  army  as  a  private  in 
Company  C,  Tenth  Missouri  Infantry,  and  served 
with  that  coinniaiid  until  November,  25,  1863.  He 
participated  in  many  of  the  imiiortant  battles  which 
followed,  and  at  Jlissionary  Ridge  received  a 
wound  which  necessitated  the  amputation  of  his 
left  leg,  between  the  ankle  and  the  knee.  Conse- 
quently he  received  his  honorable  discharge,  in  the 
spring  of  1864,  at  St.  Louis.  Mo. 

Upon  leaving  the   army.  Mr.    liauni    retnrneil   to 


Illinois,  where  he  spent  one  year,  then  repaired  to 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  for  a  time  ofliciated  as  City 
Weigher.  He  followed  various  pursuits  until  May, 
1808.  when  became  lo  Kansas,  locating  in  .lohnson 
County,  and  sojourning  there  until  1871.  In  De- 
cember, that  year,  he  came  to  this  county,  and  the 
tdllowing  .January-  |)urchased  a  claim  on  .sections  7 
and  18,  Falls  Township,  upon  which  lie  located  and 
where  lie  has  since  resided.  His  industry  and 
])erseverance  brought  him  ainiile  returns,  and  he 
added  to  his  possessions  in  due  time  by  the  pur- 
chase of  additional  land,  until  be  is  now  the  owner 
of  two  hundred  acres,  which  have  become  the  source 
of  a  fine  income.  At  the  time  of  his  settlement 
here,  the  country  was  wild  and  new.  infested  with 
Indians  and  highwaymen,  who  frequently  made 
life  a  burden  to  settlers  on  the  frontier.  His  first 
dwelling,  constructed  very  imperfectly  with  the  aid 
of  limited  tools  and  material,  offered  very  little 
protection  against  the  elements,  and  for  awhile  the 
only  door  was  a  blanket.  Mr.  Baum  had  no  prop- 
erty worthy  of  mention  when  coming  lo  this  county, 
and  naturally  feels  warml3' attached  to  the  Sunflower 
.State,  which  hiis  made  of  him  a  comparatively 
wealthy  man.  He  is  a  strong  defender  of  the 
principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  belongs  to 
Upton  Post,  No.  27,  (i.  A.  R..  of  Caldwell. 

On  the  2.3tli  of  Septemlicr.  I.SIjI,  Mr.  Baum  was 
married  to  Miss  Fredcricka  1).  Wernecke.  Mrs. 
Baum  is  a  native  of  the  same  country  as  her  hns- 
liand.  and  was  liorii  Noveml)er  13,  ISll.  Her 
parents  were  Andr,!W  and  I^orothy  (Franke)  Wer- 
necke, who  were  likewise  natives  of  Prussia.  The 
mollur  ilied  there  when  Mrs.  Baum  was  a  child  of 
eight  years.  Mr.  Wernecke  came  to  this  country 
in  18;)7,  and  settled  in  Warren  Countj'.  Mo,,  where 
he  was  severely  dealt  with  during  the  war  on  ac- 
count of  his  Union  sentiments.  He  became  well-to- 
do.  and  died  there  in  1880,  aged  sixty -seven  years. 
To  Mr.  an<l  Mrs.  Wernecke  were  born  five  children, 
named  Fredcricka  I).,  Theresa,  Wilhelniina  F.. 
Gnstaf-ind  F.  Herm.an.  Jlr.  \\'ernccke  was  married 
a,  second  time,  his  wife  being  Louisa  Sontag,  and 
unto  them  were  burn  two  children — Louisa  B.  and 
Anna. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ISaiim  there  has  been  born  a 
family  of  si.\  cliildren,  r.amely:   Edward,  Benjamin, 


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Walter,  Lydia,  Ada  and  Arthur.  Edward,  P>cnja- 
luin  and  Arlliur  are  deceased  ;  the  other  three  are 
at  home  «ith  their  parents.  We  direct  the  atten- 
tion of  the  reader  to  a  litliographie  view  of  the 
residence  of  our  suljject,  found  elsewhere  in  this 
volume. 


APT.  LEWIS  K.  MYERS  is  one  of  the 
' ^  oiigiual  Town  Site  Company  of  Welling- 
ton, which  place  has  been  his  home  since 
the  spring  of  1871,  although  he  lias  been  absent 
temporarily  at  various  times.  During  his  early 
yeais  he  learned  considerable  of  the  privations, 
toils  and  needs  of  the  pioneer,  and  was  well  cpiali- 
fied  to  take  a  position  among  the  frontiersmen  in  "] 
this  State.  During  the  Civil  War  he  was  a  gallant 
soldier,  and  his  title  is  an  honorable  testimony  to 
his  faithfulness  and  courage. 

The  |)aternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
George  Myers,  who  was  probably  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  was  the  sou  of  German  parents.  He 
moved  from  the  Keystone  State  to  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio,  where  the  latter  part  of  his  life  was 
spent.  He  reared  eight  sons  and  four  daughters, 
all  of  whom  married  and  also  reared  families.  One 
of  his  sons,  Abraham  Myers,  was  born  in  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.,  and  was  nearly  grown  when 
his  parents  moved  to  Ohio.  In  Jefferson  County  he 
married  Miss  Margaret  Spiller,  a  native  of  Wash- 
ington County,  Pa.  Her  parents  are  presumed  to 
have  been  natives  also  of  the  Keystone  State,  and 
her  materral  grandfather,  Jackson,  was  made  a 
captive  by  a  small  band  of  Indians.  Two  brothers, 
John  and  Andrew  Poe,  attacked  the  savages  and 
enabled  Mr.  Jackson  to  make  his  escape. 

Abraham  Mj'ers  purchased  a  tract  of  one  bun- 
dled and  sixty  acres  in  Knox  Township,  Jefferson 
County,  on  which  there  was  an  improved  water 
power  and  grist  mill.  There  he  resided,  carrying 
on  the  occupations  of  a  miller  and  a  farmer,  until 
1S43,  when  he  sold  and  purchased  land  in  Carroll 
Count}',  on  which  he  resided  over  a  decade.  Sell- 
ing that  he  went  to  Iowa,  and  settleil  in  I'liion 
County,  where  he  took  ( iowi  ruieiit  land  and  built 


a  log  bouse.  The  removal  from  Ohio  was  made 
by  teams  and  they  camped  by  the  way.  There 
were  no  railroads  west  of  the  Mississippi  until  two 
years  after  his  settlement  in  the  Hawkeye  State,  in 
which  he  had  lived  but  a  few  months  when  his  de- 
mise took  place,  the  date  of  the  event  being  Octo- 
ber, 1854.  His  vvidow  survived  until  January,  18(!0, 
when  she  too  passed  away. 

The  subject  of  this  biography  was  born  in  Jeffer- 
son Count}',  Ohio,  Ma}'  1.5,  1832,  and  was  reared  in 
his  native  State,  his  youth  being  spent  in  study 
and  in  acsistiiig  his  father  upon  the  farm.  Before' 
the  family  moved  to  Iowa,  whither  he  accompanied 
them,  he  had  taught  one  term  of  winter  school 
Tiie  family  was  among  the  earliest  settlers  of 
Union  County,  Iowa,  where  Indians  still  lingered 
and  where  deer  and  other  kinds  of  wild  game 
were  abundant.  Soon  after  their  arrival  there 
young  Myers  began  surveying  and  he  also  entered 
several  tracts  of  land  under  the  Government  land 
laws.  After  his  father's  death  he  an  "  his  older 
brother  improved  the  land  which  his  father  had 
taken.  He  had  not  long  been  a  resident  of  the 
State  ere  he  received  the  appointment  of  Deputy 
County  Surveyor,  and  in  1859  lie  was  elected 
County  Surveyor  and  two  years  later  was  elected 
to  the  office  of   Sheriff. 

The  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  found  Mr. 
Myers  filling  the  two  positions  last  named  which 
he  resigned  to  take  his  place  among  the  defenders 
of  the  Union.  In  August,  18G2,  he  enlisted  in 
Company  II..  Twenty-ninth  Iowa  Infantry,  and 
was  mustered  into  the  service  as  First  Lieutenant 
and  not  long  after  promoted  to  the  Captaincy,  re- 
taining the  command  of  the  company  until  his  dis- 
charge. The  most  important  battles  in  which  he 
participated  were  at  Helena,  Ark.,  Little  Rock, 
Saline  River,  and  Spanish  Fort.  At  the  latter  place 
he  was  severely  wounded  and  was  transferred  to 
the  hospital  at  New  Orleans,  and  as  soon  as  he  was 
able  to  travel  was  granted  a  furlough  and  returned 
home.  He  rejoined  his  command  at  Moliile, 
whence  they  went  to  the  mouth  of  the  Rio  Grande, 
where  the  order  for  his  discharge  reached  him. 

Returning  to  his  former  home  in  Iowa,  Capt. 
Myers  remained  there  until  1871,  and  in  February 
of    that  year  came  to  Kansas,  traveling  by  rail   to 


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Knipoiia,  wliieb  was  tlicn  the  western  lenninus  of 
the  railroad,  and  Uience  by  stage  to  Wichita. 
Tlience  he  started  with  a  team  and  accompanied  by 
others  fora  point  two  and  a  lialf  miles  southeast  of 
the  present  site  of  Wellington,  which  vvas  desig- 
nated as  Meridian  and  had  been  named  bj'  the 
Governor  as  the  temporary'  county  seat  of  the  newl}^ 
oiganizcd  county  of  Sumner.  A  village  had  been 
staked  out  there  but  no  buildings  had  been  erected, 
a  tent  in  the  timber  near  by  being  the  residence  of 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  town  site.  The 
Government  surve}'  of  the  county  was  not  yet 
comjileted  and  there  was  not  a  building  where 
Wellinjjton  now  stands,  the  land,  like  that  in  other 
parts  of  the  county,  being  still  held  by  the  Gov- 
ernment. 

Capt.  ;\lyers  made  no  claim  here,  but  returned 
to  Wichita,  bought  a  pon}'  and  set  out  to  explore 
the  country  northwest  of  that  town.  Late  in 
March,  however,  he  returned  to  Sumner  County, 
and  with  seven  other  gentlemen  formed  a  Town 
Site  Company  and  made  claim  to  the  land  now  oc- 
cupied bj'  the  city  of  Wellington.  On  the  4th  of 
April,  1871,  he  made  the  first  survey  and  at  once 
platted  the  town.  On  the  same  day  he  got  a  man 
to  remove  his  log  cabin  to  this  place  and  at  once 
erected  it  here.  Other  buildings  went  up  about 
the  same  time  and  soon  quite  a  little  village  was 
started.  In  September  an  election  was  held  to  de- 
termine the  location  of  the  county  seat,  and  Well- 
ington was  one  of  the  five  towns  which  competed 
for  that  honor.  Xone  of  them  had  a  majority  of 
the  votes  cast  and  W.  P.  Hackney,  the  representa- 
tive, secured  the  passage  of  the  present  law  that 
governs  county  seat  elections  in  Kansas,  and  at  the 
fifth  election  Wellington  was  victorious.  The 
township  built  a  stone  court  house  that  was  leased 
to  the  county,  rent  free,  for  ten  years,  and  which 
was  occui)ied  as  the  Seat  of  Justice  until  1881, 
when  the  present  handsome  and  commodious  struc- 
ture was  erected. 

The  wife  of  Cai)t.  Myers  bore  the  m;iiden  name 
of  Mary  Guthridge  and  their  marriage  was  cele- 
brated October  30.  18G0.  The  bride  was  born  in 
Champaign  County.  Ohio,  April  24,  1840,  and  her 
father,  Darius  J.  Guthridge,  was  a  native  of  the 
same  county.      In    18,V1  he  removed   to   Iowa,  his 


first  settlement  in  that  State  being  on  the  line  of 
Union  and  Clarke  Counties,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  i)ioneers.  He  opened  a  general  store  there  and 
when  the  town  of  Afton  was  started  the  following 
year,  he  moved  Ids  stock  of  goods  and  opened  the 
first  store  in  the  new  town.  There  he  continued  to 
reside  until. 1880,  when  be  was  gathered  to  his  fa- 
thers. He  was  a  successful  business  man,  a  natural 
orator,  and  possessed  an  eminently  social  nature. 
His  wife,  whose  maiden  name  was  Mary  .1.  Owens, 
died  in  Ohio  while  quite  young.  Mrs.  Myers  re- 
ceived the  best  training  and  education  which  her 
father's  means  could  compass  in  the  circumstances 
which  surrounded  them  during  her  3onth.  and 
grew  to  a  worthy'  womanhood.  She  has  borne  her 
husband  three  children — William  A..  Kdith  and 
May;  the  elder  of  the  girls  is  now  a  teacher  in  the 
schools  in  the  county. 

Capt.  Myers  is  the  only  member  of  the  original 
Town  Site  Companv  who  now  resides  in  Welling- 
ton. His  social  and  benevolent  nature  has  led  him 
to  take  a  decided  interest  in  the  social  orders  and 
he  belongs  to  several  lodges.  He  is  a  member  of 
James  Shield  Post  No.  57,  G.  A.  R.,  Wellington 
Lodge  No.  150,  A.  V.  di  A.  iM. ;  Sumner  Chapter 
No.  37.  K.  A.  ;M.,  and  St.  John  Coinmandeiy  No. 
24,  K.  T.  It  is  needless  to  state  that  he  is  well  re- 
spected, not  only  in  the  city  in  whose  welfare  he 
has  ever  been  interested,  but  wherever  his  char- 
acter and  works  are  known. 


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/RANKLIN  K,  KXOWLKS  is  the  owner  and 
)i  occupant  of  an  improved  and  cultivated 
farm  in  Osborn  Township,  which  was  taken 
by  him  as  a  pre-emi)tion  claim  in  187G,  since  which 
time  he  has  become  well-known  as  a  business  in;ni 
of  Wellington,  where  he  was  for  some  years  en- 
gaged in  carrying  on  a  meat  market.  He  is  a  son 
of  Henry  and  Sarah  (Waters)  Knowles,  who  be 
came  residents  of  this  count3-  in  1877.  His  father 
was  born  in  New  York  State,  and  after  living  there 
many  years,  became  a  resident  of  McHcnry  County, 
III.     After  coming  to  this  State,  he  engaged  in  the 


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cattle  business,  and  is  still  so  occupied.  Mrs. 
Henry  Knowles  is  a  native  of  Michigan,  and  is  the 
mother  of  seven  children — Ellen,  AVeslcy,  Frank  E., 
Eva,  Alice,  Flora,  and  Charles. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketcli. 
liist  openei  his  eyes  to  the  light  in  McHenry 
County,  111.,  April  5,  1853,  and  was  reared  in 
Marengo,  receiving  a  common-school  education, 
and  supplementing  it  by  a  commercial  course  of 
stud}-.  When,  in  the  Centennial  year,  he  deter- 
mined to  become  a  citizen  of  Kansas,  he  took  up 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  section  8,  Osborn 
Township,  and  made  such  improvements  as  were 
necessary,  coupled  with  his  residence  thereon,  to 
enable  him  to  prove  up.  He  then  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Wellington,  continuing  it  until  188G,  when 
he  sold  out,  and  in  February,  1889,  owing  to  ill 
health,  lie  abandoned  it  and  returned  to  his  farm. 

The  lady  whose  housewifely'  skill  and  amiable 
disposition  makes  a  liappj"  home  for  Mr.  Knowles, 
was  in  her  m.ddenhood  Miss  Maggie  E.  Culley, 
iind  the  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between 
them  May  30,  1883.  Mrs.  Knowles  was  born  in 
Logan  County,  111.,  February  28,  1861,  and  is  the 
ilaughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Jackson)  Culle}', 
who  are  also  natives  of  the  Prairie  State.  She  has 
borne  two  children.  Harley  and  Edna,  both  of 
whom  have  been  removed  from  their  loving  par- 
ents li\'  the  hand  of  death. 


^i^-RANK  K.  ROBISIXS,  President  uf  the  First 
^^=^=^   National  Bank  of  Wellington,  came  to  Sum 


ner  County,  in  May,  1887.  and  succeeding 
Roiil)en  H.  Harpliam  in  the  position  which  he  now 
holds,  has  since  retained  that  place,  to  which  he 
was  elected  in  Januar}-,  1888-89-90,  and  re-elected 
the  following  year.  He  was  also  incumbent  of  the 
office  of  cashier  for  two  years,  but  in  January,  1890, 
Mr.  R.  L.  Beattie  was  elected  cashier.  Though  so 
short  a  time  a  resident  of  this  city,  Mr.  Robbins  is 
a  iirouiinent  and  [lopular  citizen,  his  excellent  moral 
character  and  business  tact  winning  respect,  and  his 
affable  and  social  iiaiiirc  gaining  warm  friends. 


His  father,  Daniel  Robbins,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky about  the  year  1795,  and  went  to  Illinois  at 
an  early  day,  becoming  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Dewitt  County,  and  laying  out  the  town  of  Dewitt, 
then  called  Marion.  About  the  year  1837.  Daniel 
Robbins  married  Miss  Rebecca  Day.  and  being 
elected  County  Judge  in  1850,  removed  to  Clin- 
ton, the  county  seat,  where  he  continued  to  reside 
until  his  death  in  1869.  He  was  Postmaster  of  that 
city  for  a  number  of  years,  and  was  a  prominent 
politician,  being  a  life-long  Whig  and  Republican. 
His  widow  married  R.  Rollins,  and  is  now  living 
in  McLean  County. 

The  subject  of  our  sketch  was  born  in  Dewitt 
County,  III..  November  17,  1847,  and  grew  to  ma- 
turity in  Clinton,  where  he  learned  the  profession, 
of  a  druggist,  and  engaged  in  that  business,  follow- 
ing it  for  -some  eight  years  in  that  place,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Day  cir  Robbins.  He  then  carried  on 
the  same  'business  in  Kenney  for  nine  years,  and 
until  the  date  of  his  removal  to  this  State.  While 
in  Kenney,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Lura  Randolph,  the  ceremony  taking  place  on  De- 
cember 28,  1876,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  father, 
J.  II.  Randolph,  a  prominent  farmer  of  that  county. 
Mrs.  Robbins  was  born  there  May  22,  1859,  was 
well-educated,  and  possessed  man\'  fine  traits  of 
character.  While  en  route  to  San  Antonio,  Tex,, 
for  her  health,  in  December,  1881,  she  was  called 
from  earth,  her  decease  taking  place  in  New  Or- 
leans. She  had  borne  two  children,  of  wh.om  one. 
a  daughter,  Edna,  is  still  living. 

Though  only  a  boy  in  his  teens,  Mr.  Robbins  en- 
listed October  5,  1864,  in  Company  K,  of  Gov. 
Oglesby's  old  Regiment,  the  Eighth  Illinois  Infan- 
try. They  were  sent  to  Memi)liis,  Tenn..  and  onto 
the  Mississippi  River,  taking  part  in  the  charge  at 
Spanish  Fort,  and  also  chaiging  Ft.  Biakclej',  and 
going  into  ilobile  at  the  head  of  the  troops,  the 
colors  of  that  regiment  being  the  first  planted  on 
the  fort  by  the  Union  soldiers.  Mr.  Robbins  served 
until  October.  5,  1865,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged, and  returned  from  Texas  to  his  home, 
having  fortunately  escaped  wounds  or  capture. 

During  his  residence  at  Kenney,  III..  Mr.  Rob- 
bins was  appointed  Postmaster  by  President  Ilaj-es, 
and  served  eiaht  veai-s.  until  the  chanjce  of  admin- 


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istratioii.  He  wa.s  an  aelive  Republican  workei-  in 
that  county,  but  not  an  aspirant  for  oflicu',  beintf 
content  to  serve  his  partj'  in  tlie  ranks.  He  Ix;- 
longs  to  tiie  Masonic  fraternity,  tlie  Knights  of 
Pytliias.  and  tlie  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Pel- 
I'lws,  and  for  two  years  represented  the  Odd  Pel- 
lows  Lodge  in  the  Gr.and  Lodge  of  the  State,  at 
Springfield,  111. 


LBKRT  R. « ll  R'K,  Assistant  Cashier  of  the 
Stock  Exchange  Bank  at  Caldwell,  n)av  be 

ij    Ia    classed    as  a  .self-made    man,  .as  l.e    began 
i@/  life  for  liimself  with  only  what  nature  had 

bestowed  upon  liini  in  the  way  of  capital,  if  we 
except  n  common-school  education.  He  began  a 
business  career  carl}-  in  his  teens,  and  3'oung  as  he 
is  has  an  enviable  reputation  in  Sumner  County 
for  his  business  ability  and  good  character. 

The  paternal  ancestors  of  our  subject  were  from 
Holland,  and  the  Keystone  St.ate  was  the  family 
abiding-  place  for  man}'  years.  In  that  State  Eman- 
uel B.,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  about 
1814.  and  he  breathed  his  last  in  Milford,  in  1881. 
lie  was  a  shoeujakcr  and  worked  at  his  trade  all  his 
life,  securing  a  comfortable  support  and  being  in 
easy  financial  circumstance  at  the  time  of  bis  death. 
He  served  ns  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  Pike 
County  seveial  years,  and  had  good  standing 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  His  wife, 
whose  maiden  name  was  Catherine  Ennis,  was  also 
born  in  the  Keystone  State,  still  survives  and  is  in 
good  he  ilth  althougii  she  is  now  about  seventy- 
three  years  old.  The  parental  famil}'  was  made  ui) 
of  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  who  were  christened 
Edgar,  Bella  and  Alljert  R. 

In  Milford,  Pike  County.  Pa.,  October  1,  1852, 
the  eyes  of  our  subject  first  opened  to  the  light, 
antl  his  early  years  were  passed  amid  the  usual 
surroundings  of  boyhood  in  the  family  of  a  trades- 
man. Having  acquired  a  good  understanding  of 
Ihe  common-school  branches,  at  the  age  of  fifteen 
years  he  began  clerking  in  a  general  store,  .subse- 
quently   engaging   in    general    merchandising    for 


himself  and  enjoying  a  verj-  successful  business 
career  in  that  line  until  1881,  when  he  sold  out  and 
moved  West.  He  located  in  Emporia,  Kan.,  and 
for  a  time  was  engaged  in  the  stock  business,  after 
which  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Atchison,  To- 
peka  &  Santa  Fe  Railro.ad  as  agent.  In  1885  he 
was  located  at  Caldwell  and  served  in  the  capacity 
of  agent  at  that  place  until  the  following  year, 
when  he  was  tendered  the  position  which  he  is  now 
filling  in  the  Stock  Exchange  Bank.  Me  is  well 
qualifieil  for  the  post  which  he  occupies  and  is  re- 
garded by  business  men  as  a  very  careful  and  ac- 
curate cashier.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  tlie  b:uik 
and  also  owns  valuable  real  estate  in  Caldwell.  In 
[lolitics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  is  a  Master  Mason  in 
one  of  ti;e  social  orders. 

lu  1873  Mr.  Quick  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Mae  E.  Chapman,  of  Readfield,  Me.,  a  daugh- 
of  Ira  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Taylor)  Chapman.  Two 
sons  and  one  daughter  have  been  liorn  to  M;-.  and 
Mrs.  (iuick,  and  they  bear  the  names  of  Harry  1., 
.1.  Wallace  ami  Bell  II. 


THOMAS  V.  OGDEN.  This  gentleman  is  one 
of  the  oldest  settlers  of  Sumner  County,  and 
-  one  of  the  must  substantial  and  higlily  re- 
spected citizens  of  Wellington,  where  he  is  engaged 
in  the  lively  business  and  horse  dealing.  His  estab- 
lishment is  situated  on  Lincoln  .Vvenue,  and  is  well 
patronized,  and  is  well  supplied  with  vehicles  and 
steeds,  thirty  to  fort}'  head  of  equines  being  usually 
kept.  Mr.  Ogden  was  born  in  Fulton  County.  III., 
August  11,  1854,  apd  in  the  spring  prior  to  his 
eighteenth  birthda}'  accompanied  his  parents  to  this 
county.  They  settled  six  miles  east  of  Wellington, 
which  was  then  but  a  small  village,  the  father  tak- 
ing up  a  raw  quarter  section  in  .A.von  Township, 
erecting  a  frame  house  upon  it  and  beginning  its 
further  improvement.  Our  subject  can  well  re- 
member when  buffaloes  roamed  over  these  prairies, 
and  when  deer  and  smaller  game  abounde<l. 

Mr.  Ogden  remained  with  his  parents  until  about 
nineteen  years  of  age,  when  he  took  a  quarter  see- 


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tion  of  land  in  the  same  township,  tliiee  miles  east 
of  Ibis  place,  and  began  reclaiming  the  raw  prairie 
and  putting  upon  it  such  improvements  as  are  usu- 
ally made  by  enterprising  agriculturalists.  He 
broke  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  the  sod,  and 
put  the  balance  under  good  fences  for  use  as  pas- 
ture, set  out  an  orchard  and  grove,  erected  good 
buildings,  and  made  one  of  the  fine  faims  of  the 
county.  For  the  past  five  years  he  has  rented  his 
estate,  and  has  been  carrying  on  the  livery  business 
here,  proving  his  business  ability  in  its  manage- 
ment, and  winning  esteem  by  his  honorable  con- 
duct and  good  character.  He  votes  with  the 
Democratic  i)art3',  but  has  no  political  aspirations, 
and  has  little  to  do  with  party  affairs  except  in  ex- 
cising the  right  of  suffrage. 

The  father  of  our  subject,  T.  A'.  Ogden.  Sr.,  was 
born  ill  Ohio,  and  married  Miss  Sarah  Boardwine, 
of  Fulton  County,  III.,  where  he  settled  as  a  farmer. 
His  wife  is  a  native  of  A'irginia,  but  lived  in  Illi 
nois  some  time  previous  lo'  her  marriage.  Their 
family  comprises  eight  children,  all  still  living. 
The  senior  Mr.  Ogden  is  well-known  as  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  this  county,  and  as  a  successful 
farmer,  now  owning  three  hundred  acres  in  Falls 
Townsliip.  twenty'  miles  southwest  of  tliis  place. 
He  and  his  wife  are  wortliy  parents  of  the  son  who 
is  taking  a  high  stand  among  the  young  men  of  the 
county,  and  who  bids  fair  to  become  still  more 
iirorainent  and  influential  in  the  vears  to  cciuie. 


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TfF^  l):\irNl)  ROCKHOLD.     This  gentleman,  in 

jts]  the  spring  of  1889,  established  himself  as  a 
/I'— -1^  farmer  in  Downs  Township,  purchasing 
eighty  acres  of  land  on  section  13,  where  he  still 
lives  and  carries  on  general  farming.  lie  has  at- 
tained to  considerable  prominence  in  the  coinmu- 
nily,  being  a  stanch  supporter  of  the  Republican 
party,  and  is  an  Polder  of  the  Cumberland  rresby- 
tcrian  Church.  He  is  now  approaching  the  sixty- 
liftli  j'ear  of  liis  age,  having  been  born  Jlarch  19, 
182.5,  and  Is  a  native  of  Baltimore  Counly,  Md.. 
where  for  many  j'ears  his  father,  the  Rev.  Kdmund 


Rockhold,  a  native  of  the  same  county,  ofticiated 
;is  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  Church. 
The  latter  was  born  in  1770,  and  departed  this  life 
in  Baltimore  County,  Md..  at  the  ,age  of  seventy- 
six  years. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  the  subject  of  this 
notice  was  Jacob  Rockhold.  a  native  of  England, 
who  emigrated  to  America  in  1760,  locating  in 
Baltimore  County,  Md.,  where  he  carried  on  farm- 
ing and  died  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years,  six 
months  and  twenty  days.  The  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject was  in  her  girlhood  Miss  .Susan  Miller,  she  was 
a  native  of  the  same  county  as  her  husband  and 
son,  and  spent  her  Last  days  in  Butler  Count}-, 
Ohio,  passing  away  at  the  age  of  sixty-three  years. 
Her  parents  were  .Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Marshall) 
Miller.  Grandfather  Miller  was  born  in  Germany, 
whence  he  emigrated  to  the  United  .States  at  an 
early  day,  settling  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he  mar- 
ried his  wife,  who  was  a  native  of  that  State.  Sub- 
sequently the}'  removed  to  JNIaryland,  where 
Grandfather  Miller  died  when  eighty-seven  years 
old.  He  was  a  miller  by  occupation,  a  steady-go- 
ing, prudent  and  industrious  man  who  enjoyed  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens. 
Grandmother  Miller  died  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
eight  years  in  .Stark  County,  Ohio. 

To  Edmund  Jr.,  and  Susan  (Miller)  Rockhold 
there  was  born  a  family  of  five  children, namely  :  Ed- 
mund. Susan,  Hannah,  William  and  John.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  notice  was  the  first-born  and  is  the  only 
living  member  of  the  family.  He  was  reared  on  a 
farm  in  his  native  county,  and  received  the  educa- 
tional advantages  afforded  by  the  common  schools. 
When  a  man  of  twenty-seven  years,  he,  in  18.')2, 
removed  to  Butler  County,  Ohio,  and  after  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War,  enlisted  as  a  I'nion  soldier 
in  September,  1863,  in  Company  B,  One  Hundretl 
and  Thirty-fourth  Ohio  Infantry.  He  only  served 
until  the  following  year,  being  mustered  out  and 
returning  to  his  old  haunts  in  Butler  County.  He 
remained  there  until  the  spring  of  1880,  then 
turned  his  face  to  the  country  west  of  the  Missis- 
sippi. 

Mr.  Rockhold  was  married  in  his  nati\e  .State 
October  20,  1846,  to  Miss  Eliza  Elderdice.  Mrs. 
Rockhold    was    born   in    Frederick    County,    Md., 


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June  20,  1820.  and  is  the  daugliler  of  Hugh  and 
Catherine  (Meyers)  Elderdice,  who  were  natives  of 
Ireland  and  Pennsylvania,  respectively.  The  grand- 
motlier  on  tlie  mother's  side  was  a  Barbara  Martin, 
and  on  the  father's  side,  was  Mary  Stewart,  who 
was  Scoteli-Irish,  and  was  of  royal  blood.  Mr.  1<;1- 
derdice  was  a  farmer  by  oecupation,  and  removed 
from  his  native  State  to  Maryland,  where  he  and 
his  excellent  wife  spent  their  last  days.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Uockhoid  there  have  been  born  seven 
children,  viz.:  Kate.  James,  Abbie,  Marj-.  Tillie, 
Ella  and  John  C.  Mary  was  talcen  from  the  home 
circle  when  a  young  woman  of  twenty-seven  years; 
James  died  wlien  a  promising  youth  of  sixteen: 
Abbie  died  at  tiie  age  of  three  years.  John  C. 
married  Miss  Rose  DeFreese  and  lives  in  Spivey, 
and  is  Roadmaster  of  the  Mnlvace  extension  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Railroad;  Mary  married  J.  W.  Hoover, 
who  is  County  Superintendent  of  Schools;  Kate  is 
married  to  B.  F.  Grove,  of  York.  Pa. 


#"# 


J~i  OIIN  K.  SIMONS  is  tlie  owner  and  oci  :i 
I  pant  of  a  pleasant  home  in  Wellington 
i  Township,  where  he  has  been  living  since 
1884.  Early  in  life  he  began  agricultural 
labors  and  the  management  of  a  farm,  provirg 
very  successful  in  his  occupation  and  ever  mani- 
festing an  industry  and  good  judgment  liighl_y 
creditable  to  his  natural  qualities  and  his  training. 
He  is  a  man  of  probity  and  intelligence,  a  reliable 
citizen,  and  stands  well  in  the  regard  of  his  asso- 
ciates and  fellow-cit'zens. 

Wales  claims  the  honor  of  being  the  birthpl;u c 
of  our  subject  and  of  the  ancestral  line  for  gener- 
ations. His  grandfather,  Edward  Simons,  spent 
his  entire  life  in  that  land.  Edward  Simons,  Jr., 
the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Denbigh 
shire,  was  there  reared  and  educated  and  lived  until 
1843,  when  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  four 
children  he  came  to  America.  His  first  settlement 
was  made  in  Kendall  County,  111.,  and  among  the 
frontiersmen  of  Oswego  Township  he  began  thi 
development  of  a  tract  of   wild   l;uid  which  he  h:i;J 


purchased.  At  that  date  and  for  some  years  after, 
there  were  no  railroads  in  the  Prairie  State,  and 
Chicago,  then  a  city  of  about  seven  thousand  in- 
habitants, was  the  nearest  market  and  a  drive  of 
forty  miles  was  necessary  to  reach  it.  The  parents 
of  our  subject  resided  in  Illinois  until  1886  when 
they  came  to  Kansas  to  spend  their  last  days  with 
our  subject.  Both  are  still  living  at  an  advaiiccil 
age,  the  father  will  be  ninety  in  June  and  the 
mother  eighty-eight  years  of  age.  The  maiden 
name  of  the  mother  wps  Margiu'et  Roberts  and  she 
also  is  a  native  of  Wales.  She  has  borne  nine 
children,  two  of  whom.  Hannah,  and  our  sulijcct. 
still  survive. 

He  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch  was  born  in 
Hope,  AVales,  about  two  and  a  half  years  before 
the  family  moved  to  America  and  he  therefore  has 
no  recollection  of  the  land  of  his  nalivitj-.  He, 
however,  well  remembers  the  pioneer  life  in  Illi- 
nois, where  as  soon  as  he  was  large  enough  he 
began  to  assist  bis  father  on  the  farm  and  being 
the  only  son,  while  yet  in  his  teens  had  its  manage- 
ment placed  upon  hisshouldeis.  After  his  marriage 
he  purchased  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  in  the 
same  township,  and  in  addition  to  his  farming 
operated  a  threshing  machine  twenty  seasons.  He 
sold  his  Illinois  propertv  in  1884  and  coming  to 
Wellington  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  adjoining  the  town  and  at  once  began  farming 
here.  Two  ye.irs  later  he  took  advantage  of  the 
boom  and  sold  the  greater  iiarl  of  his  land  at  a 
good  advance  on  its  original  price,  but  still  occu- 
pies the  house  into  which  he  first  moved  on  becom- 
ing a  resident  of  this  State. 

In  1864  Mr. Simons  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Susannah  R.  Minkler,  an  estimable  lady  pos- 
sessed of  many  womanl3-  qualities.  She  had  borne 
five  children:  Burton  R.,  Louisa  E.,  Minkler  E.. 
Ivah  A.,  and  Kansas.  The  oldest  daughter  is  tiie 
wife  of  Samuel  J.  Lumliurd.  alluriicy-at-la\v,  of 
Chicago,  111. 

The  father  of  Mrs.  Simons  is  Smith  G.  Minkler. 
who  was  born  in  Albany  Count}',  N.  Y.,  and  whose 
father,  Peter  Minkler.  is  presumably  a  native  of  the 
same  State.  In  1838,  Peter  Minkler  and  his  family 
joined  a  colony  and  journeyed  to  Illinois,  travel- 
ing with   teams.     A    grai)liic   descri[)tion  of  their 


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journey,  as  told  by  Smith  Minkler,  a[)pt'ars  in  the 
history  of  Kendall  County.  111.,  which  was  pub- 
lished a  few  years  since.  In  that  county  the  elder 
Mr.  Minkler  located,  being  one  of  the  first  settlers 
in  what  is  now  Kendall  Townsliii>.  where  he  secured 
a  tract  of  Government  land  upon  which  he  resided 
until  his  death. 

Smith  (r.  Minkler  was  a  young  man  when  the 
family  moved  from  New  York  and  he  reached 
man's  estate  in  Kendall  County,  where  he  was 
married  and  where  he  also  secured  a  tract  of  Gov- 
ernment land,  building  upon  it  a  log  house  in 
which  Mrs.  .Simons  w.as  born.  ,\t  the  time  of  his 
settlement,  deer,  wolves  and  otlior  kinds  of  game 
were  plentiful  in  the  vicinity,  Indians  still  lingered 
there,  and  the  surrounding  country  was  very 
sparsely  settled.  The  greater  part  of  the  land  was 
prairie  and  was  the  last  to  be  settled,  as  the  first 
comers  thought  it  wouhl  not  produce  crops  and 
therefore  cleared  the  groves.  When  the  land 
Smith  Minkler  took  came  into  market  he  was  short 
^l(j  of  Ihe  requisite  amount  of  money  to  pay  for 
it  and  he  started  out  to  hire  the  money.  He  trav- 
eled a  long  distance  on  horseback  before  he  could 
find  any  one  [jossessing  that  amount,  but  he  Qnall>' 
obtained  the  loan,  giving  a  moitgage  on  the  farm 
to  secure  it.  Me  has  been  a  continuous  resident  of 
that  place  since  he  first  located  upon  it.  He  very 
early  developed  an  interest  in  fruit  culture  and 
started  a  nursery,  and  for  many  years  past  has  been 
an  inrtuential  member  of  the  Northern  Illinois 
Horticultural  Societ}',  and  has  served  both  as  its 
President  and  its  Treasurer.  He  has  served  as 
Steward  and  Trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  and  has  been  a  Class-Leader  for  many 
years.  Ids  wife  also  being  a  member  of  that  denom- 
ination. To  him  and  his  wife  five  children  were 
horn,  of  A'hom  four  reached  years  of  matnrit}'. 
Tliey  are:  Betsey,  Mrs.  Simons,  Ellis  T.,  and 
Florence. 

The  mother  of  Mrs.  Simons,  and  wife  of  Smith 
Minkler,  was  in  her  maidenhood  Miss  Sarah  A. 
Burton.  She  was  born  near  Yarmouth,  England, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Susannah 
(Ransom)  Burton,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of 
the  Mother  Country,  whence  they  came  to  America 
about   11S3G,   locating   in   Kendall   County,  III.    as 


pioneer  residents.  Mr.  Burton  improved  a  farm 
there  upon  which  he  and  his  wife  resided  manj' 
_\'ears  and  whence  they  went  to  (_)ttawa  to  live 
with  a  daughter,  dying  in  that  city  when  quite 
advanced  in  years. 


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:^!^HOMAS  RICHARDSON,  Sr.  The  subject 
I'f/^^  of  this  biography  stands  prominent  among 
^^^y  the  mercantile  interests  of  ^^'ellington  and 
deals  chiefly  in  dry-goods,  having  a  fine  large  store, 
occupying  No.  114  Washington  Avenue,  at  Wel- 
lington. Engaging  in  business  here  in  May,  1879, 
he  is  therefore  one  of  the  oldest  established  mer- 
chants of  the  place  and  carries  a  complete  stock  of 
cver3thing  in  his  line.  He  has  built  up  a  large 
patronage  and  his  business  alMlity  .and  integrity  are 
unquestioned. 

Mr.  Richardson  w'as  born  near  Frankfort,  Ky.. 
April  "2,  1814,  and  lived  there  until  a  j'oung  man 
of  twenty-one  years.  After  completing  his  educa- 
tion he  established  himsolf  in  business  at  La  Grange, 
Mo.,  and  carried  on  general  merchandising  in  that 
State  for  the  long  period  of  thirty-six  years  and 
about  seven  years  at  Lancaster,  Schuyler  County, 
Mo.  He  has  been  continuously  behind  the  dry 
goods  counter  for  fifty-five  years,  having  begun 
August  20,  1835.  and  all  this  time  has  been  in  busi- 
ness for  himself.  With  the  exception  of  having 
been  burned  out  at  La  Grange  he  has  been  uni- 
formly successful.  While  a  resident  of  Missouri 
he  served  in  the  various  city  offices  and  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  La  Grange 
Baptist  College  for  fourteen  years.  In  the  early 
da3'S  he  was  an  Old  Clay  Whig,  but  later  identified 
himself  with  the  Democratic  party.  F'or  thirty- 
five  years  he  has  been  a  member  in  good  standing 
of  the  Baptist  Church  and  for  probably  twenty- 
five  years  has  been  connected  with  the  Masonic 
fraternity. 

In  March,  1846,  Mr.  Richardson  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  America  C.  Muldrow  at  Phila- 
delphia, Mo.,  where  Mrs.  Richardson  had  been  at- 
tending  a    Presbvterian    institution    of    learning. 


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This  union  icsulted  in  tlic  l)irll\  of  ois>lii  cliililien, 
of  «lioni  only  tluoe  are  living,  viz.:  Lizzie.  Tiionias, 
a  resident  of  Pueblo.  Col.,  and  John,  who  mar- 
ried Miss  l)elle  Palton,  of  Wellington,  and  is  en- 
gaged in  inercliandising  in  business  wilii  his  father. 
Mr.  Richardson  is  a  man  highly  respected  in  liis 
comuuinily  and  bears  an  unblemished  reputation. 
His  parents  are  Allen  and  Elizabeth  (Payne) 
Richardson. who  were  residents  of  Kentuel<\-  and  are 
now  deceased. 


ILVRLE.S  L.  CROOKHAM.  business  man- 
ager of  the  ycv  Era  at  bouth  Haven,  also 
^^J('  holds  the  oflicc  of  Cit3-  Clerk,  to  which  he 
was  elected  in  Maj-,  1888.  He  is  still  a  young  man, 
having  been  born  September  1:3,  18G3,  but  has  al- 
ready entered  upon  a  promising  career.  His  na- 
tive place  was  Circleville,  Ohio,  from  which  his 
parents,  Oliver  and  Mary  J.  (  Walden)  Crookham, 
came  to  Kansas  in  1871.  They  located  at  Eureka. 
where  the  mother  is  still  living.  Oliver  Crookham 
onlj'  survived  his  removal  to  the  West  three  short 
j'ears,  being  murdered  in  C)ctober,  1874.  by  one 
Alexander  Herman,  who  is  now  serving  a  life  sen- 
tence for  the  crime  which  was  premeditated  and 
unprovoked.  Herman  was  the  first  criminal  given 
a  life  sentence  in  Greenwood  County.  He  had 
been  hired  by  Mr.  Crookham  to  break  prairie,  and 
when  only  half  the  j/b  was  completed,  was  le- 
quested  by  Mr.  Crookham  to  discontinue  his  labors 
as  his  work  was  not  satisfactorj-,  which  conclusion 
on  the  part  of  Mr.  Crookham  was  upheld  by  arbi- 
trators. Mr.  Crookham  paid  the  man  his  full  price, 
and  two  years  later,  one  day  Herman  went  up  to 
him  and  shot  him  without  any  words  passing  lie- 
tvveen  them.  Mr.  Crookham  was  at  the  time  husk- 
ing corn  on  his  farm. 

Oliver  Crookham  was  a  man  of  excellent  char- 
acter, a  Swedenborgian  in  his  religious  views,  a 
consistent  Christian,  and  an  honest  man.  He  was 
born,  reared  and  married  in  Jackson  County,  Ohio, 
of  which  the  nuither  of  our  subject  was  also  a  na- 
tive, and  the^-  lived  in  Circleville  sixteen  years  be- 


fore coming  to  this  State.  After  leaving  Ohio  they 
reside!  four  years  at  Springfield.  Mo.  The  pater- 
nal giandfather  of  our  subject  was  George  L. 
Crookham.  a  native  of  England,  who  emigrated  to 
the  I'nited  Stales  when  a  yo\ing  man.  and  located 
in  Jackson  County.  Ohio.  He  was  of  studious 
habits,  and  through  his  own  efforts  obtained  a  good 
education,  and  spent  much  of  his  time  as  a  natural- 
ist. When  employed  lie  manufactured  sugar  from 
beets,  and  established  some  of  the  salt  works  in  the 
P>uckeve  Str  te.  He  was  in  the  Government  em- 
ploy as  a  naturalist  and  a  mathematician,  and  be- 
longed to  the  National  Mathematical  Association. 
A  man  of  broad  and  liberal  ideas,  he  identified 
himself  with  the  early  abolitionists,  and  assisted 
fugitive  slaves  in  making  tlieir  escape  to  Canada. 
He  was  born  in  England,  and  spent  his  last  days  in 
.lackson  County,  Ohio,  dying  at  the  age  of  sixt}-- 
six  years. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  suliject  was 
Jonathan  Walden,  a  native  of  Greenbriar  County, 
in  what  is  now  West  Virginia.  He  emigrated  to 
Jackson  Counts,  Ohio,  when  a  mere  boy.  was  there 
I  married,  reared  a  family.  an<l  died  there  aliout 
18,jG.  He  traced  his  ancestry'  to  the  pilgrims  who 
landed  in  the  Mayflower,  and  who  were  of  Scottish 
birtli  and  antecedents.  To  Oliver  and  Mary  Crook- 
ham there  was  born  a  familj'  of  six  chihlren.  of 
whom  Charles  L..  our  subject,  was  the  youngest. 
The  days  of  his  boyhood  and  youth  were  spent  un- 
eventfully on  a  farm,  and  in  attendance  at  the  dis- 
trict school.  Later  he  entered  the  Kansas  Normal 
College  at  Ft.  Scott,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  June,  1 88().  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  made 
his  Hist  advent  in  South  Haven,  and  established 
himself  as  a  general  merchant.  Afterward  he 
served  as  clerk  in  the  bank  six  months.  He  is  now 
engaged  as  a  loan  agent  and  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness. The  Neic  Era  with  which  he  is  at  present 
connected  as  business  manager,  was  first  established 
as  a  private  enterprise,  and  inircli:tsed  later  by  a 
stock  company.  It  has  a  circulation  of  about  four 
hundre<l.  and  is  a  newsy  local  paper,  devoted 
chiefly  to  the  interests  of  Sumner  County. 

Mr.  Crookham.  on  the  27th  of  .July,  1887.  was 
joined  in  wedlock,  at  Eureka.  Kan.,  with  Miss  Con- 
stance  E.,  daughter  of  Robert  and    Elizabeth   J. 


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(Bryson)  Wiggins.  The  ancestors  of  Mrs.  Croolc- 
li.am  were  of  Irisli  origin,  and  first  represented  in 
the  United  States  at  a  very  earl^'  day.  She  was 
born  August  27,  1865,  in  Canada.  Of  her  nnion 
witli  our  suhjec-t  there  is  one  child,  a  son,  Arthur 
L.  Mr.  C'rooivharn,  politically,  affiliates  with  the 
IJepulilican  party,  and  sociallj-,  belongs  to  .South 
Haven  Lodge,  No.  114,  I.  0.  O.  F.  In  addition  to 
his  other  interests,  he  is  a  member  and  Secretary  of 
the  South  Haven  Building  and  Loan  Association, 
and  Vice-President  of  the  State  Immigration  Bu- 
reau of  Sumner  County. 


■.o*o..^JA,<A^  .oio.- 


•ts^^T^RANCIS  M.   MILLS  is   one  of   the  oldest 

PJ  settlers  of  Oxford  Township,  to  which  ho 
came  in  1871,  sticking  a  stake  on  the  claim 
which  he  still  occupies,  al)Out  the  23d  of  April,  and 
beginning  the  labor  of  preparing  a  home  at  once. 
The  land  occupies  the  northeastern  part  of  section 
20,  and  was  the  outside  claim  from  the  village  in 
that  direction  when  Mi-.  Mills  filed  on  it.  Oxford 
then  consisted  of  four  liuildings  in  process  of  con- 
struction, onl3'  the  frames  being  up.  Mr.  Mills 
drew  the  lumber  for  his  home  from  Newton,  sixty 
miles  distant,  and  was  ten  days  in  making  the  trip, 
during  which  he  experienced  some  very  cold 
weather.  He  saw  some  antelopes  and  prairie 
wolves  when  he  first  set  up  housekeeping  here,  and 
was  a  witness  to  all  the  development  in  this  section, 
assisting  in  the  oi'ganization  of  the  school  district 
(No.  33)  and  in  the  building  of  the  schoolhousc. 
Mr.  Mills  is  a  son  of  John  and  Dorcas  (Allison ; 
Mills,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  Augusta  County, 
Va.,  where  their  marriage  also  took  place.  They 
removed  to  Ohio,  where  tlie  father  cleared  up  a 
farm,  upon  which  the  family  resided  until  iiis 
death,  in  1839.  Tlie  eldest  son  in  tiie  family- 
William  Mills — was  born  in  1812,  and  he  ol 
whom  we  write,  December  19,  1831.  When  our 
subject  was  fourteen  years  old  the  family  removed 
to  Sangamon  County,  111.,  where  he  grew  to  matu- 
rity, leaving  the  parental  roof  when  of  age,  and 
going  to  Logan  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 


ing for  some  time.  The  mother  also  went  to  that 
county,  where  she  died  in  1864.  During  that  year 
our  subject  went  to  Montana  and  engaged  in 
mining,  remaining  in  that  Territory  about  five 
years,  when  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Logan 
Count}'.  The  following  spring  he  came  to  Mont- 
gomery County,  in  the  eastern  part  of  this  State, 
and  a  year  later  to  this  county,  and  after  having 
filed  his  claim  and  erected  a  dwelling,  began  his 
permanent  residence  here  in  Ma>-. 

The  lady  who  nobly  shared  in  Mr.  :M ills'  pio- 
neer work  here  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Harriet 
C.  Shaw,  and  the  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated 
between  them  in  DeWitt  County,  HI.,  January  21, 
1863.  The  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  (>f  three 
children — Abbie  L.  died  at  the  age  of  six  years 
and  twenty  days;  Fannie,  at  the  age  of  nine 
months;  the  surviving  daughter,  Mar\' E.,  is  now 
nine  years  of  age  and  a  bright  and  interesting 
young  girl.  Mrs.  Mills  was  born  in  Orange  County, 
N.  Y.,  July  7,  1840,  and  is  a  daughter  of  A  lexander 
W.  Shaw,  who  was  horn  in  AW-stcbester  Countj-, 
November  2,  1806,  and  after  his  marriage  to  Miss 
Adeline  Welch,  made  his  home  in  Orange  County 
until  his  death,  which  took  |)lace  in  December, 
1852.  His  entire  life  in  that  county  had  been 
s[)ent  on  the  same  farm.  After  the  dt'ath  of  her 
mother,  in  December,  1858,  the  daughter  went  to 
Illinois,  where  she  resided  until  some  time  after 
her  marriage. 

Mr.  Mills  never  fails  to  cast  his  vote  with  the 
Republican  party,  feeling  a  deep  interest  in  the 
welfare  of  the  countrj-,  though  he  has  no  personal 
political  aspirations.  He  is  a  highly-respected 
citizen,  and  a  man  whose  life  has  been  usefully 
and  quietly  spent. 

We  invite  the  reader's  attention  to  a  lithographic 
[jortrait  of  Mr.  Mills,  i)resenteil  in  connection  with 
his  biographical  sketch. 


IIARLES  RANDALL,  a  peaceable  and  law- 
al)iding   citizen    of    Avon   Township,  owns 
i^/'   and   occupies   a  snug  homestead    on  section 
12,  of  which   he    became  the   owner  in  1871.     He 


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lives   quietly    anil     miostentaliously,    making    the   ' 
recoid  of  an   lionest  man  and  a  ji:oo(l   citizen,  and 
reaping-  from  liis  well-devcloi)ed   liclds  a  comfoila- 
ble  income. 

A  native  of  Hensselaer  C'ount\-,  X.  Y.,  Mr.  Ran- 
dall was  born  Oclol)er  17.  184)s.  but  spent  the  most 
of  his  time  unlil  twonl}'  one  years  old  in  Wanvn 
County,  that  Slate,  being  reared  upon  a  farm. 
Later  he  visited  Penns\lvania  and  Illinois,  and  in  1 
the  spring  of  1870.  crossing  the  Father  of  Waters. 
estal)lished  himself  .as  a  resident  of  Wilson  County, 
this  State. 

After  a  sojourn  of  two  years  in  the  above- 
mentioned  county,  Mr.  Randall,  in  the  spring  of 
1871.  arrived  within  the  borders  of  Sumner 
County  and  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land,  which  has  since  remained  in  his 
possession.  He  settled  u[)on  it  in  February,  1872, 
and  commenced  at  first  principles  in  the  construc- 
tion of  a  homestead.  No  small  amount  of  labor 
was  required  in  the  cultivation  of  the  primitive 
soil,  the  building  of  fences  and  the  erection  of  his 
farm  buildings,  which,  without  making  any  preteii- 
tions  to  elegance,  are  reasonabl}'  convenient  and 
comfortable.  .Mr.  Randall  prospered  as  a  tiller  of 
the  soil,  and  invested  his  capital  in  additional  land, 
until  he  is  now  the  owner  of  two  hundred  acres, 
all  of  which  has  been  brought  to  a  goo  1  state  c>f 
cultivation,  and  the  taxes  upon  which  .assist  in 
augmenting  the  contents  of  the  county  treasury 
to  no  small  e.xtent. 

After  coming  to  this  county  Mi-.  Randall  was 
married  .at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Avon  Town- 
ship. April  -JO.  1875.  to  .Miss  Sar.ah  A.  Batt.  This  I 
lady  was  Ijorn  in  Soraerst-tshire.  England,  June 
10,  1858.  and  is  the  daughter  of  William  J.  and 
.Sarah  A.  (Brice)  Batt.  who  were  both  likewise  na- 
tives of  that  shire.  The  mother  spent  her  last 
ye.-irs  in  Sumner  Count}-,  Kan.,  and  the  father  is  in 
New  Zealand. 

Nine  cbihlren  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Rtindall.  whom  they  named  respectively:  William  | 
C.  who  died  at  the  age  of  six  months:  llavv, 
Henrietta  I.,  Grace  M..  Francis  R..  Louis,  Charles, 
Lena  and  Irving  W.  Mr.  Randall,  |)olitically,  is  a 
sound  Republican.  He  was  elected  Township 
Tieasiuer    in    the    fall   of    18S7.  .ind    re-clecte<l  the 


two  following  years,  serving  now  his  third  term. 
He  is  the  friend  of  education  and  all  the  enter- 
prises set  on  foot  for  the  progress  and  welfare  of 
the  peoi)le,  socially,  morally  and  financially. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Elisha  Randall, 
who  married  Miss  Melvina  Prouty,  and  both  were 
natives  of  New  York  State.  Both  died  in  Warren 
Countv,  N.  Y. 


LPHONSO  B.  RICE.  One  of  the  most 
attractive  rural  residences  of  Oxford 
Township  is  that  owned  and  occupied  by 
the  above  named  gentleman,  and  which 
was  erected  in  August,  1884,  and  was  the  lirst 
fine  house  built  in  the  neighborhood.  It  is  a  two- 
story  structure,  the  main  part  having  a  dimension 
of  l()x28  feet,  and  with  an  addition  18x22  feet  in 
the  form  of  an  L.  The  estate  which  surrounds  it 
comprises  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  section 
21,  and  is  supplied  wit'.i  a  fine  orchard,  grove,  and 
other  shrubbery,  hedges,  barn,  wind-mill,  and  such 
farm  buildings  as  are  necessar\'  to  one  engaged  in 
general  farming  and  stock-raising,  all  being  well 
constructed,  commodious  and  adequate.  Mr.  Rice 
raises  excellent  grades  of  stock,  and  his  crops  arc 
among  the  best  in  quality  and  quantity. 

Our  subject  is  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  a  son  of 
Alfred  Rice,  whose  history  m.ay  be  found  in  the 
biography  of  Albert  Rice,  which  occupies  anotlici- 
place  in  this  volume.  His  natal  day  was  Novem- 
ber Ci,  1847,  and  when  but  a  child  he  went  with 
the  other  members  of  the  family  to  Noble  County, 
Ind..  where  he  grew  to  maturity,  completing  his 
education  at  Kendallville.  He  then  engaged  in 
farming,  leaving  his  mother's  home  at  the  age  of 
twenty  years  to  spend  some  time  in  the  northern 
part  of  Michigan.  In  the  fall  of  1870,  he  came  to 
Cowley  County,  Kan.,  and  took  up  a  quarter-sec- 
tion of  land,  and  after  proving  up  on  it  sold 
and  purchased  in  the  valley-  of  the  Arkansas,  where 
he  liked  the  country  better.  He  is  the  second 
member  of  the  famil\-  who  settled  in  this  county, 
and  when    he   bousht    his    farm    it   was   ncarlv  un- 


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broken,  and  his  first  dwelling  was  a  little  cotton- 
wood  bouse.  His  industry  ami  energy  luive  been 
displayed  in  his  management  of  the  estate,  and  the 
success  he  has  met  with  in  bringing  it  to  its  pres- 
ent state  of  perfection. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject  took  place  near 
Moline,  Allegan  County,  Mich.,  June  13,  18ti<), 
the  bride  being  Miss  Sophronia  M.  Montague,  an 
intelligent  and  worthy  lady,  who  has  borne  him 
three  children,  two  of  whom — Laura  Ellen  and 
Maud  M. — still  survive.  Mrs.  Rice  was  born  in 
Ohio,  October  18,  1853,  and  was  two  years  old 
when  her  parents  removed  to  Michigan,  where  she 
grew  to  womanhood.  Her  father,  Sandford  Mon- 
tague, is  a  native  of  ^'ermont,  where  he  mairied 
Miss  Jerusha  Washburn.  lie  was  thirt}'  years  old 
when  he  removed  to  Ohio,  whence  he  afterward 
went  to  Allegan  Country,  Mich.,  and  there  he  and 
his  wife  are  still  living,  their  present  home  being- 
near  Iiradley. 

Mr.  Rice  is  a  believer  in  and  supjiorter  of  the 
princiiiles  of  the  Republican  party.  He  is  highj}- 
respeelcd  as  an  lionest,  honorable  and  upright  man, 
and  a  citizen  of  reliability. 


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*       I^ILLIAM    G.    WHEALY.      The 
\aj/!    and  enterprise  exercised  by  this 
W^      pioneer  of  Sumner  County  has  r( 


The  industry 
s  honored 
esulted  in 

the  accumulation  of  four  hundred  broad  acres  c>f 
land,  finely  located  on  sections  15  and  22,  Avon 
Township.  To  the  cultivation  and  improvement 
of  this  he  has  given  his  undivided  time  and  atten- 
tion since  first  settling  upon  it,  bringing  the  soil  to 
a  productive  condition  and  erecting  thereon  sub- 
stantial l)uildings.  In  addition  to  general  agricul- 
ture he  is  considerably  interested  '  in  stock-raising. 
In  his  labors  and  struggles  Mr.  Whealy  has  been 
aided' and  encouraged  by  the  industry  and  counsel 
of  a  sensible  and  excellent  wife  who  has  performeil 
her  part  in  building  up  the  home  and  providing 
something  to  defend  tliem  from  want  in  their  <lo 
dining  j'ears. 

A  native  of  the  Dominion  of  Canada,  Mr. Whealy 


was  born  in  Perth  Count)-,  Province  of  Ontario, 
March  21,  1843,  and  there  attained  to  man's  estate. 
When  twenty-three  years  old.  he  in  the  winter  of 
18UG  repaired  to  the  lumber  regions  of  Michigan, 
and  the  following  spring  returned  Eastward  as  far 
as  Starke  County.  III.  He  sojourned  there  until 
the  fall  of  1870,  occup3-ing  himself  in  farming 
pursuits.  Next  he  crossed  the  Mississippi  and 
coming  into  Woodson  County,  this  State,  resided 
there  until  the  spring  of  1871,  then  coming  to  this 
county.  pre-em|)ted  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  on  section  22,  Avon  Townshi|). 

Upon  his  arrival  in  this  region  Mr.  Whealy  put 
up  a  small  frame  house,  transporting  the  lumber 
from  Chenute,  one  hundred  and  thirtj'  miles  awaj'. 
This  was  ths  first  dwelling  erected  between  Wel- 
lington and  Oxford.  The  country  around  was 
thinly  settled  and  for  a  number  of  years  it  was  a 
struggle  with  Mr.  Whealy  to  carrj-  on  properly  the 
cultivation  of  his  land  and  effect  the  needed  im- 
provements. Patience  and  perseverance,  however, 
finally  gained  the  day  and  he  found  himself  upon 
a  solid  footing,  financiall)'.  In  the  meantime,  as 
the  conntr)-  settled  up  and  the  necessitj'  arose  for 
trusty  men  to  take  charge  of  public  affairs,  Mr. 
Whealy  was  selected  as  a  fitting  man  for  the  various 
offices,  otficiatiug  as  Township  Clerk  and  Trustee 
and  holding  the  latter  office  for  seven  consecutive 
terms.  The  cause  of  education  found  in  him  a 
stanch  friend  and  the  Republican  party  a  failhfid 
supporter.  He  has  been  active  in  the  ranks  of  the 
latter  and  has  exercised  no  small  infiuence  in  party 
politics  in  this  region. 

The  marriage  of  William  G.  Whealy  with  Miss 
Mar)-  Magwood,was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home 
in  Kewanee,  III.,  September  1,  18GG.  This  lad)' 
was  born  in  County  Monaghan,  Ireland,  Jaiuary  17, 
1845,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
(Gillis)  Magwood,  who  were  natives  of  County 
Monaghan,  Ireland.  They  are  now  deceased. 
Eleven  children  came  to  bless  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Whe.aly,  all  of  whom  are  living  and  form 
a  most  intelligent  and  interesting  family  group. 
They  bear  the  names  respectively  of  Thomas  "W., 
George  K..  Arthur  C,  Edward,  Lizzie,  Annie,  Re- 
becca, Minnie,  Julia,  Cyrus  H.  and  Benjamin  H. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Whealy  have   for   many  years  been 


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prominently  coniioctcil  with  the  Congregational 
Clmrcli.  Ti)e  paiciits  (if  Mi-.  AVhoaly  were  Joseph 
and  Eli7.;iheth  (Bradley)  Wheidy.  natives  of  County 
Tyrone,  Irelani!.  and  who  s|)cnt  their  last  3"ears  in 
Ontario.  Canada,  and  Dakota.  Arthur  C.  was  the 
second  boy  born  in  Snnmer  County  and  IMiss.lennio 
Whealy,  .1  sister  of  our  .subject,  taught  the  lirsl 
school   in   the  county,  nt  Oxford. 


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.^aWJOTi-. 


\|l'OriN  R.  JOHNSTON.  This  volume  would 
|i  be  incomplete  were  not  mention  made  within 
l|  its  pages  of  the  above-named  gentleman, 
(^jl,'  who  is  a  prominent  business  man  at  Oxford. 
He  is  a  dealer  in  furniture  and  an  undertaker,  and 
has  the  exclusive  trade  at  this  point  in  both  lines 
of  his  business.  lie  is  well-known  throughout  this 
section  as  an  ohi  resident  of  the  county  to  which 
he  came  in  the  spring  of  1876,  and  where  for  a 
time  he  was  engaged  in  agricultural  pursuits,  open- 
ing up  a  fine  farm.  His  natal  day  was  December 
1,  18.30,  and  his  birthplace  Shelby  County,  Ky., 
where  he  lived  till  the  Centennial  year  engaged  in 
farming. 

During  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Johnston  was  so  for- 
tunate as  not  even  to  lose  a  horse,  though  living  in 
a  country  which  was  somewhat  unsettled,  and  over- 
run in  turns  by  the  I'nion  and  the  Confederate 
armies.  He  fed  the  soldiers  of  both  trooi)s,  and  so 
succeeded  in  avoiding  their  ill  will. 

On  leaving  the  Blue  Grass  State,  'Slv.  Johnston 
moved  to  Logan  County,  111.,  and  after  a  short 
sojourn  near  Atlantic  came  on  to  this  State  and 
settled  four  miles  west  of  the  town  in  Oxford 
Towni-hip.  He  paid  §800  for  a  tract  of  raw  land, 
which  he  su  iniiiroved  that  he  was  able  to  sell  it  a 
few  years  later  for^G.oOO.  He  had  broken  the  sod 
and  thorouglil}'  cultivated  it,  fenced  the  estate, 
erected  an  excellent  house,  barn,  etc.,  set  out  nu- 
merous trees,  and  made  of  it,  all  in  all,  one  of  the 
best  farms  in  the  vicinity.  After  having  lived  on 
the  estate  six  years.  iMr.  Johnston  sold  and  moved 
to  town,  buying  out  :ui  old  establishment   .-uid    en- 


gaging in  his  present  business,  which  he  has  built 
up  to  a  fine  trade. 

Mrs.  Joiinston  bore  the  maiden  name  of  ,Vnna  IC. 
Young,  and  the  ceremony  which  united  her  to  our 
subject  took  place  February  24,  18.5(),  in  Shelby- 
County,  K}'.  She  was  born  in  the  P>lue  Grass 
State,  July  25,  1836.  is  a  daughter  of  Catesby 
Young,  and  remained  with  her  ]iarents  till  her 
marriage.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  .lohnstou  iiave  reared  a 
family  of  four  children:  Lucy  Pollen  is  now  the 
wife  of  .\.  M.  Rees,  of  this  city;  AVIUie  P..  is  the 
wife  of  C.  F.  Reed,  of  Edwards  County;  Shelbj- 
Thomas  married  Miss  Maggie  Bartlett,  of  this 
county;  Farris  Lee  is  the  remaining  member  of  tiie 
family  circle. 

While  in  Kentucky  Jlr.  Johnston  served  .is 
Constable,  and  since  making  his  home  in  Oxford 
has  lieen  a  member  of  the  city  council  two  terms. 
He  has  no  desire  for  office,  finding  sufficient  occu- 
pation in  conduct  of  his  business  affairs,  in  the  so- 
cial circle  and  in  his  home.  He  votes  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
Church,  is  regarded  as  of  strict  integrity  in  all 
business  transactions,  and  is  highly  esteemed  bj- 
his  fellow  citizens. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  Permenus  and 
Lucy  (Reed)  Johnston,  the  former  of  whom  was  a 
native  of  ^'irginia  and  the  latter  of  Kentucky. 
Their  marriage  took  place  in  the  Blue  Grass  State 
where  thej'  lived  until  called  from  time  to  eternit3'. 
The  occupation  of  thi  father  was  that  of  tilling 
the  soil. 


^lOIIN  T.  STEWART.  The  career  of  this 
gentleman  affords  an  example  of  persevering 
industry,  unflagging  zeal,  and  a  sturdy-  in- 
i}^/'  tegrilj'  which  has  met  with  its  reward  and 
secured  to  its  exhibitor  a  very  comfortable  home 
and  pleasant  surroundings.  It  is  seldom  indeed 
that  a  Scotchman  is  found  who  does  not  display 
these  traits  of  character  and  the  subject  of  this 
biograi)hy  is  a  worthy  son  of  the  race  from  which 
he  sprang. 

Mr.  Stewart    was  a  child    of    about  throe    j-ears 


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when  his  parents,  John  and  Elizabeth  (BiPiiiiner) 
Stewart,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Scotland, 
emigrated  to  the  New  World  and  settled  in  Wel- 
lington Count}'.  Province  of  Ontario,  Canada. 
They  are  still  living  ui)oii  the  farm  where  they  first 
located  and  which  has  been  operated  by  the  father, 
although  in  his  own  land  he  had  followed  the  trade 
of  a  shoemaker.  Both  are  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church.  Tlieir  family  comprised  ten  chil- 
dren, named  Eliza.  Alexander,  Je-ssie,  John  T., 
lOUen,  Robert,  Flora,  David,  Betsej-  J.,  and  Collin. 

The  gentleman  whose  life  we  will  briefly  outline 
was  born  January  1,  1842,  and  leaving  his  native 
land  in  early  childhood  was  reared  on  a  farm  in 
Canada,  receiving  a  common-school  education  and 
acquiring  the  trade  of  a  carriage-maker  ere  he 
grew  to  manhood.  After  having  served  an  aji- 
prentieeshi[)  of  three  years,  in  1864,  he  went  to  a 
]ilace  near  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  there  worked  at 
his  trade  a  year.  He  then  removed  to  Davenport, 
Iowa,  and  combined  farming  with  work  at  his 
trade  for  several  months,  after  which  he  again 
changed  his  location  and  did  carriage  work  in 
Memphis,  Tenn. 

A  few  montlis  later  Jlr.  Stewart  was  to  be  found 
in  Covington,  Tenn.,  first  working  at  his  trade  for 
an  employer  and  conducting  a  business  of  liis  own 
for  two  years.  Ilis  next  removal  was  to  Mountain 
Lake,  Giles  County,  Va.,  where  he  remained  until 
1871,  at  which  time  he  became  a  citizen  of  Kansas. 
His  first  location  in  this  State  was  at  Arkansas 
Cit}-,  Cowley  Count}',  where  he  conducted  a  shop 
for  a  year  and  a  half,  after  which  he  secured  land 
in  Sumner  County,  and  turned  his  attention  to 
farming  and  the  stock  business.  He  pre-empted 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  and  purchased 
an  equal  amount  on  section  21,  Walton  Township, 
which  makes  up  a  valualile  tract  of  land  and  upon 
which  Mr.  Stewart  has  made  pll  necessar}'  improve 
ments.  His  wife  also  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  ou  section  28,  of  the  same  townshi|). 

In  1870  Mr.  Stewart  became  the  husband  of 
Jemima  <^.  Jackson,  of  Canada,  who  bore  him  one 
daughter,  Maud  M.,  who  is  now  deceased.  Mrs. 
Jemima  Stewart  departed  this  life  in  1881.  and 
after  having  remained  a  widower  until  188G.  Mr. 
Stewart  contracted  a  second   matrimonial   alliance. 


His  bride  on  this  occasion  was  Mrs.  Margaret  A. 
Mountjoy,  of  this  county,  widow  of  Henry  C. 
Mountjoy,  by  whom  she  had  three  cliildren:  Henry 
L.,  lona  M.,  and  Nettie  I. 

Mr.  Stewart  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance, 
and  casts  his  vote  and  influence  with  the  liopubli- 
can  party.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  for  twenty  jears  and  all  who  know 
the  Scotch  character  will  understand  that  he  is  a 
reliable  and  steadfast  member,  and  that  he  deserves 
the  heart}'  respect  of  his  fellow  men  on  account  of 
his  private  character  as  well  as  for  the  ability  dis- 
plaj'ed  in  his  worldly  affairs. 


^•^■ 


|]^_^  IRAM   II.  SHI  LL.     There  is  probably  not 
-,  a  finer  home   within   the  limits    of    Dixon 

:^^  Township  than  that  which  has  been  planned 
(^^  and  built  up  by  him  with  whose  name  we 
introduce  this  sketch.  A  man  of  more  than  ordi- 
nary intelligence  and  enterprise,  he  stands  second 
to  none  in  his  township,  and  by  his  own  efforts  has 
acquired  a  competence,  climbing  up  slowly  from  a 
modest  position  in  life,  and  surrounding  himself 
and  his  family  with  all  of  its  comforts  and  many  of 
its  luxuiies.  Well  informed,  of  correct  habits  and 
cultured  tastes,  he  keeps  bin-self  posted  upon  the 
general  topics  of  the  day  and  is  a  lover  of  the  fine 
arts,  especially  music,  to  which  he  has  given  much 
attention  during  his  life,  and  is  possessed  of  no 
mean  talents  as  a  singer  and  performer  on  musical 
instruments.  In  his  j'outh  he  took  a  thorough 
course  of  voice  culture  and  theory  in  the  Miami 
Conservatory  of  Music  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  for 
three  successive  years  taught  music  in  the  High 
School  at  Fulton,  that  State.  Later  he  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Central  Conservator}'  of  Music  at 
Columl)us,  lud.,  and  for  six  years  was  professor  of 
Ilarinony  and  Musical  Theory.  Since  that  time  he 
has  kept  up  his  interest  and  practice,  and  has  now 
a  number  of  private  pupils. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  May  5,  1844, 
in  Stark  County.  Ohio,  and  is  the  son  of  David  and 
Elizabeth  (Herman)  Shull,  who  were  born,  reared 


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and  raairied  in  Pennsylvania.  Tiic.y  emigrated  to 
Oliio  in  18.'32,  settling  in  Stark  County  during  its 
pioneer  days.  Tiie  father  took  up  land,  became 
well-to-do.  and  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  com- 
munity. He  departed  this  life  at  the  old  homestead 
in  1870.  The  mother  survived  her  husband  ton 
years,  dying  February  10,  1880.  Of  the  six  chil- 
dren born  to  them,  tliree  only  are  living,  the  two 
besides  Hiram  H.,  being  residents  of  Indiana. 

Until  a  3'outh  of  eighteen  3'ears,  Mr.  Shall  spent 
his  lime  upon  the  old  farm  in  Stark  County,  Ohio. 
He  attended  the  schools  of  his  native  townshii),  and 
bi^came  familiar  with  the  arts  of  plowing,  sowing 
and  reaping.  In  18()2,  during  the  progress  of  the 
Civil  War,  he  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier,  in  Com- 
pany A,  One  Hundred  and  Fourth  Ohio  Infantry, 
and  served  three  years.  He  participateil  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Covington  and  Danville,  Ky.,  and  while  on 
picket  duty  at  the  latter  place,  was  captured  by  the 
enemy.  He  was  taken  only  asliort  distance,  however, 
when  he  was  paroled,  and  soon  afterward,  at  Camp 
Chase,  was  exchanged.  He  then  rejoined  his  regi- 
ment at  Stanford,  Ky.,  and  under  command  of  Gen. 
Burnside,  was  present  at  the  siege  of  Knoxville, 
from  the  hoginning  until  Ihe  close.  He  then  went 
with  his  regiment  after  Longstreet  to  Strawberry 
Plain,  and  during  the  holiday  season  of  1863,  suf- 
fered much  hardsliip  from  cold  and  exposure,  also 
from  ague.  He  was  subsequently  with  Gen.  Sherman 
at  Red  Clay,  Ga.,  and  then,  under  the  same  General, 
went  to  Atlanta.  He  fought  at  Nasiiville  and  in 
the  series  of  battles  against  the  rebel  Gen.  Hood. 

While  at  Pumpkin  Vine  River,  (ia..  Mr.  Shnll 
suffered  a  sunstroke  which  for  a  long  time  rendered 
him  unfit  for  active  dulj'.  He,  however,  in  due 
time,  was  on  the  field  again,  and  fought  at  the 
battle  of  Cohimliia,  near  the  Duck  River,  Tenn., 
where  a  shell  was  thrown  by  the  enemy,  killing  a 
man  on  each  side  of  Mr.  Shull.  and  wounding  one 
in  front  of  him.  The  concussion  so  affected  INIr. 
Shull  that  he  fell  unconscious  and  knew  nothing 
until  waking  up  in  the  hospital  at  N.ashville,  sixty 
miles  from  the  spot  where  he  fell. 

Mr.  Shull.  however,  soon  returned  to  active  duty 
again,  in  time  to  participate  in  the  chase  after 
Hond's  army  from  Nashville.  He  was  then  trans- 
ferred to  Stoneman  Barracks  at  Washington,  D.  C, 


and  next  his  regiment  was  ordered  to  Ft.  Fisher, 
N.  C  ,  being  the  first  to  enter  the  city  of  Wilming- 
ton. Here  Mr.  Shull  wjis  assigned  to  provost  duly, 
and  in  due  time  rejoined  Sherman's  army  in  time 
to  witness  the  surrender  of  the  rebel  Gen. 
Johnston,  near  Raleigh.  The  war  now  being  ended, 
the  regiment  was  sent  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  where 
the  boys  received  their  honorable  discharge. 

When  leaving  the  s(-rvicc,  ]Mr.  Shull  sought  his 
old  haunts  in  Jiis  native  county,  and  resumed  his 
musical  studies,  remaining  there  until  1883.  Then, 
resolving  upon  a  change  of  location,  he  came  to 
this  .State  and  purchased  his  present  farm.  He  put 
up  his  residence  that  same  year,  an  elegant  dwelling 
not  exceeded  in  point  of  finish  and  furnishing  by 
anything  in  the  township.  Adj.acent  are  the  usual 
farm  buildings,  neat  and  convenient,  .and  agricul- 
ture is  here  carried  on  after  the  most  approved 
methofls,  and  by  the  aid  of  modern  macliinery. 
The  estate  embraces  four  hundred  and  ten  broad 
acres,  all  in  one  bod^^  half  of  it  being  iiniler  culti- 
vation, and  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  during  the 
season  of  1889,  was  planted  to  corn  alone. 

Mr.  Shull  assumed  matrimonial  ties  December  1). 
1861),  being  wedded  at  Dalton,  to  Miss  Martha  R. 
Dodd.  !\Irs.  Shull  was  born  November  21,  1844, 
in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  and  is  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  (Ciunn)  Dodd,  who  were  natives  of 
England,  and  who  settled  in  the  Buckeye  State  over 
fifty  years  ago.  The  father  carried  on  farming  suc- 
cessfully, and  died  in  Stark  Count}'  in  18.')0.  The 
mother  survived  lior  luisu.and  thirty'-seven  j'ears, 
remaining  a  widow,  spending  the  closing  3'ears  of 
her  life  in  Ohio,  and  passing  away  in  1887.  The 
parental  household  included  six  children,  three  of 
whom  are  living. 

Mrs.  Shull  acquired  her  education  in  the  common 
school,  and  remained  under  the  home  roof  until  her 
marriage,  receiving  careful  parental  training  and 
becoming  familiar  with  all  useful  household  duties. 
Only  two  of  the  three  children  born  to  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Shull  are  living,  viz:  Cla'-a  E.  and  Sherman 
H.  Mr.  Shull,  politically,  takes  a  lively  interest  in 
the  prosperity  of  the  Republican  party,  and  advo- 
cates the  cause  of  temperance  at  every  opportunitj'. 
He  was  atone  time  Clerk  of  the  school  board  in  his 
district,  and  at  present  officiates  .as  Director.     He 


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also  belongs  to  the  Graii'l  Array  of  the  Republic,  in 
which  he  has  held  some  of  the  offices.  For  twenty- 
eight  3-ears  he  was  chorister  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  and  is  now  an  Elder.  He  has  always  taken 
an  active  interest  in  the  Sunday  School,  and  for 
over  tliirty-tive  years  has  rarely  ever  missed  at- 
tendance, laboring  actively'  in  the  instruction  of 
the  young.  Mrs.  .Sluill  in  religious  matters,  is  in 
full  sympathy  with  her  husband,  belonging  to  the 
same  church.  It  will  thus  l)e  seen  that  they  occupy 
no  secondary  position  among  the  social,  moral  and 
r.'ligious  elements  of  their  community. 


GlEORGE  E.ROBINSON.  Within  the  limits 
,  of  this  county  no  subject  can  be  found  bet- 
1  ter  worthy  of  representation  than  the  gen- 
tleman above  named.  His  long  life  has  been  spent 
in  useful  labors,  and  while  he  has  not  occupied  a 
l>rominent  place  in  the  public  view  he  has  exhibited, 
in  his  own  quiet  way,  the  traits  of  character  most 
worliiy  of  admiration,  and  such  as  have  a  wide  in- 
tluence  over  all  b}'  whom  he  is  surrounded.  He  is 
novv  retired  from  active  i)ursnits,  and  with  his  aged 
companion,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  former  indus- 
try and  the  comforts  which  the  comjietence  they- 
iiave  secured  ensures  them. 

The  paternal  ancestry  of  our  subject  were  Eng- 
lish, and  in  tlie  maternal  line  he  is  descended  from 
Cierman  stc'ck.  A  number  of  his  relatives  were 
soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  in  which  strug- 
gle his  grandfather.  Thomas  Robinson,  was  a 
Colonel.  Three  of  his  uncles  took  part  in  the  War 
of  lis  12.  His  father,  Thomas  Robinson.  .Jr.,  vvas  a 
native  of  New  Hampshire  and,  with  his  wife,  Bet- 
sey !McIJonelI,  abode  in  Maine  for  years.  In  .Som- 
erset County,  of  the  latter  State,  our  suliject  was 
born  June  20,  1810.  The  house  in  which  that 
event  took  place  was  erected  one  year  before,  is 
still  standing  and  is  yet  a  substantial  structure. 

Mr.  Robinson  was  reared  to  man's  estate  amid 
the  scenes  of  his  boyhood,  became  well  acquainted 
with  farming  and    lumbering,  and  after  he  was  of 


age  left  the  parental  home  and  engaged  in  the  lat- 
ter occupation.  The  winters  were  spent  in  the 
woods  and  the  summers  in  the  mills  during  a  period 
of  some  thirteen  years.  In  18.52  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia, taking  sliii>  at  New  York  Cit}',  crossing  the 
Isthmus  and  continuing  hi.s  journej'  by  vessel  on 
the  Pacific,  landing  in  .San  Francisco  twenty-nine 
days  after  leaving  New  York.  He  followed  gold 
mining  in  California  about  fifteen  months,  meeting 
with  varied  success,  and  then  returning  to  New 
York  City  in  the  same  manner  as  he  had  come. 

.Several  years  were  spent  by  our  subject  in  the 
Pine  Tree  State  whencfe,  in  IHoG,  he  journeyed 
West,  and  taking  up  his  abode  in  Bureau  County, 
111.,  resided  tliere  man}'  years  engaged  in  farming 
and  stock-raising,  among  the  beasts  of  his  fields 
being  Short-horn  cattle.  While  there  he  served 
two  terms  as  Supervisor  of  the  township  in  which 
he  lived.  In  1881  he  again  turned  his  footsteps 
toward  the  setting  sun,  going  to  Nebraska  and  so- 
journing for  a  time  in  Beatrice,  thence  removing 
to  Junction  Cit}',  Kan.,  for  a  short  period  of  time, 
tlience  to  St.  Joseph.  Mo.,  making  the  latter  place 
also  his  home  for  a  short  time  onlj'.  In  1884  he 
came  to  Belle  Plaine,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
l)ermanent  home.  He  owns  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  in  Harmon  Township  and  his  village 
residence  with  its  plot  of  five  acres. 

The  lady  who  for  more  than  forty  years  has 
shared  in  the  joys  and  sorrows  of  Mr.  Robinson, 
was  born  November  28,  1823,  and  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Nancy  H.  Malbon.  Her  parents  were 
Nathaniel  and  Polly  (Robinson)  Malbon.  her  father 
a  native  of  Maine  and  the  son  of  a  Frenchman  who 
came  to  America  when  about  eight  years  old.  The 
rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Robinson  September  24.  1847,  and  they  have 
been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  four  children:  GeorgeA., 
the  first  born,  is  deceased;  Thomas  R.  lives  in  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.;  Sade  H.  is  the  wife  of  F.  C.  Parker. 
Secretary  of  the  School  Board  and  Inspector  of  the 
school  buildings  at  St.  Joseph.  Mo.,  and  Burton  S. 
is  an  exiiress  agent  on  the  Denver,  Memphis  &  At- 
lantic Railroad  from  Nevada,  Mo.,  to  Earned,  Kan. 

Tlie  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  had  not  the 
early  school  advantages  offered  young  men  of  this 
day  and  age,  but  being  possessed  of  native  intelli- 


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gence  and  a.  dcsiiu  to  be  well  informed  he  lia^.  by 
reading  and  observation,  become  conversant  witii 
general  topics  and  tlie  current  events  of  Ihc  day. 
and  his  wife,  whose  early  surroundings  were  simi- 
lar to  his  own,  is  also  well  informed.  In  the  atcu- 
muhuion  of  liis  property  lie  has  lieen  ably  assisted 
by  his  devoted  companion,  who  has  been  his  help- 
mate and  counselor  in  all  the  chief  events  of  his 
life  from  Ihi'  tinu'  of  their  union.  IJotli  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Presliyterian  Church.  iMr.  Robinson  is 
a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  of  the  Re- 
publican party. 


I 


;  RA  M.  LEWIS  is  the  owner  and  occupant  of 
a  half-section  of  land  in  R^-an  Township,  of 
which  he  took  possession  when  there  were  but 
three  houses  in  sight  from  his  claim.  Although  he 
obtained  a  good  insight  into  the  trade  of  a  carpen- 
ter when  he  was  a  young  man,  he  has  made  farm- 
ing his  life  work,  and  has  shown  ability  and  judg- 
ment in  tilling  the  soil  and  in  every  department  of 
labor  connected  with  a  successful  farmer's  career. 
His  land  is  improveil,  intelligently  cultivated,  and 
makes  an  estate  which  an}'  man  might  be  well 
pleased  to  own. 

The  Buckeye  State  claims  Mr.  Lewis  as  one  of 
her  sons,  his  birth  having  taken  |)lace  in  Ilarris- 
ville.  November  7,  l.siiT.  He  is  the  first-born  in 
a  family  of  twelve  children,  whose  parents,  Insley 
and  Amy  ((Jrissell)  Lewis,  were  natives  of  Ohio. 
The_v  were  married  in  C'olumliiana  Comity,  and 
two  years  afterward  removed  to  Jay  County,  Ind., 
where  they  ni.ade  their  [icrmanent  home.  The 
father  was  a  mechanic  and  llic  ownei'  of  a  farm. 
The  devoted  husband  and  wife,  and  loving  parents, 
"in  death  were  not  divided,"  both  contracting  t}'- 
phoid  fever,  which  occasioned  their  decease  at  the 
same  time,  in  J8(;4. 

The  subject  of  this  liiograpliy  grew  to  manhood 
in  Indiana,  and  began  his  life  work  by  sni>erinteiid- 
iiig  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  twenty-three 
years  of  age.     He  had  acquiretl  a  good   common- 


school  education,  to  which  his  native  intelli"-enco 
and  his  keen  observation  have  added  much  inac- 
tical  knowledge  since  he  left  the  schoolroom.  In 
18(;;5  lie  started  for  the  pineries  of  .Michigan  and 
tarried  at  a  place  six  miles  from  Battle  Creek,  that 
State.  There  he  was  drafted,  but  not  lieing  able 
to  pass  the  required  physical  examination,  he  did 
not  enter  the  service.  In  1872  he  removed  with 
his  family  to  Carroll  County,  Iowa,  building  the 
second  house  in  the  township  in  which  he  located. 
The  Ilawkeye  State  was  the  home  of  the  family 
until  1877,  at  which  time  they  were  numbered 
among  the  inhabitants  of  Kansas,  the  first  two 
years  of  their  sojourn  in  tliis  State  being  spent  in 
Sedgwick  County.  At  the  expiration  of  that  time 
a  removal  was  made  to  the  place  which  is  now  their 
home,  and  where  Mr.  Lewis  is  successfully  giving 
his  attention  to  the  raising  of  crops  and  stock. 

On  August  11,  1861,  Ira  M.  Lewis  and  Sarah  J. 
Spayd  were  united  in  marriage  at  the  home  of  the 
bride.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Mary 
(Hart)  Spayd.  and  was  born  in  Darke  County, 
Ohio,  on  Christmas  Day,  1840.  She  acquired  a 
good  common-school  education,  and  befcn'e  her 
marriage  was  engaged  in  school  teaching,  a  work 
for  which  her  tact,  excellent  education  and  pleasant 
disposition  admiral)ly  qualified  her.  Her  father,  a 
cabinetmaker  by  trade,  was  born  iu  Dauphin 
County,  Pa..  October  24.  1811.  and  died  in  1886. 
Her  mother  was  boru  in  Wayne  County,  Ohio, 
August  10,  1824,  and  her  death  took  place  .luly  12, 
1882.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  .Spayd  were  the  parents  of 
ten  children,  seven  of  whom  now  surxivc. 

To  our  subject  and  his  worthy  wife  five  chil- 
dren have  been  liorn,  two  of  whom  are  marrieil 
and  living  in  homes  of  their  own.  Kstella  J.  is  the 
wife  of  William  A.  Adams  and  the  mother  of  three 
children;  she  occupies  a  pleasant  dwelling  two 
miles  north  of  the  parental  home.  Annie  M.,  the 
fourth  born., married  -lohn  Miller,  who  lives  on  the 
northeast  quarter  of  section  1 1.  Ryan  Township; 
tluy  have  one  child;  Linley  I..  Insley  M.  and 
John  AV.  remain  with  their  parents.  All  the  chil- 
dren are  well  educated,  and  Kstella  has  been  a 
teacher. 

Mr.  Lewis  belongs  to  the  Farmer's  Alliance,  and 
is  now  a  meraljerof  the  Committee  on  liKiuiry.  He 


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is  Treasurer  of  the  School  District,  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Board  for  several  years,  and  takes 
a  deep  interest  in  the  i)rogress  of  the  schools.  He 
is  also  serving  as  Koad  Overseer.  The  Repub- 
lican ticket  is  that  which  he  always  votes,  and  ho 
IS  much  interested  in  political  movements.  While 
in  Indiana,  prior  to  the  Civil  War,  he  lived  in  a 
settlement  through  vvhich  tlie  underground  railroad 
passed,  and  became  somewhat  acquainted  with  tiie 
workings  of  that  road  and  quite  interested  in  the 
abolition  of  slaverj'.  Among  his  neighbors  and 
fellow-citizens  he  is  spoken  of  as  a  reliable  citizen 
and  an  honorable  man. 

In  this  connection  we  present  a  lithographic 
view  of  the  residence  wherein  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lewis 
are  so  pleasantly  domiciled. 


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^^ACIIARIAII  II.  PATTON.  Tiie  subject  of 
fi/  this  notice  came  to  this  county  with  a  caiii- 
/li-^  tal  of  forty-five  cents,  but  is  now  numbered 
among  its  most  thrifty  and  successful  farmers.  He 
is  proprietor  of  one  of  the  finest  estates  in  Falls 
Township,  embracing  three  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  as  valuable  land  as  is  to  be  found  on  the 
Chikaskia  River.  A  beautiful  two-story  residence 
embellishes  the  place  and  is  represented  by  a  litho- 
graphic view  on  another  pagc^;  together  witli  its 
surroundings  it  presents  one  of  the  most  attractive 
pictures  in  the  landscape  of  this  region.  The  pass- 
ing traveler  invariably  turns  to  take  a  second  look 
at  the  homestead  which  has  been  built  up  only  by 
the  most  unflagging  industry  and  the  exercise  of 
good  judgment  and  fine  taste. 

A  native  of  what  is  now  West  Virginia,  Mr. 
Patton  was  born  in  Gilmer  County,  November  28, 
1843,  and  is  the  sou  of  AVilliam  and  Mary  (Smith) 
Palton,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Mary- 
land and  born  in  1799.  William  Patton  left  his 
native  State  with  his  parents  when  a  child,  the  fam- 
ily removing  to  Gilmer  Conntv,  W.  Va.,  where 
they  all  spent  the  remninderof  their  lives,  William 
dying  about  18G8.     He  followed  the  vocation  of  a 


farmer  and  accumulated  a  good  property.  Both 
he  and  his  estimable  wife  were  for  many  years 
prominently  connected  with  the  liaptist  Cliurch. 
The  paternal  grandfather,  likewise  named  William, 
was  also  a  native  of  Mar}  land.  Tlie  mother  of 
our  subject  was  born  in  the  State  of  West  Virginia, 
and  died  in  (Kilmer  County  that  State,  in  18«r), 
after  the  death  of  her  husband.  Her  father  was 
John  Smith,  who  traced  his  ancestry  to  Germany. 
To  William  and  Mary  Patton  there  was  born  a 
family  of  eight  children,  viz:  John  S.,  Zachariah 
H.,  Hannah  E.,  Mary  L.,  Phebe  J.,  Susan  K.,  Na- 
than L.  and  Anna  C.  Four  of   these  are  living. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  second  child 
of  his  parents  and  spent  his  boj'hood  and  youth 
on  the  farm  in  his  native  county  acquiring  his  edu- 
cation in  the  comraou  school.  After  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War,  he,  in  1862,  joined  the  Confed- 
erate Army  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Twentieth 
West  Virginia  Cavalry  and  served  until  in  Novem- 
ber, 1863.  Then,  being  wounded  by  a  ball  at  Droop 
Mountain,  he  was  rendered  unfit  for  further  ser- 
vice and  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  returned 
home.  He  sojourned  there  until  1868,  then  started 
for  the  far  West  and  locating  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
worked  at  anything  he  could  find  to  do  in  order  to 
make  an  honest  living.  In  1870  he  came  to  Kansas 
and  prosecuted  farming  in  Neosha  County  until 
1871.  That  j^ear  he  came  to  this  county  and  i)re- 
empted  sixty  acres  of  land  on  section  28,  Falls 
Township,  of  which  he  has  since  been  a  resident. 
He  was  prospered  in  his  labors  and  later  added  two 
hundred  acres  to  his  real  estate,  this  lying  un  sec- 
tions 21  and  28.  After  a  few  years  engaged  in  till- 
ing the  soil  he  gradually  became  interested  in  live 
stock,  from  which  he  has  realized  handsome  re- 
turns. He  knows  all  about  tiie  hardships  and  dif- 
ficulties of  beginning  in  a  new  country  without 
capital,  and  has  maintained  a  warm  interest  in  the 
material  welfare  of  his  adopted  home.  He  belongs 
to  the  Farmers'  Alliance,  and  is  a  stanch  supporter 
of  the  Democratic  party. 

Mr.  Patton  was  married  November  6,  1867,  to 
Miss  Phebe  P.  Spurgeon  of  Doddridge  County,  W. 
Va.  This  lady  was  born  November  17,  1848,  and 
is  the  daughter  of  John  and  Phebe  (Smith)  Spur- 
geon, who  were  natives  of  West  A'irginia  and  are 


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now  living  in  Kansas.  The  result  of  this  union 
was  a  famil}'  of  eleven  cliildien  who  were  named 
respectively — AVilliam  E.,  Charles.  Laura  D.,  Sa- 
mantha  J.,  Jessie,  John,  James  L.,  Lciina,  Nettie 
B.,  Luther  and  Joseph. 


B" 


^^EORGE  W.  ELLLS.  In  making  note  of  the 
III  |_-  puhliespirited  cili/ens  of  Avon  Township, 
^^^il  the  name  of  Mr.  Ellis  shoulrl  occupy  a  lead- 
ing position.  He  is  a  farmer  in  good  circumstances, 
owning  :nul  operating  a  fine  body  of  land,  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  in  extent,  and  located  on 
section  20.  He  has  erected  good  buildings,  and 
pi'ovidcd  himself  with  modern  farm  machinerj', 
together  with  all  the  other  appliances  necessary  for 
the  successful  prosecution  of  agriculture.  He  is 
one  of  the  older  settlers  of  this  county,  having 
pitched  his  tent  liere  in  1870. 

Mr.  lOllis  was  born  in  Adams  County.  Ohio,  No- 
vember 7,  183;"),  and  was  there  reared  to  manhood 
on  his  father's  farm,  learning  the  arts  of  ])lowing, 
sowing  and  reaping,  and  acquiring  his  education  in 
the  district  school.  His  life  passed  in  a  compar- 
tiveiy  uneventful  manner  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War,  when  lie  enlisted  in  the  Union  arm}', 
November  15,  1862,  becoming  a  member  of  Com- 
pany G,  Seventieth  Ohio  Infantry.  He  served  for 
three  years,  or  until  nearl}'  the  close  of  the  war, 
ex])erieneing  all  the  vicissitudes  of  a  soldier's  life, 
but  escaped  comparatively  unharmed,  receiving  his 
honorable  discharge,  and  afterward  returned  to  his 
native  county,  sojourning  there  until  setting  out 
for  the  AVest. 

Upon  coming  to  Kansas  Mr.  Ellis  pre-empted 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  section  29, 
Avon  Township,  where  he  made  his  home  until 
187:3.  He  then  returned  to  his  native  State,  and 
for  twelve  ye.ars  thereafter  engaged  in  farming  in 
Adams  County.  Finally,  in  1885,  he  returned  to 
Kansas,  taking  up  his  residence  once  more  in  Avon 
Township,  and  again  became  owner  of  a  quarter 
section  of  land,  in  the  cultivation  and  improve- 
ment of  which  he  has  since  been  engaged. 


Mr.  Ellis  was  married,  in  Mason  County.  Ky., 
October  7,  1878,  to  Miss  Josephine  Burgle.  Mrs. 
Ellis  was  born  twenty  miles  from  Paris,  in  France, 
and  was  brought  to  America  by  her  parents,  in 
1852,  when  a  child  of  three  years.  The  family  set- 
tled in  Ohio,  where  she  was  reared  to  womanhood. 
Of  her  union  with  our  subject  there  have  been  born 
two  children — Laudis  and  Andrew.  Mr.  Ellis,  po- 
litically, is  a  decided  Republican,  while  he  and  his 
estimable  wife  are  prominently  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Churcii,  attending  seivices  at 
Wellington. 

The  regiment  with  which  Mr.  liUis  was  connected 
was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  and  he 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,and  the  sieges 
of  Corinth  and  A'icksburg;  he  was  also  engaged  in 
the  Mississippi  campaign,  and  was  with  the  troo[)S 
of  Gen.  Ilazen  at  the  storming  of  Ft.  McAllister, 
in  1864.  He  met  the  enemy  at  Mission  Ridge,  and 
marched  with  Sherman  to  the  sea.  He  also  par- 
ticipated all  through  the  Atlanta  campaign,  and 
never  once  turned  his  back  to  the  enemy,  was  never 
wounded  or  taken  prisoner.  He  was  mustered  out 
at  Savannah,  Ga.,  receiving  an  honorable  discharge 
in  January,  1865. 


GEORGE  W.  DURHAM.     Second  only  to  the 
III  .=1  inthience   of   the  home,  is  that  exerted  by 


G 


the  school,  and  the  character  and  example 
of  the  teacher  are  even  more  potent  than  his  pre- 
cepts and  mental  instruction  in  molding  the  lives 
of  the  young,  and  preparing  them  for  their  future 
as  citizens  of  this  great  republic.  The  position  of  a 
teacher  is,  therefore,  one  of  great  responsibility, 
and  those  who  have  charge  of  educational  affairs 
should  allow  it  to  be  filled  only  by  persons  pos- 
sessed of  upright  characters  and  correct  lives,  as 
well  as  the  tact  which  from  a  store  of  information 
can  instill  instruction  into  the  receptive  minds.  It 
is  a  pleasure  to  all  who  are  interested  in  the  true 
growth  and  advancement  of  our  country  to  find 
this  principle  carried  out  in  the  selection  of  in- 


PORTRAIT  AND  lUOrUiAl'IlICAL  ALBUM. 


2(!1 


stnictors,  mid  to  feel  assured  tli.it  not  only  the 
mental  but  moral  training  of  the  youth  is  under- 
taken by  competent  teachers. 

The  subject  of  this  biography  is  ayoLing  man  of 
high  mental  attainments,  cultured  manners  and  fine 
moral  character,  and  Sumner  County  is  fortunate 
in  having  for  several  years  enjoyed  his  services  as 
an  instructor.  He  was  born  in  Warren  County, 
Ky.,  July  ,'j,  1861,  and  was  reared  and  educated 
under  favorable  aus|)ices,  completing  his  studies  at 
Smith  Grove  College,  in  his  native  county.  He 
became  a  resident  of  this  county  in  1884,  and  liss 
since  been  numbered  among  Kansas  te.achers,  gain- 
ing a  reputation  and  a  popularity  highly  creditable. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride,  on  September  12, 
1889,  ^Ir.  Durliani  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Linnie  K.  Frable,  a  young  lady  who  was  well- 
titted  to  become  his  companion,  being  cultured  and 
relined,  and  like  her  husband,  a  worthy  raemlier  of 
the  RIothodist  Episcopal  Cliurch.  Mrs.  Durham 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  October  25,  1869,  and 
is  a  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Maiy  (Sehall)  Fra- 
ble. who  were  also  natives  of  the  Keystone  State 
The  family  moved  to  Sumner  County  in  1878,  and 
Mr.  Frable  is  now  engfiged  in  farming  here.  Mr. 
Durham  is  a  Democrat  in  his  political  views,  and 
never  fails  to  support  with  his  vote  th"  principles 
in  which  he  believes. 

The  Rev.  Willis  W.  Durham,  the  father  of  our 
subject,  was  born  in  Barren  County,  Ky.,  fifty-four 
years  ago.  He  is  a  Baptist  minister,  and  is  now 
employed  by  the  Philadelphia  Bible  Association, 
as  a  traveling  missionary  in  Southwestern  Kansas, 
having  taken  up  his  residence  in  this  count}'  in 
1884.  He  married  Miss  Susan  J.  Renfro,  who  was 
born  in  the  same  county  in  which  he  first  saw  the 
light,  and  who  is  now  fiftj'-five  years  old.  She  is 
a  daughter  of  Jesse  J.  and  PoUie  (Mitchell)  Ren- 
fro, who  were  natives  of  the  Old  Dominion.  At 
the  age  of  twenty- one  years  Mr.  Renfro  went  to 
Kentucky,  and  took  charge  of  a  plantation  which 
he  carried  on  for  five  years.  He  then  purchased  a 
farm,  where,  after  having  lived  thereon  sixty-eight 
years,  he  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-six. 
He  had  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Mexican  War.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  Mrs.  Renfro  died 
when  about  seventy  years  of  age.     The   [)arents  of 


our  subject  reared  six  children,  all  still  living,  and 
named  respectively:  Alice  E.,  George  W.,  Dora 
W.,  Nathael  T.,  Jesse  J.  and  Amanda  A. 


'^^•^tiijm/®^S^^ 


*®|n51/OTS*<~  "W^* 


\]l^  UGH  PAISLEY.     The  family  of  which  thi.s 

JJ  gentleman  is  a  lineal  descendant,  is   an   old 

and  honored  one  in   Scotland,   and   to   this 

(^)  fact  the  city  of  Paisley  owes  its  name,  and 
is  a  standing  monument.  His  maternal  ancestry 
were  Irish,  and  the  family  of  his  mother  is  also  a 
well-known  one.  Our  subject  is  a  man  of  honor, 
intelligence  and  geniality,  and  is  accorded  his  just 
measure  of  respect  by  his  fellowmen. 

Mr.  Paisley  is  the  ninth  of  twelve  children  born 
to  Robert  and  Mary  (McCullough)  Paisley,  and  his 
natal  da}'  was  September  14,  1846.  His  parents 
were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  were  married  in 
Ohio,  and  resided  in  the  latter  State  until  the  death 
of  the  mother  in  1863.  Eight  members  of  the  pa- 
rental family  are  now  living.  The  father  departed 
this  life  in  1882.  He  was  a  son  of  Hugh  Paisley, 
who  was  an  American  soldier  during  the  War  of 
1812. 

During  his  youth  our  subject  was  afflicted  with 
phthisic,  but  he  was  able  to  obtain  an  excellent 
common  school  education,  and  remaining  with  his 
father  until  twenty-five  years  of  age,  worked  for 
twelve  years  in  his  grist  and  saw  mill.  In  1870,  he 
came  to  Kansas,  located  in  Sedgwick  County,  where 
he  sojourned  two  years,  after  which  he  spent  an 
equal  length  of  time  in  Iowa.  Returning  to  Sedg- 
wick County,  he  was  a  resident  therein  for  six 
3'ears,  and  then,  in  1880,  came  to  Sumner  County, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Ryan  Township,  which  he 
has  since  made  his  home.  His  farm  comprises  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  all  improved,  and 
changed  from  the  raw  and  primitive  condition  in 
which  he  took  possession  of  it,  to  that  of  a  well- 
cultivated  and  well-improved  acreage.  Mr.  Pais- 
ley devotes  his  attention  to  general  fanning  and 
stock-raising,  and  is  winning  a  competence  in  his 
chosen  field  of  labor. 

The  marriage  of  Jlr.  Hugh  Paisley  and  Miss  Ma- 


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tildiiNeiohburg,  was  oelubrated  in  Docembei-,  1874, 
ill  lUii-lingion,  Iowa.  IMrs.  Paisley  was  born  in 
Calmerlain,  Swe()en,  April  13,  1S47,  lo  Adolf  and 
Christina  Neighlnirg,  who  were  prominent  people 
in  their  seetion  of  Seandinavia.  Tlu;  mother  died 
in  1884,  and  the  fatberin  18811.  Their  family  com- 
l)risod  nine  children,  of  vvliom  three  are  now  living. 
Mrs.  P.'iisley  is  the  seeond  child,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica ill  1872.  She  has  borne  her  luisband  six  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Advlpluis  A.,  lienjaniin  O.,  Mertoii 
IL,  Matilda,  and  Shaenie  are  now  living.  She  has 
been  a  member  of  tlie  Lutheran  Chinch,  and  has 
many  womanly  and  domestic  virtues.  Mr.  Paisley 
belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  He  has  been 
Koad  Overseer,  and  is  now  Constable  of  Ryan 
Township. 


<y2S~ 


I       ft  ILLL\M  T.  P.OATRICxHT,  a  warm-hearted 

\^//  Southerner,  with  Northern  proclivities, 
W^  especially  in  politics,  is  one  for  whom  na- 
ture has  done  much,  and  who  has  made  the  most  of 
his  opportunities,  at  times  under  adverse  circum- 
stances. He  may  be  properly  classed  as  among  the 
most  enterprising  and  public-spirited  citizens  of 
Creek  Township,  a  man  who  keeps  his  e^'es  open  to 
what  is  going  on  around  him,  and  never  intends  to 
be  left  at  the  rear,  where  there  is  any  worth3'  P''0" 
jeet  in  view,  or  any  commendable  enterj^rise  to  be 
encouraged.  His  native  place  was  (Graves  County, 
Ky.,  and  the  date  of  his  birth  January  5,  1847.  He 
was  the  tenth  in  a  family  of  eleven  children,  the 
offspring  of  William  V.  and  Sally  W.  (Gates)  Boat- 
right,  who  were  natives  of  Virginia. 

The  father  of  our  subject  operated  as  a  f.aruier 
and  miller  combined,  ard  as  e.arly  as  1821  left  the 
Old  Dominion,  settling  among  the  iiioneers  of 
Graves  County,  7vy.,  where  he  was  married.  In 
1851 ,  leaving  Kentucky,  he  emigrated  with  hi?  fam- 
ily, across  the  Mississippi  into  Platte  County,  Mo. 
They  only  lived  there,  however,  abcnit  eighteen 
months,  removing  then  to  Gentry  County,  Mo. 
Mr.  Boalright  departed  hence  in  I8G7;  his  wife, 
Sally,  survived  him  fur  a  period  of  eighteen  years, 


remaining  a  widow,  and  died  in  Gentry  County, 
JIo.,  in  1885.  Eight  of  their  children  are  still  liv- 
ing. 

William  T.  in  the  meantime,  acquired  such  edu- 
cation as  he  could  obtain  in  the  common  school, 
and  worked  with  his  father  on  the  farm  until  after 
the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  Then,  a  youth  of 
seventeen  years,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Forty- 
third  .Missouri  Infantry,  which  operated  mostly  in 
that  Stale.  During  the  Price  raid,  young  Boat- 
right  was  captured,  October  15.  1864,  at  Glasi;ow, 
Mo.,  but  was  soon  paroled  and  sent  to  Benton  liar- 
racks,  near  St.  Louis.  Later  he  returned  to  St. 
Joseph,  and  subsequenth'  assisted  in  chasing  bush- 
whackers, being  in  several  skirmishes,  and  thus  oc- 
cupying his  time  until  after  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  was  mustered  out  June  30,  1865,  and  returning 
to  the  farm,  remained  with  his  f.ather  until  his  mar- 
riage. 

The  above-mentioned  interesting  event  in  the 
life  of  our  subject  occurred  January  3,  1869,  the 
bride  being  Miss  Sarah  E.,  daughterof  .lackson  and 
j\lai\y  (Comptou)  Burger,  all  natives  of  Kentut-k}-. 
The  Burger  family  emigrated  to  Missouri  about 
1855,  settling  in  Platte  County.  In  1878  they 
came  to  Southern  Kansas,  and  are  still  residents  of 
this  county.  Their  family  consisted  of  eleven 
chiklren.  Mrs.  Boatright  was  the  ehlest,  and  was 
born  February  27.  1851,  in  Russell  County,  Ky. 
Of  her  union  with  our  subject  there  have  been  Itorii 
eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  living,  viz:  Levi 
J.,  Laura  A.,  James  F.,  Orilla  J.,  Jesse  O.,  Charles 
W.  and  Viola  M. 

Mr.  Boatright  has  alw.ays  taken  a  warm  interest 
in  [lolitics,  and  uiiiforml3'  votes  the  straight  Be- 
publican  ticket.  Me  is  serving  his  second  term  as 
a  director  in  school  district  No.  140,  and  for  four 
years  in  Missouri  served  in  a  similar  ca])acitv.  lb' 
is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  .lolin  (ioldy 
Post,  No.  1)0,  G.  A.  R.,  of  Milan,  occupying  the 
office  of  Junior  Vice,  and  has  also  served  as  Ser- 
geant Major.  He  began  life  for  himself  with  a 
capital  of  8;>75,  this  comiirising  his  porti(m  of  his 
father's  estate.  He  came  to  Kansas  in  1884,  arriv- 
ing in  Creek  Township,  March  I  1,  and  that  day  he 
purchased  his  present  farm,  which  w.as  then  but  a 
tract  of   unimproved    land.     He    now    has  ninety 


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acres  iiudei'  the  plow,  witli  anoreharcl  of  sixty-five 
apple  trees,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  peach  trses, 
besides  pears  and  cherry  trees.  He  has  enclosed 
and  divided  his  fields  with  substantial  fencing,  and 
iu  1887,  put  up  his  present  residence  at  a  cost  of 
over  $600  besides  his  own  labor.  It  is  fair  to  sup- 
pose that  iu  the  course  of  a  few  years  he  will  be 
able  to  retire  upon  a  competence. 


^^*^H»^ 


^^  HARLES  G.  EPPERSON,  traveling  corres- 
[|f  ^1  pondeut  of  Kansas  Cit^'  Daily  Journal,  is  a 
^>^'  resident  of  Wellington,  having  an  attractive 
home  at  No.  709,  N.  A.  Street.  lie  is  the  pos- 
sessor of  a  bright  intellect,  being  a  forcible  and 
vigorous  writer,  and  has  made  himself  an  enviable 
reputation  in  the  uewspa^jer  world.  He  was  born 
in  Lebanon,  Boone  County,  lud.,  February  17, 
1840.  and  is  the  son  of  Charles  and  Martha  (Wool- 
cry)  Epperson,  who  are  natives  respectively  of 
Virginia  and  Kentucky. 

The  E|)person  family  is  of  English  extraction, 
and  the  first  representatives  here  settled  in  ^'irginia 
(jrior  to  the  Revolutionary  War.  Several  members 
of  it  served  in  this  great  struggle,  and  the  paternal 
great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  David  Epperson, 
had  a  number  of  sons  in  the  war;  one,  Thomiison, 
was  "^  Major.  Charles  Epperson,  later,  removed 
from  A'irginia  to  Kentucky,  about  1810,  sojourning 
there  until  probabl}'  1839.  We  next  find  him  in 
]\Iontgomory  Countj',  Ind..  where  he  lived  until 
1S42.  That  3'ear  he  pushed  on  further  westward 
into  Illinois,  settling  at  Rio,  in  the  northern  part 
of  Knox  County.  He  spent  his  last  days  iu  Ox- 
ford, Henry  County,  dying  about  1849.  His  wife 
survived  him  only  three  months.  They  had  lived 
together  harmoniousl}"  for  the  long  period  of 
over  fifty  years.  They  reared  a  family  of  seven 
sons  and  four  daugliters,  among  them  being  Charles, 
the  father  of  our  subject,  who  was  bcu'u  in  \'\y- 
ginia,  August  14.  1802. 

The  father  of  our  subject  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Kentucky  in  his  youth  and  there  made  the 
acquaintance  of  Mi.ss  Martha  Wooler^sto  whom  he 


was  married  in  Richmond,  Madison  County,  and 
they  lived  in  the  Blue  Grass  Slate  until  about 
1827.  Thence  they  emigrated  to  Putnam  Count}', 
Ind.,  and  from  there  removed  to  Boone  County, 
that  State,  about  1838.  We  next  find  them  on  the 
other  side  of  the  Mississippi,  in  Benton  County, 
Iowa,  taking  up  their  abode  at  Marysville  in  Oc- 
tober, 1847.  This  was  during  the  early  settlement 
of  that  region,  and  Charles  Epperson  improved  a 
large  farm  from  the  wilderness.  He  became  well- 
to-do,  but  in  1863  sold  out  and  improved  another 
farm  In  Harrison  Township.  He  departed  this  life 
October  14,  1864.  He  was  first  a  Whig  and  then 
a  Republican,  and  a  man  warmly  interested  in  the 
success  of  his  party.  For  many  j'ears  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  was  widely 
and  favorably  known,  and  stood  high  in  his  com- 
munity, his  word  being  considered  as  good  as 
lus  bond.  He  left  a  valuable  estate.  The  mother 
of  Mr.  Epperson  is  still  living,  making  licr  home 
with  her  son,  John,  in  Avon  Township,  this  county, 
and  has  arrived  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- two 
years. 

To  the  parents  of  our  suliject  there  was  born  a 
famdj-  of  thirteen  children,  nine  of  whom  are  still 
living.  John  S.,  one  of  the  Commissioners  of  this 
countv,  is  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  makes  his 
home  in  Avon  Township;  Hiram  T.  is  farming 
near  Vinton,  Iowa;  Mary,  ^'rs.  Stefify  resides  in 
Boone,  Iowa;  JIartha  J.  niai'ried  J.  P.  Wood,  and 
lives  in  Pulaski,  Ind.;  Minerva  A.  is  the  wife  of 
E.  G.  Stowe,  of  McPherson  County,  this  State; 
Charles  G.,  our  subject,  was  the  next  in  order  of 
birth;  William  W.  is  a  commercial  salesman,  and 
makes  his  home  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa;  Kiltie  E. 
is  the  wife  of  P.  I).  Stout,  of  Jacksonville,  111.;  Al- 
bert G.,  a  speculator,  resides  in  Boone,  Iowa. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  .a  lad  of  seven 
years  when  the  family  settled  in  Iowa,  and  he  re- 
sided there  until  a  man  of  twenty-five.  He  first 
att(Mided  school  in  Boone  County,  Ind.,  having  for 
lus  teacher  William  Carey,  he  being  then  a  little 
lad  of  five  years.  His  teacher  was  little  more  than 
a  boy.  After  an  absence  of  forl3-two  years,  Mr. 
Ei)person  visited  his  old  home  and  found  his  former 
prece|)tor  owner  of  the  old  Epperson  homestead 
and  worth  §100,000.     Pupil  and  teacher  enjoyed  a 


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very  pleasant  visit.  At  jMarysville  joiiiig  Epper- 
son completed  his  education,  and  afterward  as- 
sisted Ills  fatlier  in  carrying  on  the  farm  until  his 
marriage. 

In  1862  Mr.  Epperson  offered  his  services  to 
the  Government  to  aid  in  putting  down  the  Re- 
bellion, and  was  accepted  and  made  a  member  of 
Company  A.  Twenty-eighth  Iowa  Infantr}-,  and 
was  assigned  to  the  Armj'  of  the  Mississippi.  J^'oon 
after  entering  camp  he  was  taken  to  the  hospital 
sick,  where  he  remained  a  short  time,  and  was  dis- 
charged. 

In  October,  18G4,  Mr.  Epperson  was  wedded  Uj 
i\lrs.  Mary  C.  (A'an  Cleef)  ^lartin,  whose  husband 
had  yielded  up  his  life  on  the  battlefield  of  Shilob 
during  the  Civil  War.  Mrs.  Epperson  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  N.  and  Susan  Van  Cleef.  who  were 
natives  of  Indiana.  The  fatlier  is  now  living  in 
Guthiie.  Iowa;  the  wife  died  in  1882.  The  young 
couple  spent  their  first  year  upon  the  homestead, 
then  reuioved  to  Cedar  Rapids,  and  Mr.  Epperson 
embarked  in  the  lumber  business  as  manager  of  the 
firm  of  J.  S.  Alexander  &  Co.  On  the  27th  of 
March,  1867,  he  met  with  a  severe  affliction  in  the 
death  of  his  wife,  who  passed  awaj'.  leaving  one 
son,  Judson  Elmore,  who  was  born  June  Id,  1866, 
and  who  was  a  babe  of  nine  months  at  the  time  of 
his  mother's  death.  He  is  still  living  and  makes 
his  home  with  his  father,  being  likewise  a  news- 
paper man. 

After  the  death  of  his  wife  Mr.  Epperson  con- 
tinued in  business  in  Cedar  Rapids  until  1869,  and 
then  removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  There  he  asso- 
ciated himself  in  partnership  with  J.  B.  Johnson, 
and  egaged  in  the  marble  business.  He  began  his 
newspaper  career  in  Februar}',  1873,  as  correspond- 
ent for  the  Daily  Herald,  of  St.  Joseph,  and  in 
May  of  that  3'ear  accepted  a  position  with  the 
Wilcox  &  Gibbs  Sewing  Machine  Company,  which 
necessitated  his  removal  to  Louisville,  Ky.  In 
Januar3'.  1874,  he  was  transferred  to  the  office  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Epperson  had  given 
his  attention  to  the  study  of  medicine,  and  while 
in  St.  Joseph  took  a  course  of  lectures  in  the  Ec- 
lectic Medical  College,  of  St.  Louis.  In  the  fall  of 
1871    he    repaired    to  Evansville,    lud.,  where  he 


commenced  practice,  and  later,  in  order  to  receive 
further  instructic^n  in  the  profession,  returned  to 
St.  Joseph,  and  while  pursuing  his  studies  in  this 
direction,  accepted  a  position  on  the  llcrakl  in 
order  to  earn  money  to  meet  his  necessities.  He 
found  that  the  newspaper  business  was  more  con 
genial  to  his  tastes  than  the  medical  profession, 
and,  accordingly-,  abandoned  the  latter,  giving  to 
the  former  his  entire  attention. 

Mr.  Epperson  continued  his  connection  with  the 
Herald  until  1882,  in  the  meantime  traveling 
through  New  Mexico,  accompanied  by  his  wife 
and  baby,  Oscar,  in  1880-81.  and  employing  his 
facile  pen  in  writing  up  something  of  the  early 
history  of  the  countrj'  as  compared  with  its  con- 
dition of  to  day,  and  treating  of  its  antiquities.  He 
was  accompanied  on  i)art  of  this  trip  by  Capt. 
Jack  Crawford,  the  scout — a  man  who  hud  a  large 
experience  among  the  wild  western  regions.  In 
1882  Mr.  Epperson  resigned  his  position  on  the 
Herald,  and  coming  to  this  county,  began  the  im- 
provement of  a  farm  which  he  liaii  previously  pur- 
(  based.  In  the  meantime,  in  1876,  while  on  a  visit 
to  his  brother  in  this  county,  he  made  the  acquaint- 
ance of  IMrs  Alice  J.  ( P^ggleston )  Cliaml)erlain. 
which  resulted  in  a  mutual  attachment,  and  on  the 
28th  of  April,  1878,  thej'  were  united  in  marriage 
at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  in  ISelle  I'laine, 
Sumner  Count\',  Judge  Elijah  Evans  officiating. 

Mrs.  Epperson  w.as  born  in  Springfield.  III.,  No- 
vember 25.  1856.  and  is  the  only  child  of  Ilcnry 
N,  and  Elizabeth  (Artuian)  Eggleston,  who  are 
row  residents  of  Wellington.  The  family  came  to 
this  county  in  1872.  and  ]SIiss  Alice  officiated  as 
one  of  the  first  teachers  within  its  limits,  a  profes- 
sion which  she  followed  for  seven  years,  beginning 
at  the  age  of  fifteen  years.  She  was  first  married 
in  August,  1874,  to  William  R.  Chamberlain,  who 
died  January  5,  1875.  ]Mrs.  Epi)erson  attended 
the  funeral  services  of  President  Lincoln  at  Spring- 
field, 111.,  and  frequently  saw  the  martyred  Presi- 
dent during  his  lifetime. 

Residing  on  his  farm  from  January  1.  1883.  until 
Januarj'  1,1884.  Mr.  Epperson  then  boughtan  inter- 
est in  the  Welluigloiiian.  a  weekly  paper,  the  official 
organ  of  this  county,  and  then  moveil  to  Wellington. 
He  associated  himself  in  i)artnership  with  the  Rev. 


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Samuel  L.  Hamilton,  a  Presbyterian  clerg3MJian  of 
Wichita,  and  J.  C.  O.  Morse,  the  Sheriff  of  this 
county,  but  in  October  foUowincr  Mr.  Epperson 
retired  from  the  firm  and  again  became  tlie  travel- 
ing corrcsi)ondent  of  the  8t.  Joseph  Herald.  In 
.lanuary,  1886,  l;e  again  resigned  this  position  to 
acce|)t  a  similar  one  witli  the  Kansas  City  Daily 
Jiiiirndl,  which  lie  still  holds. 

Republican  in  politics,  Mr.  Epperson  is  a  stanch 
supporter  of  the  principles  of  his  party  through 
the  columns  of  his  paper,  and  is  prominent  in  its 
councils.  While  a  resident  of  Sumner  County  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Central  Committee  representing 
Palestine  Township,  where  he  and  his  wife  own  two 
farms,  the  best  in  the  State.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Epper- 
son ore  members  of  tlie  Christian  Church,  and  Mr. 
Epperson  belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of 
( )dd  Eellows  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Worlvraen.  Of  the  present  marriage  there  have 
been  born  two  children — Oscar  Eggleston,  July  7, 
1880,  and  Charles  Henry,  October  17,  1883.  In 
1884  Mr.  Epperson  was  a  delegate  from  Sumner 
County  to  the  State  Republican  Convention  at 
Topeka,  which  was  called  to  select  delegates  to 
the  National  Convention,  which  nominated  James 
a.  Blaine  for  President.  In  1879  he  accompanied 
the  Hayes  Presidential  party  on  their  trip  through 
Kansas  and  to  Springfield,  111.  The  Eppersons 
have  a  very  pleasint  home  in  Wellington,  and 
move  in  its  highest  social  circles. 


LBERT  RICE  is  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  Oxford  Township,  and  is  the  owner  and 
occupant  of  a  productive  farm  comprising 
^  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  on  section  22. 

This  land  was  purciiased  b}'  Mr.  Rice  in  1875  and 
was  entirel}'  raw  and  unbroken,  and  its  present 
owner  has  made  all  the  improvements  upon  it, 
which  include  a  fine  house,  barn,  wind-mill  and 
such  other  buildings  as  are  usually  erected  by  a 
man  of  enterprise  and  industry,  together  with 
adequate  fences  and  fruit  and  shade  trees.  The 
estate  is  devoted  to  the   purposes   of  stock-raising 


and  farming,  in  both  of  which  the  owner  is  proving 
very  successful. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Samuel  Rico,  who,  being  left  au  orphan,  went  on 
board  a  man-of-war,  where  he  served  until  years 
of  maturity'.  He  then  left  the  navy  and  married, 
and  with  his  famil3'  soon  removed  to  Ohio,  from 
^  the  eastern  part  of  our  countr3'.  His  son  Alfred 
was  but  a  boy  when  the  removal  took  place,  and 
after  reaching  man's  estate,  he  married  Miss  Eliza- 
lieth  Furman.  daughter  of  John  Furman,  of  New 
York  State,  who,  with  his  family,  had  removed  to 
Ohio  at  an  early  day.  Alfred  Rice  and  his  wife 
remained  in  Ohio  until  1841.  when  they  removed  to 
Noble  Countj',  Ind.,  and  there  continued  to  reside 
until  death.  Mr.  Rice  cleared  up  a  farm  and  made 
a  home  upon  it,  also  working  at  the  carpenter's 
trade  in  Kendall ville.  He  reared  a  family  of  ten 
children,  of  whom  our  subject  is  one.  The  father 
died  in  1848,  and  the  mother  lived  to  be  eighty 
years  of  age,  dying  about  the  year  1886.  Of  the 
members  of  the  parental  family  who  lived  to  ma- 
ture years,  we  note  the  following:  Samuel  married 
]Miss  Elizabeth  Godwin,  and  now  lives  in  Oklahoma; 
Amos  is  now  deceased,  leaving  one  child — Harriet; 
Elizabeth  was  the  wife  of  Jerome  Trowbridge,  and 
died  in  Michigan;  Isaac  married  Miss  Edna  Godwin 
and  lives  in  Western  Kansas;  Alvin  married  Miss 
Maria  Herrick  and  lives  in  ValYerde;  Alphonso 
married  INIiss  Sophronia  Montague  and  lives  in  this 
township;  William  married  Miss  Eraeline  Miller, 
and  they  also  live  in  this  townshi|i. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  notice 
was  born  February  6,  1844,  in  Noble  County,  Ind., 
and  grew  to  maturity  at  Kendallville,  first  leaving 
his  home  to  engage  in  the  service  of  his  country 
during  the  Civil  War.  Fired  with  the  enthusiasm 
which  swept  like  wild  fire  over  the  Hoosier  State, 
when  hostilities  were  declared,  he  enlisted  in  1862, 
as  a  member  of  Companj'  G,  Forty-fourth  Indiana 
Infantry,  and  was  first  sent  to  the  Western  army, 
but  after  a  time  was  discharged  on  account  of  ill- 
ness. When  able  to  travel,  he  went  to  Iowa,  and 
after  regaining  his  health,  .again  entered  the  service, 
his  second  enrollment  being  in  Company  I,  Fourth 
Iowa  Cavalry.  He  wps  sent  to  Tennessee,  Missis- 
sippi and  Georgia,  the  command  being  engaged  in 


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scouting  and  skirmishing  mostly,  anrl  seeing  miicli 
hard  service.  Jlr.  Rice  was  wounded  in  llie  left 
leg  at  Ripley,  Miss.,  and  after  recruiting  from  this 
injury,  continued  his  gallant  work  until  tlu'  close 
of  the  war. 

Receiving  an  honoraI)le  discharge,  and  returning 
once  more  to  civil  life.  Mr.  Rice  made  his  home  in 
his  native  State  for  several  j'ears,  and  then  resided 
in  Eaton  County,  Mich.,  three  years,  after  whicii,  in 
1874,  he  came  to  this  countj',  and  the  following 
year  bought  the  farm  upon  which  he  is  now  living. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  a  continuous  resilient 
here,  and  lias  earned  a  high  re])utation  among  the 
citizens  for  intelligence,  integrity  and  aliility.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  is  now  fill- 
ing  the  office  of  Treasurer  of  School  District  No.  i 
3.3.  He  has  no  desire  for  political  preferment,  but 
never  fails  to  cast  his  vote  iv  the  interest  of  good 
government,  his  judgment  leading  him  to  take  his 
place  in  the  i-anks  of  the  Rei)ublican  jiarty. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Rice  took  place  in  the 
Hoosier  State,  .Tune  12,  1871,  his  bride  being  JMiss 
Olive  A.  Thew,  whose  parental  history  will  be  found 
in  a  sketch  of  Joseph  Thew,  on  another  page  in  this 
work.  This  worth}'  and  highl}'  respected  lady  has 
borne  her  husband  one  son — Frank  J.,  who  is  now 
seventeen  years  old,  his  birth  having  taken  );lace 
May  13,  1872. 


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«  ftlLLIAM  H.  ALDRICH.  This  gentleman 
\rJff  owns  and  occupies  one  of  the  finest  homes 
^^  in  Sumner  County.  It  embraces  a  highl_y- 
cultivated  and  valuable  farm,  embellished  with  an 
elegant  residence  and  the  outbuildings  required  for 
the  shelter  of  stock  and  the  storage  of  grjiin.  Tlic 
farm  operations  are  conducted  by  the  aid  of  im- 
proved, modern  machinery,  and  in  all  its  operations 
indicates  the  intelligence  and  enterprise  of  the  pro- 
prietor. Mr.  Aldrich  is  the  owner  of  two  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land,  and  has  dealt  largely  in 
real  estate  since  coming  to  Kansas,  buying  and  sell- 
ing farui  lands  extensively.  He  came  to  this  countj' 
in  1877,  pre-<'nipting  first  one    hundred    and    sixtj' 


acres  on  section  29,  Falls  Township,  of  which  he 
has  since  been  a  resident.  He  started  in  life  at  the 
foot  of  the  ladder  and  has  made  every  dollar  of 
his  property  bj'  hard  work  and  lionest  dealing.  He 
has  found  live  stock  very  profitable,  and  accord- 
ingly has  given  to  this  industry  a  large  share  of  his 
attention. 

Kalamazoo  Count}',  Mich.,  was  the  early  tramp- 
ing ground  of  our  subject,  and  where  his  birth  took 
place  November  17,  1842.  He  is  the  offspring  of 
an  excellent  famil}',  being  the  son  of  Amos  N.  and 
Margaret  (Heath)  Aldrich,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  native  of  Clj'dc,  Wayne  County,  X.  Y. 
Amos  Aldrich  when  quite  young  removed  with  liis 
parents  to  Jackson  County,  but  later  obtained 
work  in  Kalamazoo  County,  Mich.,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  learned  the 
tr.ade  of  a  stone  cutter  in  early  manhood,  but  only 
followed  it  a  comparatively  short  time,  being  moi'c 
inclined  to  farming  pursuits.  He  was  a  man  looked 
up  to  and  respected  in  his  community,  being  for 
many  years  prior  to  his  death  a  Class-Leader  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  otherwise  in- 
strumental in  furthering  the  interests  of  religion 
and  morality.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  Edward  Aldrich,  a  native  of  New 
York  State,  and  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  spent 
his  last  years  in  Kalamazoo  County,  Mich. 

Mrs.  Margaret  (Heath)  Aldrich,  the  mother  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Niagara  Count}',  N.  Y., 
and  removed  with  her  parents  in  her  youth  to  Kal- 
amazoo County,  Mich.,  where  she  made  the  ac- 
quaintance of  her  future  husband.  Their  union 
was  blest  by  the  birth  of  nine  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living,  and  who  were  nameii,  respectivel\  : 
William  H.,  our  subject;  Nelson  E.,  Joseph  II., 
ISIargaret  A.,  Arcena  E..  Martha  D..  Herbert  S., 
Frank  B.  and  Jolin. 

William  H.  remained  a  resident  of  his  native 
county  until  a  man  of  twenty-five  years,  acquiring 
such  education  as  the  district  schools  afforded,  and 
becoming  familiar  with  the  various  pursuits  of  farm 
life.  He  left  Michigan  in  1867,  removing  to  Taylor 
County,  Iowa,  where  he  sojourned  for  a  period  of 
ten  ycii-s.  Then,  in  1877,  lie  cast  his  lot  with  the 
people  of  this  county.  Wliile  a  resident  of  Iowa, 
he  served  as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  since  com- 


lEsidence  of  frank  KuBik, SEa3.  Caldwell Tp,  Sumner  Co.,  kans. 


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ing  to  Kansas  has  for  one  term  been  a  Trustee  of 
Falls  Township.  Both  he  and  his  estimable  wife 
are  active  members  of  the  Methoilist  Episcopal 
Church  at  Falls  Center.  Politically,  Mr.  Ahlricli 
is  independent,  but  favors  prohibition. 

While  a  resident  of  Ta3ior  County,  Iowa.  Mr. 
Aldrich  was  married,  September  17,  1868,  to  Miss 
Annie  M.  Warriner.  This  lady  was  born  in  Cal- 
houn County,  Mich.,  .Tune  13,  18-14,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Lemuel  C.  and  Jane  (Beedle)  War- 
riner, wlio  were  natives  of  Nevy  York,  and  are  now 
deceased.  Four  children  have  been  born  of  this 
union,  viz:  Cassel,  Lenna,  Maggie  and  Nelson. 
Mrs.  Aldrich  owns  a  quarter-section  of  valuable 
land  in  Caldwell  Township,  from  which  she  derives 
a  good  income. 

Elsewhere  i\i  this  volume  will  lie  found  a  litho- 
grapliic  view  of  the  residence  of  our  subject. 


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\ir— i/RANK  KUBIK.  Kansas  is  the  home  of 
rrr\^  many  foreign  born  citizens,  whose  indus- 
IL,  '~  try.  thrift  and  energy  have  been  effective  in 
developing  the  natural  resources  of  the  Sunflower 
State,  and  in  advancing  every  good  work  within  its 
borders.  The  department  of  farm  labor  has  been 
f(irtun:ite  in  including  so  large  a  number  of  indi- 
viduals who  represent  the  best  elements  of  their 
various  nationalities,  and  who  demonstrate  by  their 
lives  t!iat  "  man  is  the  architect  of  his  own  for- 
tune." The  subject  of  this  biography  has  proved 
himself  to  be  a  successful  farmer  and  stock-raiser, 
and  has  built  up  a  fine  estate  from  a  small  capilal. 
While  doing  so  he  has  maintained  a  large  famil}- 
in  comfort,  and  nobly  assisted  by  his  wife,  has 
reared  them  to  an  honorable  manhood  and  woman- 
hcjod,  which  fact  is  the  brightest  star  in  his  crown 
of  rejoicing. 

In  the  Kingdom  of  Bohemia,  the  gentleman  of 
whom  we  write  was  liorn  April  9,  1831.  His  par- 
ents, Joseph  and  Mary  Kubik,  had  a  family  of  six 
chiUhen,  bearing  the  names  of  Joseph,  John,  Ann, 
Frank,  Mary  and  Kate.  With  the  exception  of 
the  latter,  now  the  wife  of  Oscar  Lender,  of  Kacine, 


Wis.,  our  subject  is  the  only  survivor  of  the  pa- 
rental band.  He  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  his  na- 
tive country,  and,  at  the  age  of  twent3--three  years, 
accompanied  his  parents  across  the  Atlantic,  and 
with  them  located  in  Racine,  Wis.,  where  the  father 
and  mother  subsequent!}'  died.  Joseph  Kubik  not 
only  followed  farming  but  was  also  proficient  at 
the  trade  of  a  stone  cutter. 

The  Badger  State  was  the  home  of  our  subject 
until  March,  1878, when  became  to  Sumner  County, 
Kan.,  and  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  on  section  3,  Caldwell  Township.  He  subse- 
quently pre-empted  eighty  acres  on  section  33,  of 
the  same  township,  and  has  since  added  by  pur- 
chase to  his  acreage  until  he  now  owns  four  hun- 
dred and  eight}'  acres  of  well-improved  land  on 
sections  34  and  3.  He  is  a  man  of  more  than  or- 
dinary intelligence,  and  his  citizenship  and  private 
character  reflect  credit  upon  his  nationality  and  the 
home  of  his  adoption.  In  1864  he  joined  the 
Union  army  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Twenty- 
second  Wisconsin  Infantrj-,  and  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war. 

In  185o,  Mr.  Kubik  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Marj'  Jenesta,  a  native  of  Bohemia,  but  at 
the  time  of  their  marriage,  a  resident  of  Wiscon- 
sin. 'Ilie  union  was  blessed  b^^  the  l)irLh  of  one 
daughter — Anna — born  November  3,  18.i7.  The 
loving  wife  and  mother  was  stricken  by  death 
March  3,  1858.  Mr.  Kubik  contracted  a  second 
matrimonial  alliance  August  22,  1859,  being  then 
united  with  Miss  Anna  Danek,  a  lady  of  Boliemian 
nativity,  whose  eyes  first  opened  to  the  light  Au- 
gust 28,  1836.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Nicholas 
and  Mary  (Eelik)  Danek.  who  emigrated  to  Amer- 
ica in  1853,  settling  in  Wisconsin.  The  father  died 
in  that  Slate  ami  the  mother  in  Minnesota. 

Mrs.  Anna  Kubik  has  borne  her  husband  twelve 
children,  the  date  of  their  births  being  as  follows: 
Frank,  born  July  18,  1860;  Mary,  September  18, 
1801;  Charley,  May  27,  1863;  Lydia.  September 
9,  1864;  Lewis,  Aiiril  13,  1866;  (ieorge,  August 
17,  1867;  Joseph,  Feburary  6.  1869 ;  John,  No- 
vember 16,  1870;  Jerry,  February  14,  1872;  Dan- 
iel, September  7,  1874;  Pauline,  April  8,  1876; 
Henry,  November  17,  1877.  All  of  this  interest- 
ing group  are  st'U  living,  although  four  have  left  the 


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l)art'nl:il  roof  for  lioiiifs  of  their  (jwn.  Fr;inl<.  .Ir., 
married  Miss  Mar\-  .leek,  of  Kansas,  ami  after  her 
death  was  united  with  Miss  Callieriiie  Keniiv,  of 
AVisconsiii,  in  wliicli  .Stale  tlicy  are  now  living; 
]\Iar3'  married  Antliony  Hatt,  a  farmer  of  Snmner 
County;  Lydia  married  .loseph  Jenesta,  a  farmer  in 
Racine  County,  Wis.;  George  became  the  husband 
of  Miss  Anna  Bobek,  of  Sumner  County,  where  he 
is  engaged  in  farming. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kubik  are  members  of  tiie  Evan- 
gelical Church  in  Eoiu'mia.  A  fine  litliographic 
view  of  the  residence  of  Mr.  Kubik  is  shown  else- 
wiiere  in  this  volume. 


iTl_„^ENRY  KN0WLP:S,  of  the  firm  of  Knowles 
il  D'  ^  Garland,  is  joint  proi)rietor  of  one  of  the 
/.^^  finest  meal- markets  in  Southern  Kansas. 
(^)  It  was  eslablishe<l  in  Wellington  in  188-2, 
by  our  subject  and  his  son,  F.  E.,  and  had  not 
long  been  operated  ere  a  fine  trade  had  been  ac- 
quired. On  account  of  ill-licaltli  the  son  was 
obliged  to  abandon  the  business,  and  selling  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Garland,  deiiarted  to  California. 
Mr.  Knowles  does  the  buying  for  the  establishment, 
having  had  (piite  an  e.xtcndcd  experience  in  the 
cattle  trade,  and  being  an  excellent  judge  of  llesh 
on  foot. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Daniel  Knowles, 
.Sun  of  Moses  Knowles,  and  a  nati\e  of  New  York 
State.  He  married  Miss  Sallie  Spring,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, and  his  death  oceu]'red  in  Februarj^ 
1823,  a  montli  prior  to  the  birth  of  our  subject, 
who  therefore  has  liut  little  knowledge  of  pater- 
nal history.  The  widow  subsequenll}'  married  a 
second  time,  her  husband  being  Abner  Goodrich, 
and  after  I'csiding  in  New  York  Stale  several 
years  longer,  went  to  Worcester,  .Ma.ss.,  where  she 
departed  tliis  life. 

Henry  Knowles  was  born  in  Livingston  County, 
N.  Y.,  March  18,  182:1,  and  was  reared  tiiere, 
attending  school  as  opportunity  offered  during 
his  early  years.  His  step-father  kept  an  hotel  on 
Hemlock   Lfdie,    which    was    known    as    the   "Half 


\\ay  House,"  and  our  subject  nuide  hiuiself  useful 
al)oul  the  hoiel.  which  was  his  home  until  twenty 
years  of  age,  when  he  started  in  life  for  himself. 
He  was  industrious  and  willing,  and  found  w^ork 
at  various  kinds  of  employment  during  the  fol- 
lowing year.  He  was  always  inclined  to  make 
trades,  and  when  twenty-one  he  went  to  l?ochester, 
with  a  drove  of  cattle,  which  he  sold,  this  being 
his  first  deal  in  that  stock,  and  being  accomplished 
in  the  interests  of  another  man. 

In  1847  Mr.  Knowles  went  by  lake  to  Chicago, 
and  thence  by,  team  to  Mcllenry  County,  III., 
wliere  he  bought  a  tract  of  land  in  what  was 
known  as  the  Burr  Oak  Openings,  and  on  this  wild 
acreage  built  a  log  house  with  a  clay  and  stick 
chimney,  and  took  up  his  pioneer  work.  Soon 
after  he  began  dealing  in  stock,  and  as  there  were 
no  railroads  through  that  section  cattle  had  to  be 
driven  to  maiket.  One  of  his  first  experiences  in 
business  was  in  driving  a  herd  to  Milwaukee, 
eighty  miles  distant,  making  the  drive  alone  and 
on  foot.  The  Cream  Cit3'  was  then  a  small  place, 
and  it  and  Chicago  were  about  of  equal  size. 
When  the  Chicago  &  Galena  I'nion  Railroad  was 
completed  to  Marengo.  INIr.  Knowles  shipped  iIk; 
first  load  of  cattle  ever  sent  from  that  place  to 
Chicago.  At  that  time  cattle  were  unloa<led  at  the 
freight  depot  and  driven  to  the  stock-yards  at 
Madison  Street,  three-fourths  of  a  mile  west  of  llie 
river. 

After  sojourning  on  his  farm  four  years,  Mr. 
Knowles  moved  into  Marengo,  and  remained  tliere 
engaged  in  the  cattle  and  butcher  business  until 
1878,  when  he  came  to  this  county  and  purchased 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  wild  land  seven 
miles  north  of  town.  He  built  a  dwelling  and  at 
once  began  to  improve  land.  He  h.ad  been  in  ill- 
health  for  some  lime  prcviius  to  his  removal  West, 
and  was  poor  in  purse,  but  his  short-comings  in 
that  respect  were  balanced  by  a  large  fund  of 
energy  and  thrift.  After  having  operated  his 
farm  about  two  years  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  in  a  small  w.ay,  buying  stock  in  the  conn- 
try  and  selling  to  the  butcher  in  town.  In  18S1 
he  removed  to  liiis  place  and  devoted  his  atten- 
tion to  buying  and  shipping  cattle  and  hogs,  and 
about  a   year    later   opened    the   market  whose  his- 


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toiy  lias  been  before  noted.  lie  has  been  very 
prosperous  and  has  accumulated  a  very  nice  prop- 
erty. He  has  erected  a  tasty  and  comfortable 
residence  in  town,  and  owns  one  hundred  acres  of 
land  adjoining  the  city,  and  two  outlying  farms. 
He  rents  one  of  these  estates,  and  supervises  the 
work  upon  the  other,  where  he  feeds  cattle  for 
shipping. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Knowlestook  place  in  181,">, 
his  bride  being  Miss  Sarah  Waters,  who  was  Ijorn 
near  Johnsonsliurg,  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  on 
the  1st  of  March,  1820.  She  remained  under  the 
parental  roof  until  her  marriage,  acquiring  many 
household  arts,  those  of  spinning  and  knitting 
lieing  included  among  tlieai.  Her  father,  Robert 
Waters,  was  born  in  New  England,  and  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  AVar  of  1812,  after  which  contest  he 
settled  in  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.  He  was  one 
of  the  pioneers  of  that  section,  and  having  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  heavy  tindjer  land,  cleared  a 
large  acreage  and  resided  there  until  1836,  when 
he  removed  to  the  Territory  of  Michigan,  and 
again  took  up  pioneer  labors  as  a  citizen  of  Kala- 
mazoo County.  After  spending  five  years  on  the 
frontier  he  returned  to  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y., 
am)  purcliased  a  farm,  upon  wliicli  he  resided  until 
his  death.  The  mother  of  Mrs.  Knowles  was  in 
her  maidenhood  Miss  Amarila  Knigiit,  and  was  a 
native  of  the  Empire  State.  Siie  was  a  daughter 
of  Simeon  Knight,  an  early  settler  of  Cliautanqua 
County,  whence  he  removed  to  Wyoming  County, 
where  he  subsequently  died.  Miss  Knight  remained 
with  her  parents  until  her  marriage  to  Mr.  Waters, 
and  became  conversant  with  those  household 
duties  of  carding,  sijinning  and  weaving,  which 
are  unknown  to  the  present  generation,  and  which 
she  transmitted  with  good  teaching  of  a  moie 
intellectual  and  moral  nature,  to  her  daughter. 
Her  children  were  clothed  in  garments  made  from 
cloth  which  she  had  woven.  Her  decease  took 
place  ill  Wyoming  County. 

To  Mr.  Knowles  and  his  worthy  wife  seven  chil- 
dren have  been  born — Ellen  and  Alice  are  now 
deceased;  Wesley  and  Frank  E.  are  living  in  this 
county;  Eva  married  RHner  Youmans,  and  lives  in 
Maytield;  Charles  and  Flora  are  deceased.  Hoth 
the  parents  are   members   In  good   standing  of  the 


Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  Mr.  Knowles  has 
lieen  a  Class-Leader  for  many  years.  Both  are 
thoroughly  respected  for  their  useful  and  ii|)right 
lives,  in  a  retrospect  of  which  they  liiid  no  cause 
for  serious  regret.  Politically,  he  is  a  stanch 
Republican. 


--^^-^-^J^^Vt^llt^^^^ 


AMES  B.  FOLKS.  This  gentleman  is  looked 
ujion  by  his  community  as  one  of  the  best 
citizens  of  Chikaskia  Townslii|).  In  adilition 
to  developing  a  farm  from  a  tract  of  wild 
land,  he  has  reared  a  line  family  of  sons  and 
daughters,  who  are  now  doing  well  in  their  various 
stations  in  life  and  reflecting  credit  upon  their  par- 
ental training.  There  is  still  spared  to  Mr.  Folks 
ills  faithful  life-partner,  and  the  two  are  passing 
their  declining  years  quietly  together,  enjoying  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  their  neighbors,  and 
justly  feeling  that  they  have  not  lived  in  vain. 
Mr.  Folks  is  a  man  who  does  his  own  thinking,  and 
still  trains  with  the  Republican  party,  although  a 
radical  prohibitionist.  He,  like  many  other  sensi- 
ble men,  esteems  it  not  wise  yet  to  form  a  third 
party,  believing  that  greater  good  can  be  accom- 
plished by  remaining  in  the  solid  ranks  of  Repub- 
licanism. 

Born  on  the  Atlantic  coast,  in  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, Sepleinlier  19,  1826,  Mr.  Folks  is  thus  a 
little  past  the  sixty-fourth  year  of  his  age.  He 
only  remained  a  resident  of  his  native  State  three 
3-ears,  going  then  with  his  parents  to  Ohio.  His 
father,  Jonathan  Folks,  was  a  native  of  Delaware, 
and  a  farmer  by  occupation.  The  mother,  who 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Leah  Folks,  was  not  a 
relative  of  her  husband,  and  was  born  in  Mary- 
land. To  that  State  Jonathan  Folks  emigrated  in 
early  manhood,  and  there  the  young  people  were 
married.  They  removed  to  Ohio  in  1829,  and  the 
father  died  there  eleven  3'ears  afterward,  in  1840, 
when  his  son,  James  B.,  was  a  lad  of  fourteen 
years.  The  mother  is  still  living,  making  her  home 
with  her  son,  John  H.,  in  San  Diego,  Cal.,  and  is 
eighty-four   years    old.      The   parental  household 


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includeil  nine  cliildien,  only  two  of  whom  are  liv- 
ing— James  B..  and  his  brother,  Cajit.  .John  IL 
Folks,  a  resident  of  San  Die^o,  t'ai. 

Mr.  Folks  acquired  a  excellent  education  in 
Ohio,  completing  his  studios  at  the  .South  Salem 
Under  College,  in  Ross  County.  He  began  teach- 
ing at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  and  followed  this 
profession  for  twelve  years  thereafter,  niostl3-  dur- 
ing the  winter  season,  while  in  the  summer  he  made 
himself  usefid  at  whatever  he  could  fine  to  do. 
After  his  children  were  sufficiently  advanced  in 
their  studies  he  removed  to  Cliampaign,  III.,  in 
order  that  the  elder  two  might  enjoy  the  advant- 
ages of  the  State  Agricultural  College.  In  the 
meantime  ^Ir.  Folks  engaged  in  the  pump  and 
windmill  business,  at  which  he  was  occupied  five 
ye.\rs,  leaving  it  then  to  his  son.  Willis.  .Subse- 
quently he  was  engaged  in  the  marble  business  for 
two  ye'.irs.  In  1877  he  came  to  Kansas,  and  for 
one  season  lived  in  the  vicinity  of  Wellington. 
Wo  next  find  him  at  Ft.  Reno,  where  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  sutler's  department  for  sixteen 
months.  Then  returning  to  his  farm  in  this  county, 
he  engaged  in  the  live-stock  business,  raising  cat- 
tle and  swine,  in  which  he  has  since  been  largely 
engaged.  He  put  up  his  |)resent  residence  in 
1882,  and  has  himself  effected  all  the  other  im 
provements  upon  the  i)lace. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  and  imiiortant 
events  in  the  life  of  Mr.  Folks  was  his  marriage. 
February  7.  1850,  to  Miss  Eleanor  M.  Lindsey,  at 
the  bride's  home  in  Ohio.  Mis.  Folks  was  born 
December  'M).  18.'5(l.  in  Ross  Count}-,  Ohio,  and  is  a 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Robertson)  Lind- 
sey. who  were  natives  of  I'ennsj'lvania  and  the 
l^arents  of  six  children.  They  sijcnt  their  Last 
years  in  Ohio,  the  father  dying  in  isijG.  and  the 
mother  in  1  858. 

The  household  circle  of  .Mi',  and  3Irs.  Folks  was 
Cdiiipletcd  by  the  l>irtii  of  six  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living — Florence  J.  is  the  wife  of  J.  'J\  .Shultz, 
of  San  Diego.  Cal. ;  they  have  no  children:  Ida  L 
is  the  wife  of  .1.  I).  Downey,  of  Indiaiiola.  III.,  and 
they  have  four  children;  Willis  K.  married  .Miss 
Emma  .lessee,  and  is  eng.aged  in  the  coal  and  grain 
trade  at  Wellington,  this  State;  they  have  one 
child;   Clara    E.    is   the  wife  of   W.   E.   Thralls,  of 


Reno  City,  in  Oklahoma,  and  they  have  one  child; 
Louie  M.  is  the  wife  of  H.  Llewellyn  Jones,  of  An- 
thony, this  State,  and  they  have  two  children;  hus- 
band and  wife  are  engaged  as  abstractors;  Ralph 
N.  is  engaged  "as  a'printer  at  Seattle.  Wash. 

Sinte  early  youth  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Folks  have  been 
identified  with  the  Methodist  Episco|ial  Church,  in 
which  Mr.  Folks  officiates  as  Steward.  Both  have 
been  active'Workers  in  the  Sunday-school,  and 
Mrs.  Folks  has  held  the  office  of  Superintendent, 
Politically,  Mr.  Folks  afliliates  with  the  Republican 
party,  and  is  in  sentiment  a  strong  prohil)itionist, 
taking  an  active  part  in  local  politics.  He  has 
been  a  member  of  the  School  Board  for  many 
years,  and  in  Ohio  was  for  a'number  of  years 
Township  Clerk.  T  He  is*a  Master^  Mason,  andJias 
held  various  offices  in  his  lodge, "  The  Folks  home- 
stead embraces  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  of 
land,  while  Mr.  Folks  has  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  in  California. 


^•**  y\A^ 


ellARLES  E,  MURLIX,  one  of  the  leading 
,  business  men  of  .Laekson,  is  likewise  re- 
'  garded  as  one  of  the  most  valued  members 


of  his  comnuinity,  being  enterprising,  liberal  and 
[julilic-spirited,  and  the  enconrager  of  every  com- 
mendable enterprise.  His  native  place  was  Men- 
don,  Mercer  County,  Ohio,  and  the  d.ate  of  his 
birth  March  l.s,  1858,  He  comes  of  substantial 
stock,  being  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Orlando  JIurlin. 
who  was  born  in  Kentucky.  August  10,  18.'?0, 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  w.as 
^\■illialn  Murlin.a  native  of  Genesee  County,  N.  Y.. 
anil  born  October  28,  1801.  The  latter  was  the  son 
of  John  .Murlin,  who  was  born  in  Northnmborland 
County.  Pa.,  in  1770.  and  who  was  married  in  171)2, 
to  Miss  Sadie  Danderer.  The}'  emigrated  to  Gen- 
esee County,  N,  Y..  during  its  jiioneer  days,  and 
resided  there  until  1817,  then  they  removed  to 
Kentucky,  where  they  spent  their  last  d.ays.  Their 
son  William  was  reared  in  the  Blue  Grass  State, 
and  was  married,  December  25,  1824,  to  Miss  Lydia 
Biaelon-.    The  latter  was  born  December  25,  1809, 


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and  was  thus  made  a  bride  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
3'ears.  In  1837  the  [lair  with  their  liltle  family 
ronioved  to  Ohio,  settling  among  the  pioneers  of 
Meicer  County,  where  Grand  fat  her  Murlin  pur- 
chased a  tract  (if  heavily  timbered  land  in  I'nion 
Township.  He  first  put  up  a  log  house,  and  cleared 
a  farm  from  the  wilderness,  burning  hundreds  of 
large,  line  logs,  whieli,  were  the}'  now  in  existence, 
would  prove  a  fortune  to  any  man.  There  he 
spent  his  last  days,  passing  away  June  10,  1^!8C. 
\Vhen  he  took  up  his  residence  in  tiie  IJnckeye 
.Slate  not  a  railroad  had  crossed  its  borders,  and 
Pickaway,  forty  miles  distant,  was  his  nearest  mar- 
ket until  the  completion  of  a  canal.  He  lived  to 
see  the  country  settled  up  with  an  intelligent  peo- 
ple. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  a  lad  of  seven 
years  when  his  parents  removed  to  Ohio,  wiiere  he 
was  reared  to  man's  estate.  He  was  converted  to 
religion  in  his  youth,  and  at  an  early  age  officiated 
as  an  exhorter  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
and  finally  became  a  circuit  preaciier.  He  is  still 
living,  making  his  home  in  .Spencerville,  Allen 
County,  and  is  still  laboring  in  the  Master's  vine- 
yard. 

Mrs.  Esther  ( llankinsl  Murlin.  the  mother  of  our 
subject,  was  the  daughter  of  Tiinoth}-  Jiankins, 
who  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  who  settled  in 
Mercer  County,  Ohio,  about  1837.  He  likewise 
cleared  a  farm  from  the  wilderness,  being  located 
on  Eight  Mile  Creek,  Union  Township.  There  his 
death  took  place  in  1887,  after  he  had  probabl}' 
attained  his  fourscore  years.  To  the  parents  of  our 
subject  there  was  born  a  famil}-  of  nine  children, 
viz.:  Tiinoth}'  W.,  ^Martin  G..  Matilda  J..  Charles 
E.,  Lydia,  Lemuel  IL,  Sarah  E.,  Frank  O.  and 
LUiity  A.  Charles  E.  attended  the  district  school 
in  his  neighborhood,  and  by  giving  due  attention 
to  his  books  developed  into  a  pedagogue  at  the  age 
of  twenty  years,  and  was  thereafter  employed  in 
this  profession  the  greater  part  of  the  time  for  five 
years,  in  Allen  and  Mercer  Counties.  Afterward 
he  employed  himself  as  clerk  in  a  dry-goods  store 
in  Cridersville,  between  three  and  four  j-ears.  In 
1884  he  came  to  Kansas,  landing  in  Wellington  ou 
the  loth  of  May.  He  secured  a  position  as  clerk 
in  a  store,  but  shortly  afterward  resigned,  and  going 


to  Rome  assumed  charge  of  the  office  of  the  Rock 
Island  Lumber  Company,  entering  upon  the  dis- 
charge of  his  duties  January  1,  LS8.J.  This  posi- 
tion he  has  since  held  with  great  credit  to  himself 
and  satisfaction  to  those  in  whose  interests  he  is 
operating.  He  also  deals  considerably  in  grain  at 
times. 

The  25th  of  l)eceml)er,  1871),  was  appropriately 
celebrated  by  Mr.  Murlin  b}'  his  marriage  with 
Miss  Arvilla  Hall,  which  took  place  at  the  bride's 
home  in  West  Cairo,  Ohio.  Mrs.  Murlin  was  born 
in  West  Cairo,  Allen  County,  Ohio,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Abram  Hall,  who  was  born  in  Hun- 
tington County,  N.  J.,  in  1826.  Her  paternal  grand- 
father, William  Hall,  was  a  native  of  Sussex  County, 
1-1 .  J.,  and  born  in  17;)',».  He  sojourned  there  until 
after  his  marriage.  He  then  removed  to  Ohio,  in 
May,  1835,  settling  in  Carroll  County,  where  he 
lived  two  years.  Later  he  removed  to  Tuscarawas 
County,  where  he  purchased  land  and  prosecuted 
farming  until  1853.  Next  he  changed  his  residence 
to  Allen  County,  purchasing  also  a  farm  there,  in 
Bethel  Gi'ove  District,  where  he  died  in  1876.  His 
wife,  Christina  Smith,  was  born  September  15, 
1795,  in  Huntington  County,  N.  J.,  and  died  in 
Allen  County,  Ohio.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Murlin 
was  nine  years  old  when  he  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  Ohio,  where  he  vvas  reared  and  married.  He 
dealt  in  live  slock,  and  finally  took  up  his  residence 
in  AVest  Cairo,  where  he  now  lives.  He  served  in 
an  Ohio  regiment  during  the  Civil  AVar,  from  the 
beginning  until  its  close,  and  has  for  some  years 
been  an  invalid.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was 
Barbara  Waltz.  She  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  was  the 
daughter  of  Samuel  Waltz.  Mr.  L.  Waltz,  a  resi- 
dent of  Wadsworth,  Ohio,  prepared  and  published 
some  time  since  a  history  of  the  AValtz  family  in 
America.  Much  care  was  e.xercised  in  the  [nepar- 
ation  of  the  work,  and  it  is  highl}'  valuable.  There 
are  several  different  branches  of  the  family  in 
America. 

The  first  ancestor  of  Mrs.  Murlin  in  this  country 
was  Frederick  Reinhart  Waltz,  a  native  of  Switzer- 
land, who  crossed  the  Atlantic  in  1750,  and  settled 
in  Pennsylvania.  It  is  stated  in  the  work  above 
spoken  of.  that  it  is  believed  two  of  his  brothers 
also  came  over.     The  line  of  descent  from  Freder- 


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I'OIITRAIT  AM)  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


ick  Keiiili:uL  WmIIz  is  as  follows:  Ills  son  .lolin. 
and  ncxi  his  sf)n.  S.  P.  Waltz;  then  Samuel  Waltz, 
the  grand  father  of  IMrs.  Miirlui.  The  mother  of 
the  latter  died  in  West  Cairo.  February  1,  1!^77. 
To  oui'  subjeet  and  liis  estimable  wife  Ihei-e  iiave 
been  Ijorn  four  children — Arthur  D.,  Henry  H., 
(irace  and  Kslher  A.  Tlie  hxtter.  who  was  next  to 
the  youngest,  died  when  two  3'ears  old. 


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yjTLLlAAI  P.  MiELHINNY.  This  gentle- 
man is  the  owner  and  occupant  of  a  pleas- 
W^  antly  located,  improved  and  valuable  farm 
in  (Ireene  Township,  comprising  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres  on  section  ,36,  upon  which  he  located 
.lanuary  19,  1S7C.  He  is  engaged  in  farming,  and 
the  air  of  thrift  and  prosperity  which  marks  his  es- 
tate indicates  that  he  is  desirous  of  niaintaining  a 
front  rank  among  tlie  tillers  of  the  soil,  and  to  en- 
joy the  comforts  with  which  he  has  lieen  blessed. 

The  parents  of  our  suliject  were  Robert  McEl- 
hinny  and  Mary  Croaghcad.who  after  their  marriage 
settled  in  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  where  the  mother 
died  when  their  son  AVilltam  w.as  about  eight  years 
old.  Some  three  years  after  her  death,  the  father 
removed  with  his  family  to  Meigs  County,  Ohio, 
where  he  died  in  Noveml)er,  IS.sf!.  He  was  a  car- 
penter, and  by  his  marriage  with  Miss  Creaghead 
he  became  the  fathe"  of  three  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  notice 
was  born  in  Allegheny  County,  Pa.,  April  5,  184;!, 
and  during  his  boyhood  in  that  county,  attended 
the  conunon  schools,  acipiiriug  a  good  foundation 
for  the  knowledge  whi('h  he  obtained  in  later  3-cars. 
He  grew  to  manhood  in  Meigs  County,  Ohio, 
where  for  several  years  he  was  employed  as  a  clerk 
in  the  Itusine.ss  establishment  of  his  brother  in  Mid- 
dieport.  Thence  he  went  to  Scioto  Count}-,  wlu'r(! 
he  acted  as  superintendent  of  a  stone  quarry  be- 
longing to  H.  I).  Stewart  during  a  period  of  four 
years,  after  which,  for  some  two  years,  he  was  en- 
gage 1  in  selling  fruit  trees.  He  then  took  up  his 
residence   in    this   county,  where   his   industry  and 


prudence  are  reaping  a  merited  reward,  and  he  is 
favorably  regarded  by  his  fellow-citizens. 

In  Clay  County,  111.,  April  25,  187G,  our  subject 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Lucy  ChafKn,  a.  lady 
of  Cliristian  character  and  many  ilomestic  virtues. 
Mrs.  .McElhinny  was  born  in  Scioto  County,  Ohio, 
April  11),  Is37.  The  union  has  been  blessed  by 
the  Itirth  of  two  daughters — Lizzie  .M.,  and  Sarah 
E. — whose  iiiinds  are  being  developed  and  culti- 
vated, and  into  whose  hearts  the  principles  of  right 
living  are  being  instilled,  and  who  promise  to  attain 
to  useful  womanhood. 

In  the  spring  of  186.3  Mr.  McElhinny  enlisted 
in  the  I'nion  army  and  served  about  six  months  as 
a  member  of  Company  A,  One  Hundred  and  For- 
tieth O'.iio  Infantry.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
firmly  believing  that  the  principles  of  that  i)arty 
will  best  insure  the  future  prosperity  and  wclf.are 
of  the  nation.  As  a  citizen  he  is  relialile  and  pub- 
lic spirited,  as  a  neighbor  and  business  man  just 
and  honoral)le,  and  in  domestic  life,  kindly  and 
considerate.  .Airs.  McElhinny  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Church,  of  which  her  iuisbaml  and  chil- 
dren are  attendants. 


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;;ILLIAM  II.  CARNP:S.  This  gentleman 
VA/y,  was  elected  County  Clerk  in  Novembei', 
W'i  1S89,  »nd  during  his  term  of  ollice  will 
make  his  home  in  Wellington.  He  is  already  well- 
known  as  one  of  the  most  energetic  3'oung  men  in 
the  county,  where  he  has  not  onlj'  carried  on  a  farm, 
but  during  the  winter  seasons  has  been  engaged  in 
school  teaching  for  several  years,  and  is  Ik  Id  in 
good  repute  on  account  of  his  intelligence,  genial- 
ity and  uprightneess.  He  is  a  native  of  the  Buck- 
eye State,  was  born  in  Union  County,  >fovend)er 
30,  185;'),  and  is  one  of  two  children  born  to  his 
parents,  and  the  only  survivor,  his  brother  Joseph 
having   died  in  infancy. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  Cyrus  N.  and  l^liza 
(Heniinger)  Carncs,  were  born  in  the  Buckeye 
State,  and  the  mother  died    when  our    subject  was 


POllTRAIT  AND  BfOORAI'HICAL  ALBUM. 


but  a  hid.  The  father  is  now  living  in  Slaiiv 
County.  I  ml.,  is  a  farmer  and  stock  dealer,  and  is 
quite  wealthy.  In  1SG3  he  enlisted  in  the  Union 
army  and  served  iiulil  the  close  of  the  war.  I'olit- 
icnlly  he  is  a  Republican,  and  is  a  member  of  liie 
iMcthodist  K[)iseopal  Cliui'ch.  He  is  of  Scotch- 
Irish  extraeti-.)n. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  was  reared 
principally  in  Indiana,  and  educated  in  that  Stale, 
in  which,  after  completing  his  course  of  study,  he 
engaged  in  teaching.  In  1!S77  he  came  to  Kansas, 
l(ii)k  upa  claim  in  Creek  Township,  Sumner  Count}', 
and  after  proving  up  on  it  returned  to  the  lloosier 
State,  where  he  remained  until  1882.  He  then  came 
back  to  tlii.s  county,  and  since  that  time  has  been 
engaged  in  farming  and  teaching  as  before  noted. 
Like  his  father,  he  is  a  believer  in  the  principles  of 
the  Republican  party,  which  he  supports  with  voice 
and  vote. 

The  lady  who  presides  with  housewifely  skill  over 
the  home  of  Mr.  Games,  was  born  in  White  County, 
Ind.,  December  2,  1858,  and  is  the  daughter  of 
George  W.  and  Agnes  (Thompson)  Cornell,  who 
were  also  natives  of  the  Hoosier  State.  She  became 
the  wife  of  Mr.  Games  June  18,  1884,  and  is  the 
mother  of  two  children:  Alta,  was  born  June  24, 
1885,  and  Everett  C,  December  22,1887.  The 
parents  of  Mrs.  Games  became  residents  of  Sum- 
ner County  in  1877.  Mr.  Cornell  is  a  ff>rraer,  and 
in  his  [lolitical  afiiliations  joins  with  the  Republi- 
can part}'. 

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\|,  AMES  C.  O.  MORSE,  Sheriff  of  Sumner 
County,  is  one  of  the  younger  men  who  are 
taking  front  ranks  in  business  enterprises 
'^^J/  and  in  public  stations  in  the  West,  where 
energy  and  ••  push  "  are  necessary,  and  win  their 
meed  of  success.  He  was  born  in  Cambridge, 
Henry  Count}',  III.,  January  15,  1855,  and  attended 
school  quite  steadily  in  his  native  State  until  fifteen 
years  old,  when  his  parents  removed  to  Kansas, 
and  he  linished  his  studies  in  Wichita.  After  his 
father's  death  in  the  spring  of  1875,  ho  managed 
the  farm  on  tvhich  he  had   previously  assisted,  and 


remained    in    London    Township,  Sumner    Count.y, 
until  the  fall  of  1879,  wiien  he  came  to  this  place. 

The  following  spring  Mr.  Morse  went  to  Colo- 
rado, and  after  spending  the  summer  there,  went 
into  New  Mexico  where  he  sojourned  nearl}'  aj'ear, 
and  then  returning  to  this  place  he  started  a  job 
printing  establishment  and  a  few  weeks  later  pur- 
chased a  half  interest  in  the  M''(^ll/iiiftoiiiaii,  a  v/eek\y 
newspaper.  He  retained  his  interest  in  the  journal 
and  the  printing  establishment  until  October,  1884. 
when  he  sold  out  and  became  an  assistant  to  Sher- 
iff Henderson.  It  was  not  long  before  he  was  ap- 
pointed Deputy  Sheriff  and  he  fulfilled  the  duties 
of  that  position  until  Januar}',  1888,  since  which 
time  he  has  served  as  Constable,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1889  was  elected  Sheriff  of  the  county. 

The  Rev.  John  C.  Morse,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  a  native  of  Ashtabula  County,  Ohio,  and 
a  son  of  Elias  Morse,  who  was  bom  in  Massachusetts, 
and  who  was  a  pioneer  farmer  in  the  Buckeye  State. 
About  the  year  1850  the  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject removed  to  Henry  County,  III.,  and  purchased 
a  farm  one  and  one  half  miles  from  Cambridge,  on 
which  he  spent  his  last  years.  His  wife,  whose 
maiden  name  was  Sarah  Daile}',  also  departed  this 
life  on  the  farm  there. 

The  Rev.  John  Morse  was  reared  in  his  native 
count}',  and  removed  U)  Illinois  with  his  |)arents, 
their  journey  being  made  by  the  lakes  to  Chicago, 
and  thence  by  team  to  their  new  home.  During 
the  first  few  years  of  their  residence  in  the  Prairie 
State  there  were  no  railroads  in  that  section  of  the 
country,  and  Rock  Island  was  the  nearest  market 
until  the  railroad  was  completed  to  Geneseo.  When 
a  lad  of  ten  years  of  age  young  John  was  con- 
verted, and  united  with  the  Methodist  fi^piscopal 
Church,  and  in  his  earl}-  manhood  he  began  minis- 
terial labors  as  a  local  preacher.  He  bought  a 
farm  west  of  Cambridge,  on  which  his  family  re- 
sided until  1870,  when  he  came  to  this  State,  mak- 
ing the  removal  with  teams.  Wichita  was  then 
but  a  small  village  and  there  was  no  railroad  nearer 
than  Emporia,  one  hundred  miles  distant.  The 
Rev.  Mr.  Morse  selected  a  location  three  miles 
north  of  Wichita,  filed  a  claim  on  Government 
land  and  at  once  built  a  frame  house,  drawing  the 
lumber  from   Em|)oria.     The  country  around    him 


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PORTRAIT  AM)   Bl(  X!  RAl'HICAL  ALBUM. 


was  very  sparsely  settled,  large  herds  of  Txca.-  l;iL- 
tle  fed  there,  deer  were  abundant,  and  buffalo  in 
large  numbers  were  to  be  found  a  few  miles  west. 
As  emigrants  were  frequently  passing,  there  was  a 
good  iiomc  market  for  produce. 

The  Rev.  Mr.  Morse  resided  on  the  claim  he  had 
taken  on  first  coming  to  the  State,  from  Novemlier, 
1870,  until  December,  1873,  when  he  sold  and  ))ur- 
chased  a  tract  of  land  in  what  is  now  London 
Township,  this  county.  The  farm  was  situated  on 
both  sides  of  the  Ninneseah  River,  a  number  of 
acres  had  been  broken,  and  there  were  a  log  house 
and  stable  on  the  north  side  of  the  river.  Taking 
possession  of  this  farm,  its  new  owner  superintended 
the  work  thereon  and  also  continued  his  laliors  in 
spreading  the  Gospel  until  the  time  of  his  death, 
which  occurred  at  Cambridge,  III.,  (where  he  had 
been  summoned  on  account  of  his  father's  sick- 
nois.)  May  31,1875.  His  widow  is  now  a  resident 
of  this  city.  She  was  burn  in  Coshocton  County, 
Ohio,  and  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Rebecca  .lane 
AVestlake.  To  her  and  her  husband  four  children 
were  born. 

At  the  home  of  the  Itride,  in  London  Townshii), 
in  1876,  Mr.  .James  Morse  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Rachel  E.  Chenowelh,  who  was  born  in 
Fayette  County,  Ohio.  Her  parents,  Lewis  F.  anil 
Martha  (Morgan)  Chcnoweth,  were  natives  of 
Madison  and  Franklin  Counties,  Ohio,  and  came 
to  Kansas  in  1871,  first  settling  in  Doniphan  County 
and  in  1873  removed  to  this  county,  the  father 
bu3'ing  a  ti-act  of  land  in  London  Township,  which 
he  improved  and  on  which  they  sliU  live.  To  Mr. 
Morse  and  his  estimable  wife  two  cliildrcn  iiave 
been  born — Emma  E.  and  Lucretia  L.  Mrs.  Morse 
belongs  to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  has 
many  warm  friends  in  the  community,  where  her 
husband  also  is  highly-  regarded. 


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GEORGE  MORTON.     This  "cntieman  is  one 


^p^EORGE  M()RT( 
'II  (=,  of  tiie  most  pro 
'VfeiSl    ford  Township, 


oraineut  agriculturists  of  Ox- 
and  one  of  the  largest  land 
owners,  and  be  also  ranks  among  the  early  settlers. 


as  he  came  here  in  1873.  His  home  is  situated  on 
section  20,  and  bears  marked  improvenrents,  in- 
cluding a  line  orchard,  neatly  kept  hedge,  and  a 
dwelling  which  is  one  of  the  finest  farm  houses  in 
the  vicinity.  It  is  a  two-story  structure,  16x28 
feet  and  11x16  feet,  and  is  well  built  and  of  a  pleas- 
ing architectural  design.  The  entire  lauded  estate 
of  Mr.  Morton  comprises  seven  hundred  and  twenty' 
acres,  and  the  most  of  his  property  has  been  ac- 
cumulated bj'  his  own  energy  and  able  management 
since  coming  here. 

The  birth  of  Jlr.  Morton  took  place  near  Glas- 
gow, Scotland,  Fel)ruary  7, 1844,  and  he  lived  upon 
a  farm  in  that  country  until  1866,  obtaining  a  good 
education  and  a  practical  knowledge  of  agricul- 
tural pursuits.  At  tbe  date  mentioned  he  accom- 
panied a  Scottish  colony  to  New  Zealand,  where  he 
lived  until  about  the  close  of  the  year  1871,  when 
he  came  to  the  United  States  via  California,  and 
worked  along  for  a  place  until  he  arrived  in  Wich- 
ita, Kan.,  where  he  sojourned  two  years.  He  then 
came  to  this  county,  bought  out  the  claim  to  the 
quarter  section  upon  which  his  home  is,  and  proved 
upon  it,  receiving  the  only  deed  ever  given  to  the 
place.  He  paid  36  per  cent,  for  money  to  prove 
u|)  with,  maile  almost  all  the  improvements,  and  as 
he  was  able.,  paid  liis  indebtedness  and  purciiased 
more  land.  The  first  addition  to  his  acreage  was 
purchased  for  the  sum  of  $550  and  $2,800  was 
paid  for  the  next.  Mr.  Morton  keeps  both  horses 
and  cattle,  has  one  quarter  section  mainly  in  pas- 
ture land,  and  carries  on  both  grain  and  stock  rais- 
ing quite  extensively. 

At  the  home  of  llie  bride  in  tliis  county.  March 
17,  1881,  Mr.  Morion  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Stella  Rus-:ell.  Slie  was  a  daughter  of  John 
Russell,  who  now  lives  in  Avon  Township,  and  was 
born  in  Canada  in  1855.  She  is  well  educated  and 
possesses  many  housewifely  and  womanly  virtues. 
The  happy  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
four  children,  of  whom  three  are  now  living — 
Minnie,  George  and  Thomas.  The  parents  were 
bereaved  of  their  daugiiter  Mary,  on  February  8, 
1 88!). 

Mr.  Morton  has  been  School  Director  for  two 
years,  and  manifests  an  intelligent  interest  in  the 
wcllfarc  of  the    schools.     He    is  a   man   of   strict 


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honor  and  probity,  and  of  a  companionable  nature, 

and  is  highly  regarded  by  Ids  fellow-citizens.  He 
is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church.     Mrs.  Morton    is  a  member  of  the  Church 

of (lod. 

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EDGAR  D.   KASTER,  M.  D.,  whose  portrait 
is  [)resented  on  the  opposite  page,  is  a  prac- 
)  ticing  physician  and  dealer  in  drugs  at  Milan, 

and  is  lightl}-  classed  among  the  most  prominent 
citizens  of  that  flourishing  town.  He  carries  a  full 
line  of  drugs,  and  has  the  exclusive  tr.ade  in  that 
branch  of  merchandise.  He  also  has  a  tine  practice 
in  his  profession,  which  he  has  thoroughly  studied, 
not  only  in  America  but  also  in  Europe.  His  beau- 
tiful residence  is  built  on  the  same  lot  with  his 
drug-store,  and  is  as  attractive  and  cozy  a  home  as 
anyone  could  desire.  He  also  owns  residence  prop- 
erty and  lots  in  Anthonj',  Harper  Countj',  Kan., 
and  considers  that  city  the  best  for  its  size  in  the 
.State.  The  prosperilj'  which  has  attended  his 
efforts  in  life  is  a  proof  of  his  natural  ability  and 
his  unbounded  energy,  for,  with  the  exception  of 
his  early  education,  his  extended  knowledge  and 
worldlj'  possessions  are  due  entirely  to  his  own 
efforts. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  J.  J.  Easter,  a  na- 
tive of  Virginia,  who  was  educated  for  the  ministr}', 
and  who  moved  to  Pennsj'lvania  during  his  earjj' 
years.  When  he  had  grown  to  manhood  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Fa3^ette  Count3',  and  gave  his  attention 
principally  to  raising  cattle  and  horses.  He  mar- 
ried Miss  Mary  E.  Ebert,  a  native  of  the  Keystone 
State,  who  bore  him  fourteen  children.  Of  this 
large  famil}'  ten  are  now  living.  During  the  Civil 
War  the  two  oldest  sons  served  their  country  as 
members  of  a  Pennsylvania  regiment.  The  father 
died  in  1887,  and  the  mother  still  survives  at  the 
age  of  sixty-eight  years,  and  lives  on  the  home 
farm. 

Dr.  Easter  was  the  sixth  child  born  to  his  par- 
ents, and  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  in  Fayette 
County.  Pa.,  .Inne  7,  1851.  Until  his  thirteenth 
year  he  attended  the  district  schools,  pursuing  the 


elementary  branches,  and  then  became  a  pupil  in 
the  High  School,  after  which  he  spent  two  years  at 
work  in  a  woolen  factory.  In  1869  he  went  to 
Iowa,  and  for  a  short  time  was  employed  in  a 
woolen  factory  in  Fairfield,  next  entering  the  otflce 
of  Dr.  P.  N.  Wood,  now  deceased,  and  spending 
a  year  in  medical  studies.  Fully  determined  to  ac- 
quire a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  chosen  profess- 
ion, he  engaged  in  the  business  of  selling  organs 
and  sewing  machines,  as  a  temporary  expedient  by 
which  to  acquire  means  to  prosecute  his  studies, 
and  in  this  v,-ay  saved  enough  to  pay  tuition  for 
three  and  a  half  years. 

We  next  find  the  young  student  in  attendance  at 
the  Keokuk  Medical  College  during  nearly  two 
courses  of  lectures,  following  which  he  bought  out 
the  office  and  good  will  of  a  physician  in  \'an 
Buren  County,  contiacting  to  pay  §1,560,  and  go- 
ing in  debt  for  the  entire  amount.  Four  years  and 
five  months  were  spent  in  that  county,  whence,  in 
1878,  Dr.  Easter  came  to  Kansas,  and  locating  on 
a  claim  two  miles  south  of  Milan,  built  a  sod- 
house  and  began  life  as  a  Kansas  citizen,  with  a 
capital  consisting  of  a  team  of  horses  and  §35  in 
monc3-.  Eighteen  months  later  he  returned  to 
Keokuk,  accompanied  liy  his  wife,  and  both  took  a 
six  months'  course  of  lectures.  Dr.  Plaster  was 
graduated  in  1881,  while  Mrs.  Easter  returned  to 
the  institution  the  following  year,  and  won  her 
diploma  also. 

Two  3'ears  after  the  Doctor's  graduation  he 
crossed  the  Atlantic,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  and 
in  London,  England,  took  a  surgical  course  at  St. 
Thomas  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  a 
course  in  obstetrics  at  the  women's  hospital.  After 
this  addition  to  the  theoretical  and  practical  under- 
standing of  medical  science,  which  he  had  pre- 
viously' possessed,  the  cultured  couple  returned  to 
their  home  in  June,  1884,  and  there,  in  December, 
1886,  the  wife  breathed  her  last. 

Dr.  Easter  contracted  a  second  matrimonial 
alliance,  April  5,  1888,  his  chosen  companion  being 
Miss  Allie  M.,  daughter  of  Dr.  G.  M.  Walker,  of 
Rosemond,  III.  She  is  the  older  of  two  children 
born  to  her  parents,  and  her  natal  day  was  March 
12,  1865.  She  is  a  cultured  and  refined  lady,  was 
the  recipient  of  a  collegiate  education  at   Lincoln, 


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111.,  and   is  a  worthy  companion  for  a  man  of  her 
husbaud's  intellect  and  acquirements.    Her  mother 
died  in  1873,  and  her  fatiier  is  still  practicing  medi 
cine  in  Rosemond. 

Dr.  Easter  belongs  to  the  Ancient  Order  of 
I'liiied  AVorkmen,and  isnowoneof  the  Examining 
Surgeons  of  tiiat  organization  in  Milan.  He  has 
also  been  a  raeml)er  of  the  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  in  which  he  has  held  several  oflices. 
Interested,  as  all  American  citizens  should  be.  in 
political  affairs,  he  h.'is  decided  in  favor  of  the 
principles  of  the  Democracy,  and  therefore  casts  his 
vote  in  their  behalf.  It  is  needless  to  state  that  he 
is  not  only  respected  b)-  his  fellow-citizens  in  Mi- 
lan, but  over  a  wide  extent  of  country  he  is  favor- 
ably known  as  a  successful  and  learned  |)hysician 
and  surgeon,  and  as  a  gentleman  of  integrity  and 
honor. 


AMEL  FEAGINS,  a  veteran  of  the  late 
war,  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  tlie 
v^  people  of  Walton  Township,  where  he 
owns  a  well-regulated  farm  of  eighty  acres 
on  section  14.  With  the  exception  of  the  time 
spent  in  the  ami}',  he  has  teen  a  life-long  agricult- 
uiist  and  very  successful.  While  in  the  service  of 
his  country  he  contracted  a  severe  cold  which  re- 
sulted in  the  loss  of  his  eyesight,  and  on  account 
of  which  he  draws  a  pension  of  $72  per  month.  He 
has  learned  to  bear  his  affliction  with  equanimity 
and  succeeds  in  a  remarkable  degree  in  making  the 
best  of  circumstances.  His  course  in  life  has  been 
such  as  to  establish  him  in  the  esteem  and  confi- 
dence of  his  fellow-citizens. 

Fayette  County,  Ohio,  was  the  early  tramping 
ground  of  our  subject,  and  where  his  birth  took 
})lace  February  10,  1817.  He  was  the  first  born  of 
Willis  and  Elizabeth  (Jones)  Feagins,  the  former 
of  whom  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  born  May 
4,  1795.  Willis  Feagins,  when  a  j'oung  man,  emi- 
grated to  Fa}'ette  County,  Ohio,  with  his  parents, 
where  he  sojourned  until  1844.  That  year  he 
sought  the  Far  West,  removing  across  the  Missis- 
sippi to  Davis  County,  Iowa,  where  he  prosecuted 


farming  successfully  and  departed  this  life  in  187;i. 
For  man}'  years  prior  to  his  death  he  wjis  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Churcii, 
and  politically,  voted  the  Democratic  ticket.  Dan- 
iel and  Molet  (Combs)  Feagins,  the  paternal  grand- 
parents of  our  subject,  were  probably  natives  of 
Virginia  .-uid  both  died  in  Fayette  County.  Ohio, 
(irandmother  Feagins  at  the  advanced  age  of  one 
hundred  and  seven  years.  Grandfather  Feagins 
served  all  through  the  Revolutionary  War,  with 
the  rank  of  Major.  The  mother  of  our  subject 
was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Jones,  likewise  a  Revo- 
lutionary soldier,  and  a  native  of  the  IJlue  Grass 
State. 

Tiiere  were  born  to  the  parents  of  our  suliject 
eight  children  besides  himself,  and  w  ho  were  named 
respectively,  ^'iolet,  Thomas,  Catherine,  Elku, 
Susan,  James,  AVilllam,  and  Sarah  J.  Six  of  these 
are  living.  Daniel  remained  a  resident  of  his  na- 
tive count}'  until  1840,  and  then,  a  young  man  of 
twenty-three  years,  went  to  Iowa  in  advance  of  the 
family,  settling  on  a  farm  in  Davis  County.  He 
sojourned  in  the  Hawke^'e  State  until  1877,  then 
came  to  Kansas,  settling  "first  in  Cowley  County, 
and  thence  removing  in  1878  to  this  county. 

While  a  resident  of  Iowa  jNIr.  Feagins,  in  186:3, 
enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier  in  Company  1),  Third 
Iowa  Cavalry,  and  was  subsequently  promoted  to 
be  Sergeant.  He  was  in  the  service  unlil  July. 
1865.  and  then,  the  war  being  over,  received  his 
honorable  discharge  at  Edgefield,  Tenn.  He  par- 
ticipated in  many  of  the  important  battles  of  the 
war,  including  Big  Blue  and  Nashville.  The  hard- 
ships and  privations  which  he  endured  were  borne 
with  the  fortitude  and  heroism  which  almost  uni- 
formly distinguished  the  conduct  of  the  I  iiion 
soldiers.  They  have  been  cited  too  often  to  need 
repetition  here.  The  memory  of  those  brave  boys 
will  be  cherished  as  long  as  the  United  States  stands 
as  a  nation.  Mr.  Feagins  cast  his  first  Presidential 
vote  for  Wan  IJuren  and  h.as  since  remained  a  stanch 
.adherent  of  the  Democratic  party.  He  belongs  to 
the  G.  A.  R.  Post  at  Arkansas  City. 

While  a  resident  of  Iowa  Mr.  Feagins  was  mar- 
ried, .lune  13,  1846,  to  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Sanderson, 
who  was  a  native  of  his  own  county  in  Ohio,  and 
who  was  born  July  28,  1824.     Mrs.  Feagins  is  the 


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(luughter  of  Jesse  and  Regina  (Ilinkle)  Fisk,  who 
were  natives  of  N'irginia  and  Penns3'lvania.  Her 
falliei'  spent  his  last  .years  in  Iowa;  the  mother  is 
still  living.  She  lived  with  her  parents  until  her  first 
marriage  with  Daniel  Sanderson  who  died  Novem- 
ber 1'.),  1845.  Ml.  and  Mrs.  Feagins  are  the  parents 
of  eight  children — James  W.,  Daniel  F.,  William 
T..  Emily  E.,  Elvira  A.,  Mary  E.,  Thomas  J.  and 
Jesse  C. 


UILLIAM  C.  (JLAIZE,  Cashier  of  the  State 
National  Bank  at  Wellington,  came  to 
W^J  Sumner  County  in  April,  1884,  and  has 
held  his  present  position  since  that  lime.  This  bank 
is  located  at  the  intersection  of  Lincoln  and  Wash- 
ington Avenues  nnd  is  one  of  the  most  reliable  in- 
stitutions of  the  kind  in  the  count}^. 

Mr.  Glaize  was  born  in  Winchester,  Frederick 
County,  Va.,  September  21,  1852,  and  lived  there 
until  the  spring  of  1875.  He  attended  the  common 
school  during  his  boyhood  and  youth  and  com- 
menced his  business  career  in  the  employ  of  his 
uncle,  W.  A.  Rinker,  with  whom  he  remained  three 
years.  We  next  Und  him  in  Kirksville,  Mo.,  as  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  .Steer,  Glaize  &  Co.  Remain- 
ing in  business  there  until  the  spring  of  1881,  he 
then  sold  out  and  located  in  Muscatine,  Iowa,  en- 
gaging in  the  same  business.  In  the  spring  of  1882, 
he  changed  his  field  of  operations  to  W.ashington, 
Iowa,  associating  himself  with  a  Mr.  Ball  and  con- 
tinuing there  until  1886.  That  j'ear,  coming  to 
Wellington,  he  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
State  National  Bank,  which  was  organized  on  the 
Is':  of  August  and  opened  its  doers  for  business 
October  11,  with  A.  H.  Smith,  President,  William 
Myers,  \\ce  President  and  Mr.  Glaize,  Cashier,  the 
capital  stock  being  *50,000.  With  the  exception 
of  the  Vice  President  the  otHcers  still  remain  the 
same.  Mr.  Myers  was  succeeded  by  George  Hunter. 
Mr.  Glaize  in  addition  to  his  connection  with  the 
bank  as  a  stockholder,  also  has  an  interest  in  the 
Southern  Kansas  Farm,  Loan  ife  Trust  Company, 
and  is  a  heavy  stockholder  in  the  gas  plant  at  Wel- 
lington.    The  bank  building  is  a  line  three-story 


structure  with  a  basement  and  occupying  an  area 
of  25x50  feet.  It  is  thoroughly  equipped  and  an 
ornament  to  the  citv. 

Mr.  Glaize  was  married  at  Kirksville,  Mo.,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1886,  to  Miss  Nellie  T.  Bagg.  Mrs.  Glaize 
was  born  in  New  York.  January  1,  1862,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  John  Bagg  who  came  AVest  at  an  early 
date  and  operated  as  a  railroad  bridge  contractor 
both  in  Missouri  and  Kansas.  Mr.  and  Mrs  Glaize 
are  members  in  good  standing  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  and  Mr.  Glaize,  politically,  is  a  stanch 
Democrat.  Duiing  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War 
he  visited  the  South  and  was  at  Winchester  at  the 
time  of  the  famous  battle  there  nnd  had  a  view  of 
the  conflict. 

The  father  of  our  subiect  was  George  Glaize, 
likewise  a  native  of  Frederick  County,  Ya.  He  was 
born  October  4,  1822,  and  has  spent  his  entire  life 
within  five  miles  of  his  birthplace.  Although  qnite 
aged,  he  is  still  hale  and  hearty.  The  mother,  born 
March  28,  1821,  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Harriet 
S.  Rinker,  and  the  parental  family'  consisted  of  nine 
children.  The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject 
was  Casper  Rinker,  a  native  of  Virginia  and  who 
spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Frederick 
County. 


El^BEN  A.  ANDERSON.  This  gentleman 
is  recognized  as  one  of  the  largest  land- 
J^  \V  owners  of  this  county, holding  the  warrantee 
^^  deed  to  one  thousand  and  twelve  acres,  be- 
sides a  large  stock  ranch  in  Birbour  County.  He 
gives  considerable  attention  to  the  breeding  of 
graded  stock,  while  a  part  of  his  land  is  devoted 
to  general  agriculture.  He  is  a  man  in  the  prime  of 
life,  having  been  born  October  23,  1845,  and  his 
native  place  was  Sullivan  Count}",  Ind.  He  came  to 
Kansas  in  1878,  locating  on  section  31,  London 
Township,  of  which  he  has  since  been  a  resident. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  the  eldest  child  of 
Absalom  and  Cynthia  A.  (Pierce)  Anderson,  the 
former  of  whom  was  born  in  Kentucky,  in  1808. 
Six  years  later  he  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Indiana,  of   which  State    lie  venudned   a    resident 


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tlu'iciiflLT  until  lii»  death,  at  the  age  of  fift3'  j'cais. 
lie  followed  farming  successfiiU}'  and  was  a  man 
intelligent  and  well-informed,  keei)ing  himself 
posted  upon  political  events  and  uniformly  voting 
the  Democratic  ticket.  His  father,  Robert  Ander- 
son, was  a  native  of  .Scotland,  whence  he  emigrated 
to  Am'-rica  at  an  early  day.  settling  in  Kentucky 
and  liually  removing  to  Indiana  where  he  spent  his 
last  daj's. 

Mrs.  C3'nthia  (Pierce)  Anderson,  was  born  in 
Ohio  and  is  still  living,  being  about  sixt^-eight 
years  old  and  making  her  home  in  Kansas.  She  is 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Soiihia  Pierce,  who  were 
likewise  natives  of  the  Buckeye  .State,  whence  they 
subscipicntly  removed  to  Indiana,  where  the}- spent 
their  last  d.ays.  Grandfather  Pierce  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  and  both  he  and  his  good  wife  were 
members  of  the  Baptist  Church.  To  Absalom  and 
Cynthia  Anderron  there  was  born  a  family  c>f  nine 
children,  viz:  Keulien  A.,  Commodore  P.,  Jonathan 
.M..  .lohn  P.,  Sophia,  James  A.,  Elizabeth,  Robert 
C.  and  Cliarles.  Only  four  of  these  are  living,  viz: 
Reuben,  Jonathan.  Robert  and  Charles.  Reuben 
was  reared  and  educated  in  liis  native  count}-,  liv- 
ing there  until  coming  to  this  State.  He  is  quite 
prominent  in  local  .affairs  and  served  one  term  as 
County  Treasurer.  During  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
War  he  enlisted  October  9,  1864,  at  Terre  Haute, 
in  Company  B.  Thirtieth  Indiana  Infanlr}-,  and 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Franklin  and  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  besides  many  minor  engagements.  He 
served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  mustered 
out  October  18,  ISO;").  On  the  12th  of  July,  1866, 
he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Kliza  J.  Nel- 
son. This  lady  was  a  native  of  Indiana  and  by 
her  union  with  our  subject  became  the  mother  of 
nine  children,  viz:  Ell.szan,  Arminna  A.,  AVilliam 
A..  Joseph,  Lemuel  L.,  James  AV..  Reuben  II.  and 
two  who  died  in  infancy.  Mrs.  Eliza  J.  (Nelson) 
Anderson  deiiarted  this  life  at  her  home  on  Ma}'  6, 
18S;5. 

Mr.  Anderson  contracted  a  second  malrimoniid 
alliance  January  28,  KSM'.',  with  Miss  Lucinda  Bow- 
dre.  This  lady  was  burn  March  lit,  1849,  in  L'nion 
County,  Ohio,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  i 
Nancy  ((ireen)  IJowdre,  who  were  likewise  born  in 
th"  Buckeye  State.     The  mother  die<l  in  Ohio  at  the 


age  of  sixty-six  years.  >Mr.  Bowdre  is  still  living, 
making  his  home  in  Ohio  and  being  now  seventy 
years  old.  He  has  been  a  lifelong  farmer  and  served 
as  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Two  children  have  been 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Anderson — Ruth  A..  July  4, 
1887,  anci  Maude  II.,  April  21,  1889. 


TRUMAN  TUCKER.  The  lives  perhaps  of 
the  m.ajority  of  men  pa.ss  on  apparently  like 
the  smooth  current  of  a  river  and  those  who 
only  observe  the  surface  know  little  of  wli.it  lies 
beneath  or  how  has  been  brought  about  the  appa- 
rently smooth  current.  Those  who  have  i)erhaps 
struggled  under  the  greatest  difficulties,  have 
been  the  most  quiet  iinder  all  circumstances:  but 
still  have  achieved  frequently  greater  results  than 
their  more  noisy  l)rethren.  The  subject  of  this  no- 
tice has  builded  well  as  far  as  character  and  dispo- 
sition goes  and  is  a  man  held  in  the  highest  respect 
in  his  community.  Upon  his  well-cultivated  farm 
of  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres  he  has  lived 
for  a  period  of  seventeen  years,  developing  a  good 
homestead  and  at  the  same  time  establishing  him- 
self upon  a  firm  basis  as  a  man  and  a  citizen.  He 
lives  unpretentiously,  yet  comfortably,  his  home 
lying  on  section  13,  Avon  Township. 

A  native  of  Meade  County.  Ky.,  Mr.  Tucker  was 
born  August  19,  1854,  and  when  quite  young  was 
taken  by  his  parents  to  Missouri  where  his  father 
died  when  he  was  a  lad  of  eight  years.  The  family 
sojourned  five  years  in  that  State  and  at  a  time 
when  the  climate  was  very  unhealthy,  and  after 
the  death  of  her  husband  the  widowed  mother  re- 
turned with  her  children  to  the  Blue  Grass  State 
where  Truman  was  reared  to  manhood.  They 
lived  upon  a  farm  and  young  Tucker  .icquircd  his 
education  in  the  common  schools.  Leaving  his 
native  State  he  repaired  to  Henderson  County,  III., 
wdiere  he  prosecuted  farming  eight  years,  and  in 
18G9,  crossing  the  Mississippi,  established  himself 
in  Labette  County,  this  State. 

In  Labette  County  Mr.  Tucker  was  married 
May  1,  1870.  to   Miss  Calsina  George,  a    native  of 


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Marion  County,  lovva,  ami  born  March  20,  1850. 
The  young  people  commenoed  their  wedded  life 
together  on  a  farm  in  that  county,  sojourning  th<'re 
until  1872.  Their  next  removal  was  to  this  county 
when  they  settled  upon  their  present  farm  in  Avon 
Township.  In  the  meantime  during  the  Civil  War 
and  while  a  resident  of  Henderson  County,  111., 
Mr.  Tucker  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier,  in  Company 
I,  Eighteenth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  served  six 
months  duiing  the  last  part  of  the  war.  He  cast 
Ids  first  Presidential  vote  for  Lincoln,  and  is  a 
stanch  supporter  of  the  principles  of  the  Republi- 
can part3'.  He  and  his  estimable  wife  are  .ictive 
members  of  the  Christian  Church,  endeavoring  to 
carry  out  llieir  professions  in  their  daily  lives. 

Tliey  have  made  many  friends  during  their  long 
sojourn  in  this  count}'  ami  have  welcomed  under 
their  hospitable  roof  its  best  citizens.  Genial  and 
companionable  they  arc  ever  ready  to  extend  a 
helping  hand  to  those  less  fortunate  than  themselves 
and  are  possessed  of  that  good  breeding  which  is 
lecognized  at  once  in  their  intercourse  not  onl}' 
with  friends  but  with  strangers.  They  are  full 
worthy  of  representation  among  the  better  classes 
of  people  of  this  county.  The  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject died  in  Hancock  County,  111.,  in  May.  18.SG. 


EMELINE    MUCKLEY,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  is  the  widow  of   Michael  Muckle}',  a 
'  pioneer    of    Sumner  County,  who  was  born 

in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  on  the  7th  of  September, 
1S3'.>.  John  Muckley.  the  father  of  Michael,  was 
born  near  Baden,  Germany,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  parents,  who  were  among  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Stark  County,  and  resided  there  during  the 
rest  of  their  lives.  John  M.  was  but  a  lad  when  he 
came  to  this  country.  He  was  reared  in  the  home  of 
ills  parents  and  received  such  an  education  as  the 
county  afforded  at  that  time.  Upon  reaching  his 
maturity  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  a  ladj'  of 
the  same  county  and  they  S])ent  their  life  in  Pike 
Township,  Stark  Country,  Ohio,  on  a  farm. 

Michael    Muekle}'  was  reared  on  the  farm  of  his 


parents  and  remained  at  home  assisting  his  father 
to  operate  the  place  until  the  war  brnke  out  in 
1861,  when  he  tendered  his  services  for  the  defense 
of  his  country  and  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  enlisted  in  Company 
D,  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  Ohio  Infantry  for  a 
term  of  three  years.  He  bore  his  part  brave]}'  in 
all  the  engagements  that  his  regiment  w.as  called 
upon  to  take  part  in,  and  was  one  of  the  gallant 
supporters  of  the  old  flag  in  the  glorious  and  deci- 
sive battle  of  Gettysburg,  when  the  hitherto  proud 
hosts  of  the  Confederacy  were  shattered  and  driven 
back  to  their  native  place  soon  to  dwindle  away 
and  s:n-render  to  the  brave  boys  in  blue.  When 
the  term  of  service  expired  for  which  Mr.  Muckley 
had  enlisted,  he  returned  to  his  father's  farm  and 
operated  a  sawmill  for  some  two  years.  He  then 
entered  a  general  store  and  engaged  as  a  clerk  for 
about  one  year,  but  his  health  proving  unequal  to 
the  task  he  returned  once  more  to  the  farm. 

Shortly  after  leaving  the  store  Mr.  Muckley 
formed  a  partnership  with  an  uncle  and  bought  a 
tract  of  laud  upon  which  there  was  a  sawmill  and 
also  a  flouring-mill.  j\Ir.  Muckley  superintended 
the  work  of  the  farm  and  also  operated  the  two  mills 
with  good  success.  He  resided  there  until  1878, 
when  he  sold  out  his  interests  and  removed  to  Kan- 
sas. He  settled  in  Sumner  County  at  a  time  when 
Wichita,  forty  miles  away,  was  the  nearest  railroad 
point  and  the  nearest  market.  The  county  had  but 
few  settlers  and  was  verj^  little  improved.  Mr.  Muck- 
ley bought  a  tract  of  land  embracing  the  southwest 
quarter  of  section  22  in  Jackson  Township,  and  at 
once  set  to  work  to  improve  it  and  convert  it  into 
a  fine  farm.  He  resided  there  until  his  death,  May 
6,  1887.  He  had  in  the  meantime  erected  a  com- 
fortable set  of  frame  buildings  and  planted  fruit 
and  shade  trees. 

January  4,  1806,  Michael  Muckley  and  Emeline 
MovYenstine  were  united  in  marriage.  .'Mrs.  Muck- 
Ic}'  is  a  native  of  Pike  Township,  Stark  County, 
Ohio,  where  she  was  reared  in  the  homo  of  lier  par- 
ents. Her  father,  Jacob  Howenstine.  was  born  in 
Hagcrstown,  Md.,  and  his  father,  also  named  Jacob 
Howenstine,  was  born  of  German  parents  in  Ger- 
many. The  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Hinckley  removed 
from  .Maryland  to  Ohio^  crossing  the  mountains  in 


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the  usual  style  of  the  times  with  teams,  and  settled 
in  .Stark  Count_v  when  there  were  few  other  resi- 
dents in  the  neighborhood.  He  took  up  Govern- 
ment land  and  made  a  comfortable  home  for  his 
familj'.  His  last  days  upon  earth  were  spent  in  the 
pl.ice  where  he  had  been  a  pioneer  so  many  years 
before.  The  father  of  Mrs.  Muc-kley  was  reared  in 
Maryland  and  accompanied  his  father  to  Ohio  when 
the  latter  emigrated  to  that  State.  The  family  lo- 
cated in  Pike  Township,  and  after  some  time  Jacob 
H.,  Jr.,  started  out  for  himself.  He  bought  a  tract 
of  heavy  timbered  land  in  Pike  Township  and  set 
to  work  cutting  down  trees  to  make  room  for  the 
log  cabin  which  w-as  to  be  bis  home  until  such 
time  as  he  could  make  a  better.  The  cot  then 
built  was  the  birthplace  of  INIrs.  Muckley,  and  sim- 
ilar lowly  dwellings  have  been  the  homes  of  thous- 
ands of  the  best  citizens  of  which  America  can 
boast. 

The  trials  and  hardships  of  the  pioneers  are  a 
constant  source  of  supply  to  the  story-tellers  of  the 
present  age.  The  open  fireplace  where  the  cooking 
had  to  be  done,  the  rolling  of  tlie  logs  together  onl3' 
to  burn  them,  because  in  the  stage  of  development 
which  they  were  then  in,  that  was  the  onlj'  use  that 
could  be  made  of  what  would  be  almost  of  price- 
less value  at  the  present  time,  and  the  man^'  other 
things  curious  and  pitiful  that  are  related,  were  all, 
or  nearly  all,  the  lot  of  the  parents  of  Jlrs.  Muck- 
ley  during  the  early  vears  of  their  life.  Energy 
and  industry  overcame  all  the  trials  to  which  they 
were  subjected,  and  they  succeeded  in  making  a 
fine  farm  and  erecting  good  buildings.  The  father 
of  Mrs.  ;Muckley  is  still  living  on  the  place  which 
he  improved  during  the  years  of  his  youth  and 
manhood,  although  his  years  number  eighty-two. 
The  mother  of  Mrs.  Muckley  was  Margaret  Miller, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania  and  daughter  of  John  and 
Rebecca  Miller.  Mrs.  Howenstine  died  in  1887, 
having  reached  a  good  old  age. 

Mrs.  Muckle}'  is  one  of  a  family  of  si.\  children, 
whose  names  are  as  follows:  Emeline,  the  subject 
of  this  notice;  William  and  Jacob,  who  are  resi- 
dents of  Hnnlington  Count}',  Ind. ;  Cyrus  .and 
Emery,  who  are  living  in  Stark  County,  Ohio,  and 
Alniira  who  is  married  to  David  Evans.  Since  the 
death  of  her  husband  Mrs.  Muckley  lias  resided  on 


the  home  farm,  which  she  carries  on  with  good 
success.  She  is  a  worn m  of  much  force  of  ciiarac- 
ter  and  enjoys  the  esteem  of  her  many  friends;  she 
is  a  devoted  and  worthj'  member  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian Church,  of  which  Mr.  Muckley  was  also  a  con- 
sistent member  during  his  life  time. 


*• — *-^»Ss>-*^^«^«--- 


Although  it  has  been  but 
jl^  a  few  years  since  the  above-named  gentle- 
I^— ^  man  located  in  Harmon  Township,  he  and 
his  estimable  wife  have  already  established  them- 
selves among  the  most  highly  respected  residents 
of  the  county,  and  have  m.au}'  warm  friends  therein 
who  thoroughh-  appreciate  their  noble  qualities  of 
heart  and  mind.  The  father  of  Mr.  Morris  was 
christened  Lorenzo  D.,  and  was  born  in  West  Vir- 
ginia. His  mother  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary 
Witt,  and  Tennessee  w-as  her  native  State.  After 
the  marriage  of  this  couple  the}-  settled  in  Greene 
Count}'.  III.,  where  four  children  were  born  to 
them,  of  whom  our  subject  is  the  youngest.  The 
death  of  the  mother  took  place  in  March.  1842.  and 
the  father  survived  until  June,  1887. 

The  natal  d<iy  of  our  subject  was  March  15, 
1841,  and  he  grew  to  manhood  in  his  native  county, 
acquiring  a  good  education  in  the  common  schools 
and  a  practical  training  from  his  worthy  father. 
Upon  reaching  man's  estate  he  engaged  in  farming 
in  Macoupin  County,  and  after  tilling  the  sod  there 
a  year  took  his  departure  for  the  Pacific  Coast,  and 
in  California  carried  on  the  dairy  business  three 
years.  He  then  returned  to  the  Mississippi  \alley 
and  .again  entered  upon  a  farmer's  life  in  Macoupin 
Count}',  111.,  continuing  so  employed  there  until 
September,  188.'5,  when  he  went  to  Arkansas  and 
engaged  in  the  cattle  business.  He  prosecuted  that 
business  until  May,  1887,  and  then  settled  in  Ilni- 
mon  Township,  where  he  now  owns  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  lying  on  section  is.  Tlie 
estate  is  thoroughly  and  intelligently  cultivated 
and  bears  all  needful  buildings,  which  have  been 
erected  in  a,  substantial  manner  and  with  due  re- 
aard  to  their  convenient  location    and  attractive 


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appearance.  The  wliolc  estate  has  an  appearance 
uf  order  and  thrift  which  plainl}'  indicates  to  a 
passer-by  that  its  owner  is  a  tliorough  farmer  and  a 
man  of  good  taste  and  good  judgment.  The  inter- 
nnl  arrangements  of  the  dwelling,  and  the  neatness 
and  good  cheer  that  abound  within,  as  plainly 
mark  the  housewifely  qualities  and  refinement  of 
the  lady  who  presides  within  its  walls. 

The  wife  of  IMr.  Morris  is  a  native  of  Macoupin 
County.  111.,  where  their  marriage  took  place  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1870.  The  bride  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Aral)ella  T.  Bates  and  her  natal  daj'  was  Febru- 
ary 3,  1853.  She  is  the  eldest  of  two  children  born 
to  F.  M.  and  Tabitha  M.  (Davis)  Bates,  the  latter 
of  whom  died  in  Kentucky  and  the  former  during 
tiie  war,  in  which  he  was  an  officer  of  the  Confed- 
erate armj)'.  Seven  bright  children  make  up  the 
jewels  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Morris,  and  the3'  bear  the 
names  respectively  of  Leon  L.,  Nevada  B.,  Paul  F., 
Ethel  B.,  Mary  M.,  Jennie  L.  and  Marvel  E. 

Mr.  Morris  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance, 
and  both  he  and  Mrs.  Morris  are  members  in  good 
standing  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Mr.  Morris  pos- 
sesses the  pleasant  and  affable  manners  wliich  com- 
liined  with  iiis  intelligence  and  good  principles 
would  naiiiraily  win  friends,  and  it  is  not  strange 
that  even  in  his  short  residence  in  this  count}'  he 
is  so  well  and  favorably  known. 


ON.   DANIEL  F.  .JANE:\VAY,    M.  D.     In 

the  person  of  the  subject  of  this  notice  we 
;^  have  that  of  a  leading  ph3sician  and  sur- 
geon of  Argonia.a  gentleman  well-educated, 
intelligent,  and  thoroughly  understanding  the  du- 
ties of  his  profession.  In  the  fall  of  1888  he  was 
fleeted  on  the  Republican  ticket  as  a  Representa- 
tive to  the  Kansas  Legislature  from  the  Eight}'- 
flfth  District,  holding  until  1891.  He  is  entirely 
in  sympathy  witli  the  principles  of  his  party,  and  a 
liberal  and  public  si)irited  citizen,  serving  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  school  board,  and  otherwise  identifying 
himself  with  the  best  interests  of    his  coinmunit}'. 


In  Masonic  circles  he  belongs  to  Chikaskia  Lodge 
No.  285,  in  which  he  is  Master,  and  he  is  also  a 
member  of  Argonia  Lodge,  No.  '212. 1.  O.  O.  F.,in 
which  he  is  Past  Grand,  and  has  been  a  Representa- 
tive to  the  Grand  Lodge.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Southwestern  Kansas  Medical  Association,  and  by 
virtue  of  his  powers  as  Representative,  served  on 
the  committee  of  Public  Health  in  cities  of  third- 
class,  and  Manufactures. 

The  Doctor  was  born  January  G,  1854,  in  Jeffer- 
son County,  Tenn.,  and  was  the  ninth  in  a  family 
of  twelve  children,  the  offs[)ring  of  Charles  and 
Susannah  (Hammer)  Janeway,  also  natives  of  that 
State.  Nine  of  their  children  are  still  living.  The 
[larents  were  married  in  Tennessee,  December  24 
183C,  and  emigrated  to  Iowa  in  1858,  settling  in 
Jasper  County,  where  they  now  reside.  The  father 
is  seventy-five  years  old,  and  the  mother  seventy- 
four.  They  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  in 
1886. 

The  early  education  of  Dr.  Janeway  was  con- 
ducted in  the  district  schools  of  Iowa,  and  later  he 
attended  Hazel  Dell  Academy  at  Newton,  where  he 
prepared  for  college.  He  entered  the  Freshman  class 
at  Penn  College,  Oskaloosa,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  June,  1879,  in  the  regular  classical  course, 
receiving  the  degree  of  A.  B.  For  two  years  af- 
terward he  held  the  position  of  principal  of  public 
sciiools  at  Kellogg,  and  later  was  similarly  occu- 
pied at  Cottonwood  Falls,  this  State.  In  tiie  mean 
time  he  employed  his  leisure  hours  in  the  reading 
of  medicine.  In  Jul}%  1882,  repairing  to  Kansas 
City,  he  entei-ed  the  medical  college  there  from 
which  he  was  graduated  March  4,  1884.  Ileopened 
his  first  office  in  Argonia,  Sumner  County,  where 
he  has  since  resided  and  built  up  a  fine  practice. 

Dr.  Janeway  contracted  matrimonial  ties  .July 
28,  1881,  with  Miss  Ada  V.  Moore.  Mrs.  Janevvny 
is  a  native  of  Indiana,  was  the  eldest  child  of  her 
parents,  Morris  and  Rebecca  (Beals)  Moore,  and 
was  born  October  26,  1858.  Her  father  was  a  na- 
tive of  North  Carolina,  and  her  mother  of  Tennes- 
see. They  came  to  this  State  at  a  very  early  day, 
settling  in  Chase  County,  where  the  father  prosecu- 
ted farming  successfully,  and  died  in  1871.  The 
mothei  was  remarried  to  Z.  W.  Morgan,  and  is  now 
living  in  Chase  County.     Of  her  first  union    there 


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was  born  six  chikhen.  five  of  wlioni  are  now  liv- 
ing. Mrs.  .lanevva}'  acquirer!  an  excelieut  educa- 
tion, conipletinu;  licr  studies  in  tiie  Nor-iial  School 
at  Emporia.  Suhjcqnenll}'  she  was  eniploj-ed  as  a 
teacher,  some  of  tiie  time  in  the  schools  of  Arg'onia. 
With  one  excei)tion.  all  hei-  brothers  and  sisters  are 
oceuiiied  in  the  same  manner.  Iler  sister.  Belle,  is 
a  primary  teacher  in  the  First  Ward  at  Welling- 
ton, Kan. 

To  the  Doctor  and  his  estimable  lady  there  have 
been  born  tliree  children:  George  M.,  May  25, 
1882;  Susan  Lucille,  October  2-1,  1885,  and  Rosa 
Lenore,  June  27,  1888.  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Jane  way 
are  members  of  the  Friends'  Cliiirch.  Tliej-  occupy 
a  neat  home  in  the  northern  part  of  the  city,  and 
number  tiieir  friends  and  .acquaintances  amony  its 
most  cultured  people. 


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^^'  r>EL  L.  TILTON,  one  of  the  earliest  set- 
i@/U\'  tiers  of  Oxford  Township,  entered  a  claim 
on  section  1,  in  1870,  then  returned  to  his 
home  in  Vermilion  Count}^,  111.,  for  his 
family,  removing  them  hither  the  following  year. 
The  storj'  of  his  trials  and  triumphs  thereafter  is 
similar  to  those  which  have  been  detailed  so  often 
in  the  compilation  of  this  volume.  Suffice  it  to 
say  that  he  labored  industriously,  practicing  econ- 
omy, and  in  due  time  met  with  his  reward. 

A  n.ative  of  the  Island  of  Montreal,  Canada. 
A.  L.  Tilton  was  born  February  18,  1832,  and 
made  his  home  there  until  about  1835,  when  he 
accompanied  his  parents  upon  their  removal  to 
Ohio,  and  subsequent!}'  removed  to  \^ermilion 
County,  III.  Settling  at  Danville,  (irandfather 
Tilton  established  a  lirick  kiln  and  also  operated 
as  ;i  contractor  and  buildiM'.  Among  other  work 
he  constructed  a  dam  across  the  Vermilion  River 
for  Amos  Williams,  who  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  millers  in  that  part  of  the  State.  Abel 
and  his  brother  Fred  assisted  tlieir  father  in  his 
labors,  and  in  1838  they  were  engaged  in  hauling 
stone  for  the  abutments  of  the  Wab;ish  Ivailroad, 
which    n;is   beiu"    built    l)\'    the    State.     'I'hev    also 


carried  the  mail  from  Danville  to  Joliet,  a  distance 
of  one  hundred  and  ten  miles  with  about  seven  offices 
between.  There  was  not  a  bridge  between  the 
two  places,  they  having  to  ford  the  streams  and 
the  trip  occupying  two  days.  Many  a  time  there 
was  nothing  in  the  mail  bag,  !)ut  they  made 
it  a  point  to  fulfill  their  contract.  Numbers  of 
people  in  that  region  were  then  suffering  from 
ague,  and  the  mail-carrier,  after  his  day's  journey, 
frequently  was  obliged  to  cut  the  feed  himself  for 
his  horse.  The  'I'ilton  boys  remained  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Uncle  Sam  until  the  fall  of  1840.  Grand- 
father Tilton  spent  his  last  days  in  Illinois. 

A  very  important  event  in  the  life  of  our  subject 
was  liis  marriage,  February  21,  IHGO,  with  Miss 
Arminta  Shepard,  of  Fairmont,  III.,  after  which 
event  they  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  vicinity  of 
Rossville,  Vermilion  County,  where  he  dwelt  until 
coming  to  Sumner  County,  Kan.  Upon  his  arrival 
here  he  selected  a  tract  of  land  on  the  northeast 
part  of  section  1,  Oxford  Township,  from  which 
he  constructed  a  comfortable  homestead,  putting 
up  a  frame  house  and  other  buildings  and  setting 
out  quantities  of  fruit  and  shade  trees.  Ilis  chil- 
dren, Later,  after  his  decease,  erected  a  modern 
dwelling,  but  covered  in  the  old  room  which  he 
had  occupied,  preserving  it  intact"  as  he  left  it. 
He  departed  this  life  September  30,  1877.  I!e  was 
a  stanch  'lefender  of  Republican  princijjles.  and  a 
regular  supporter  of  the  various  cliurches  which 
he  attended,  although  not  identifying  himself  in 
membership  with  them.  Liberal  and  public-spir- 
ited, kind  and  charitable,  he  was  a  man  bearing  an 
irreproachable  reputation,  and  was  honored  and 
respected  l)y  all  who  knevv  him. 

Mrs.  Arminta  (Shejiard)  Tilton  was  bo:  n  Sep- 
tember 27,  1841,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Abra- 
liam  Shepard,  formerly  of  Ohio  and  now  deceased. 
To  lier  and  licr  husband  were  born  five  children, 
all  of  whom  are  living  with  tlie  exception  of  a  s(>n, 
Fred,  who  died  three  weeks  prior  to  the  decease 
of  his  father — Frank  was  born  March  17.  1862, 
and  is  now  a  resident  of  Kansas  City ;  John  L.  was 
born  August  24,  1864,  and  is  still  living  at  the  old 
homestead;  he  completed  his  studies  in  the  schooL 
at  Oxford,  and  then  assumed  charge  of  the  farm; 
Grace  was  born   September    II,    ISdU.  and   Charles 


Residence  of  Abel  L.Tilton  (Decea5ed)Sec.i.  OxfordTp  Sumner  Co.  Kan 


Residence  of  Charles  Shaffer,Sec.30.  Ryan  Tp,  Sumner  Co,  Kans. 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


289 


A.,  November  21,  1868.  They  are  at  home  with 
their  brother.  John  L.  Franlc  belongs  to  the  An- 
cient Order  of  United  Worlvmen.  After  the  de- 
cease of  her  husband  Mrs.  Tilton  was  married  to 
,T.  J.  Daniels,  of  Palestine  Township,  where  they 
are  now  living. 

A  view  of  the  homestead   of  the   late   Abel    L. 
Tilton  is  shown  elsewhere  in  this  worli. 


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.^  HARLES  HENRY  SHAFFER.  The  reli.i- 
(if  ^_,  ble  German  element  of  this  county  has 
"^^f)  played  no  nnim])ortant  part  in  its  growth  and 
prosperity.  The  sons  of  the  fatherland  have  pene- 
trated to  every  corner  of  Kansas,  as  well  as  other 
parts  of  the  Gre.Tt  West,  and  are  almost  uniformly 
good  citizens,  well-to  do,  self-supporting,  and  use- 
ful members  of  the  community.  Among  the  fore- 
most fanners  of  Ryan  Township  may  he  mentioned 
Mr.  .Shaffer,  who,  like  the  most  of  his  neighbors, 
commenced  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder,  and  now  oc- 
cupies a  leading  [josition  in  the  agricultural  dis- 
tricts. 

A  native  of  what  was  then  the  Kingdom  of  West- 
phalia, the  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  Decem- 
ber I.'},  184il,  and  was  the  6fth  in  a  family  of  six 
children,  the  offspring  of  George  and  Elizabeth 
(Lenze)  .Shaffer,  who  were  also  natives  of  Vx'est- 
jjlialin,  where  they  lived  after  their  marriage  until 
liStlt.  That  year  the  father  emigrated  to  America, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Reading  County,  Pa., 
whither  his  wife  also  came  in  1850.  There  they 
spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives,  the  father  de- 
parting hence  in  1862,  and  the  mother  in  1870. 
Five  of  their  children  are  now  living, one  in  South 
America  and  one  in  Germany,  and  the  other  three 
in  the  I'nited  States. 

Mr.  Shaffer  was  but  a  j'car  old  when  brought  to 
America,  and  his  parents  esteeming  the  school 
privileges  of  their  native  land  superior  to  those  of 
America,  sent  him  back  there  when  he  was  six 
years  old.  and  he  was  thoroughly  educated  in  the 
(ierman  tongue,  remaining  there  six  3'ears.  ^^'hen 
leaving  school  he  returned  to  this  country,  and  at 


Philadelphia,  being  determined  to  go  as  a  sailor, 
shipped  on  a  merchant  vessel  as  cabin  boy  for  three 
years.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time'he  went  as  a 
regular  sailor,  and  was  on  the  lakes  for  two  years. 
Then  settling  down  on  terra  firma  he  engaged  in 
the  mercantile  business  in  Ohio.  In  1868;heset 
out  for  the  West,  and  located  in  BLack  Hawk 
County,  Iowa,  of  which  he  was  a  resident  for  three 
3'ears,  removing  thence  to  Sioux  County,  where 
he  lived  six  years. 

In  the  meantime  Mr.  .Shaffer  spent  two  ye.nrs  in 
Montana,  in  tiie  interests  of  the  American  Fur 
Corapanj'.  In  1877  we  find  him  at  Joplin,  Mo., 
where  he  worked  in  the  lead  mines  nearh*  one  year. 
He  first  struck  the  soil  of  Kansas  in  January,  1878, 
taking  possession  of  the  land  which  constitutes  his 
present  farm.  It  was  then  an  uncultivated  tract, 
upon  which  no  improvements  whatever  had  been 
attempted.  By  great  perseverance  and  industr3% 
while  at  the  same  time  ex|ieriencing  all  the  hard- 
ships and  difflcnlties  of  life  in  a  new  country,  Mr. 
Shaffer  succeeded  in  opening  u|)  a  good  farm,  and 
added  to  his  landed  possessions  until  he  is  now  the 
owner  of  two  hundred  and  fort3'  .acres,  thoroughly 
improved  and  valuable.  He  put  up,  in  1883,  as 
fine  a  residence  as  the  traveler  will  find  in  all  R3-an 
Township.  In  addition  to  raising  the  crops  com- 
mon to  this  region,  he  has  been  quite  successful  as 
a  breeder  of  horses,  cattle  and  swine.  When  com- 
ing to  this  place  he  was  einpt3--lianded,  havino-  bv 
a  series  of  misfortunes  lost  all  that  he  had  earned 
hitherto.  Looking  upon  his  surroundings  to  d.ay 
it  must  be  admitted  that  he  has  labored  to  excel- 
lent advantage,  and  he  forms  a  fine  illustration  of 
the  results  of  unflagging  industry  and  perseverance. 

Mr.  Shaffer  was  married,  February  9,  1887,  to 
Miss  Carrie  L.,  daughter  of  Leonard  P.  and  Char- 
lotte (Hines)  S,a3TS.  The  parents  of  Mrs.  Shaffer 
were  natives  of  New  York  State,  wlience  they  emi- 
grated to  Wisconsin  in  1816,  and  from  there  came 
to  Kansas  thirty  years  later,  settling  first  in  Miami 
('ounty.  In  1883  they  came  to  this  county,  and 
are  now  living  in  Argonia.  There  were  born  to 
them  thirteen  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Shaffer  was 
next  to  the  youngest.  Her  birth  occurred  July  10, 
1870,  in  Wisconsin.  She  ajjplied  herself  to  her 
books  during  her  school  da3-s,  and  is  an  intelligent, 


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pleasant  lady,  respected  liy  all  who  know  her.  Mr. 
and  Jlrs.  Shaffer  are  the  parents  of  two  children,  a 
sun  and  daughter — (jeorge  Leonard  and  Catharina. 
Mr.  Shaffer,  during  important  eleelioiis,  supports 
the  Democratic  (larty,  hut  at  home  casts  his  vote 
for  the  man  whom  he  considers  will  best  serve  local 
interests.  He  has  been  five  years  on  the  School 
Board  of  his  district,  and  officiated  as  Trustee  of 
K3an  Township  for  two  terms.  The  Anti-Horse- 
Thief  Association  claims  him  as  one  of  its  most 
eflieient  members. 

An  additional  feature  of  interest  is  a  lithographic 
view,  on  anotlicr  page  of  this  volume,  of  Mr.  Shaf- 
fer's pleasant  homo  and  surroundings. 


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"  ?:RBERr  I5ARRKTT.  A  prominent  place 
among  the  businessmen  of  Oxford,  Sumner 
County,  is  that  held  by  the  above   named 

^V^  gentleman,  who  is  the  proprietor  of  a  gen- 
eral dry-goods  store  in  that  flourishing  town,  and  is 
also  the  principal  organizer  of  the  Bank  of  Com- 
merce of  Oxford,  which  was  opened  in  April,  1889, 
by  the  firm  of  Barrett  &  Hardy.  Mr.  Barrett  has 
been  engaged  in  the  dry-goods  business  in  this  place 
since  March.  1879,  when  he  bought  out  an  old 
firm,  and  his  aim  has  ever  been  to  carry  the  best 
line  of  goods  possible  and  retain  his  customers. 
He  has  built  up  one  of  the  finest  trades  in  the  cit}-, 
and  his  honorable  dealing  and  manly  character 
have  won  for  him  the  hearty  respect  of  his  towns- 
people and  those  of  the  adjoining  section  of  coun- 
try. 

Mr.  Barrett  was  born  in  England.  November  2, 
1838.  and  is  a  son  of  M.  and  Ann  (Evans)  Bar- 
rett, who  came  to  the  United  States  when  he  was  a 
lad  of  six  years.  They  settled  in  Jo  Daviess 
County,  111.,  not  far  from  Galena,  wheie  the  mother 
subsequently  died ;  the  father  is  still  living  in  that 
county.  Our  subject  obtained  a  good  High  School 
education  in  his  home  town,  Elizabeth,  and  finished 
his  sUidies  in  Chicago,  being  graduated  from  Bry- 
ant &  Stratton's  Business  College,  lie  then  en- 
gaged in  clerking  at  his  home,  and  after  coming  to 


years  of  maturity  began  a  general  merchandise  bus- 
iness there,  which  he  continued  until  he  came  to 
this  place.  His  was  the  fourth  place  of  business  in 
Oxford  when  he  began  dealing  here,  and  he  has  not 
only  succeeded  in  his  mercantile  pursuits,  but  has 
also  accumulated  other  property,  and  filled  posi- 
tions of  [lublit-   importance. 

For  some  time  prior  to  the  opening  of  his  own 
banking  i'lstilution,  Mr.  Barrett  was  \ice-President 
of  the  Oxford  Bank.  He  has  been  Township  Treas- 
urer and  Treasurer  of  the  cit}'  schools,  and  served 
f:iithfull\-  .and  ably.  He  owns  some  valuable  farm 
lands  near  the  city,  and  his  finances  are  on  a  substan- 
tial basis  enabling  him  to  live  in  great  comfort  and 
bestow  hospitality  abundantly  upon  friends  and 
acquaintances. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject  was  celebrated  in 
Elizabeth,  III..  October  29,  18G9,  his  chosen  com- 
panion being  Miss  Maria  Weir,  a  young  lady  of 
intelligence  and  refinement  who  has  ever  been  his 
most  cherished  friend.  Mrs.  Barrett  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Thompson 
Weir,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  .To  Daviess 
County,  111.  The  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth 
of  two  sons — (!.  M.  and  E.  T. — both  now  in  Win- 
field.  Col. 

— -im^i- — 


y.ILKES  E.  BOZMAN.  The  mercantile  in- 
terests of  Argonia  find  a  worth}-  represen- 
^^^  tative  in  the  person  of  the  subject  of  this 
notice,  who  established  himself  in  business  at  this 
place  in  1886,  and  is  enjoying  a  fair  share  of  pat- 
ronage. He  has  seen  considerable  of  the  great 
West,  going  when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years  to 
California,  by  the  w.ay  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama, 
and  was  engaged  at  mining  in  the  Golden  State  for 
a  jjeriod  of  nine3'ears,  being  fairly  successful.  He 
has  been  a  keen  observer,  although  quiet  and  self- 
contained,  and  possesses  a  good  fund  of  geneial 
information,  being  a  man  with  whom  an  hour  may 
always  be  spent  in  a  pleasantand  profitable  manner. 
He  is  held  in  high  esteem  in  his  community,  both 
as  a  man  and  a  citizen. 

A  native  of   Morgan  Count\-.  Ohio,  Mr.  Bo/.maii 


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was  l)orn  August  8,  1831,  and  there  grew  to  man's 
estate,  acquiring  sucli  education  as  was  to  bo  ob- 
tained in  the  common  school.  After  his  sojourn  on 
the  Pacific  Slope,  lie  returned,  in  1860,  to  his  native 
State,  and  settling  in  Muskingum  County,  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising  for  about  twent3-one 
years,  coming  then  to  Kansas.  In  the  meantime, 
in  1861,  he  assumed  domestic  relations,  being  mar- 
ried in  January,  tliat  year,  to  Miss  Asenath,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Hiatt,  the  latter  being 
natives  of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Hiatt  departed  this  life 
at  her  liome  in  Ohio  many  years  ago.  The  father 
of  Mrs.  Bozman  came  to  Kansas,  and  is  now  resid- 
ing on  a  farm  in  Reno  County.  Of  his  first  mar- 
riage there  were  born  five  children,  only  three  of 
whom  are  living.  Mrs.  Bozman  was  born  in  Ohio, 
in  J:uiuary,  1833.  to  which  State  the  fami!3-  had  re- 
moved about  1828-29. 

Four  children  have  been  ])orn  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bozman,  the  eldest  of  whom  a  daughter,  Frances, 
is  tlie  wife  of  Dr.  .7.  S.  Baughman,  of  Argonia,  and 
they  have  two  chihlron;  Edward  married  Miss  Ber- 
tha Hall,  -md  they  arc  living  in  Argonia;  John 
Wilkes  married  Mis.i  Nettie  Hettrick;  neither  of 
tliese  have  children;  William  T.  is  unmarried,  and 
makes  his  home  with  his  parents,  being  a  telegraph 
operator  for  '„he  Santa  Fe  Railroad.  Mrs.  Bozman 
and  iier  daughter  are  prominentl}'  connected  witli 
the  Presbyterian  Church. 

While  a  resident  of  Ohio,  Mr.  Bozman  served 
as  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  the  long  period  of 
eigliteen  years  in^succession.  He  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  School  Board  therefor  twenty-one  years. 
A  standi  Democrat  and  active  in  local  politics,  he 
was  as  at  one  time  made  the  candidate  of  his  party 
for  the  legislature,  but  was  defeated  with  the  bal- 
ance of  the  ticket.  His  people  were  the  old-line 
Wliigs,  with  southern  proclivities,  and  later  idcn- 
titied  themselves  with  the  Democratic  party. 

Tlie  father  of  our  subject  was  John  Bozman,  a  na- 
tive of  Ohio,  who,  during  the  years  of  his  active 
life,  was  engaged  as  a  stock  dealer  and  grazier.  Ho 
was  first  married  in  his  native  State  to  Miss  Eliza 
Brady,  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  the}'  settled  in  Mor- 
gan County,  where  the  mother  of  our  subject  died 
in  18)5.  when  Wilkes  E.  was  a  lad  of  fourteen.  The 
elder   Bozman    was  subsequent!}-  married    to  Jane 


Glass,  and  is  now  deceased,  aged  eight-rive  years 
old.  His  wife  is  also  deceased.  Of  the  first  mar- 
riage there  were  born  four  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living.  The  paternal  grandfather  was  Wilkes 
Bozman,  a  native  of  Baltimore  County,  Md..  and 
who  removed  to  Ohio  in  1X08.  He  served  during 
the  War  of  1812,  and  assisted  at  the  bombardment 
of  Ft.  Henry.  A  prominent  and  successful  man, 
he  became  an  extensive  farmer,  leaving  at  his  death 
two  thousand  acres  of  land  in  Morgan  County, 
Ohio. 


'  EDGAR  BISSELL,  who  is  the  owner  and 
'  occupant  of  a  most  excellent  farm  in  R_yan, 
I  Township,  has  passed  through  scenes  which. 
I  if  well  described  and  furnished  in  detail 
would  make  up  an  account  of  the  most  interesting 
description.  Amid  the  grand  and  rugged  scenery 
of  the  Rocky  Mountains  he  has  spent  much  time, 
and  that  at  a  period  when  great  bravery  and  cour- 
age were  needed  in  those  regions.  His  first  visit 
to  Kansas  was  made  in  1855,  and  his  permanent 
residence  within  the  State  dates  from  1878.  Al- 
though he  can  scarcely  be  classeil  among  the  pio- 
neer settlers,  there  are  few  residents  of  the  count}' 
who  realize  more  fully  the  development  of  the  sec- 
tion and  the  changes  that  have  taken  place  since  his 
first  visit  West. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  Roderick  and  Fannie 
(Gay lord)  Bissell,  were  born  in  Connecticut,  were 
there  married,  and  made  that  State  their  permanent 
home.  The  father  was  born  in  Litchfield  County, 
was  a  manufacturer  and  lived  until  February  10, 
1875.  The  mother,  who  has  now  reached  the  age 
of  eighty-six  years,  is  surrounded  b^  all  the  com- 
forts and  luxuries  of  life  in  her  elegant  home  in 
Winsted.  The  family  of  this  worthy  conple  in- 
cluded six  children,  four  of  whom  still  survive. 

The  gentleman  whose  biography  will  be  briefly 
sketched  below,  is  the  fourth  in  the  parental  family, 
and  was  born  Jlarch  15.  1833,  in  Litchfield  County, 
Conn.  After  having  receivc(l  a  common  school 
etlucntion,  he  attended  the  academy  at  Torring- 
ford,    acquiring    a  more    thorough    and    extended 


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knowledge  of  the  higher  Englisli  branches,  and 
prior  to  his  majority  he  had  also  served  an  apprcn- 
licrship  at  the  carpenter's  trade.  He  began  life  for 
himself  upon  reaching  man's'estate,  and  nut  many 
months  thereafter  i)aid  his  first  visit  to  the  AVest, 
spending  several  months  in  roaming  about  the 
northern  part  of  this  State,  visiting  Ft.  Riley, 
Lawrence  and  TopeUa.  He  next  paid  a  visit  to 
Pennsylvania,  and  then  settled  down  in  Ft.  Dodge 
for  a  period  of  two  j'ears. 

In  the  winter  of  1858-59.  JMr.  Bissell  joineil  the 
tlnong  whose  cry  was  "on  to  Pike's  Peak."   and 
duiing  the  following  two  years  he  had  the  varying 
fortunes    of  a  miner.     The  mines  at  that    period 
were  not  supplied,  as   many    are   at  present,   with 
good    machinery   for    drilling    and    Ijlasting.    witii 
hoisting  works,  and  the  conveniences   for  separat- 
ing ores,  but  the  work  entailed  upon  the  miner  was 
all  of  the  pick  and  shovel,  and  pack-horse  descrip- 
tion.    The    prospect    holes    weie    deepened    and 
widened  by  slow  degrees,  and  if  the  upper  stratum 
of  rocks  was  supported  at  all,  it  was  by  the  rudest 
ari'angement    of    timliers.     The    rock    was  cleared 
,awaj'  by  the  hand  whirii  had   so  gallantly    wielded 
the  (lick,  or  if  tlic  dirt  was  scarciied,  it  was  panned 
by  the  same  hands,  the   process  of  gaining  ''i>ay 
dirt"  in   either  case  being  irksome  and  prolonged. 
Tiie  man  who  was  so  fortunate  as  to  discover  nug- 
gets of  value,  or  even  a  lead  which  jiromised  well, 
was  in  constant  danger,   .as  the   camps   were   tilled 
witli  men  who,  in  their  thirst  for   gold,  would  slop 
at  no  deed  whicii  would  secure  it.     Not  only    was 
it  neccessnry  for  one  who  would  win  success  in  tiie 
gold  llelds  to  be  keen  of  observation  in    his   search 
for  metal,  but  he    must  be  equally    shrewd   in   his 
judgment  of  character,  quick-witted   and   courage- 
ous, and  with  a  large  amount  of  |ihysical  endLirancc. 
In  the  si)ring  of  18C1,  Mr.  Bissell  determined  to 
visit  a  region   fartiicr   to  the   nortliwcst,    which    is 
now  comprised  wilhin  the  bounds  of  Montana,  and 
whicli,  at  that  date,  was  lui  unexplored   and  almost 
trackless     region.     Tlic     party     which     he     joined 
crossed  the  Snake  Kiver,  tifteen  miles  above  old  Ft. 
Hall,  ferrying  the  ri\er  in  tlieir  wagon-beds,   being 
guided  by  old   Tim  (loodcll.      They  stopped   where 
Bannock   City   now   stands,  and    there   Mr.    Bissell 
again  Ijegau  prospecting  and  mining.      He   was  for- 


tunate in  his  efforts,  and  the  "output"  of  his  two 
months'  stay  was  very  satisfactorj'.  He  was  next 
to  be  found  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  where  he  saw 
and  listened  to  the  preaching  of  the  notorious 
Brigham  Young.  Until  1866,  Mr.  Bissell  remained 
among  the  mountains,  mining  and  freighting.  The 
latter  occupation  was  one  which  required  qualifica- 
tions very  similar  to,  one  might  say  [almost  identi- 
cal with  those  of  a  successful  miner,  together  with 
a  skill  in  managing  horses, 'mules  or  oxen  to  which 
that  of  the  ordinary  four-in-hand  driver  bears  but 
a'slight  lesemblance. 

The  freighter's  outfit  comprises  several  yoke  or 
span  of  animals,  the  number  varying  according  to 
the  route  or  the  freight'carried,  the  most  frequent 
numbers  being  from  five  to  thirteen  span.  These 
are  attached  to  a  wagon,  behind  whicli  other 
wagons  are  trailed,  the  number  of  the  "prairie 
schooners  also  varying.  The  wagons,  or  at  least  a 
portion  of  them,  are  supplied  with  a  strong  brake, 
which  the  driver  can  operate  by  means  of  a  rope 
when  he  is  on  foot.  The  long-handled  skillet,  the  big 
coffee  pot,  the  tin  cups  and  a  few  other  rude  house- 
hold utensils  which  the  freighter  uses  at  mealtime, 
generally  form  decorations  to  one  of  the  wagons, 
which  contains  a  supply  of  meal,  coffee,  bacon  and 
blankets.  In  crotsing  the  mountain  passes  and 
winding  around  the  precipices,  a  skillful  hand  is 
needed  to  avoid  accidents.  Particularly  is  this  the 
case  upon  meeting  other  outfits  in  the  narrow 
oorges  where  tliere  is  scarcelj- room  to  pass;  indeed, 
in  many  places,  it  is  impossible  to  do  so,  and  should 
some  unlucky  chance  occasion  a  meeting  here,  one 
outfit  must  be  backed  out  of  the  way,  or  lifted  by 
bodily  strensfth  to  one  side.  To  avoid  catastrophies, 
l)clls  arc  used  ui)on  the  animals  which  warn  an  a|)- 
proaching  driver  of  danger. 

After  years  spent  amid  such  scenes  and  exjjcri- 
ences,  Mr.  l.issell  returneil  to  his  New  England 
home  for  a  visit  with  his  family  and  friends,  after 
which  he  ao-ain  took  up  his  residence  in  Iowa,  re- 
maining there  about  six  years  During  that  time, 
in  1.S69,  he  w.as  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Leah 
E.  Bvcrley,  a  daughter  of  George  and  Leah  Byerley 
of  North  Carolina,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased. 
Mrs.  Bissell  was  born  in  Indiana.  She  is  a  member 
of    the     I.utlieran     Church,    and    possesses    many 


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iluinestio  virtues  and  at-qiiirements.  She  has  borne 
her  husband  one  son,  Jlannej-  D..  wlio  has  a  ffood 
coinmon-sehool  education.  In  1878,  Mr.  Bissell 
removed  to  Kaiis:is,  pre-empted  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  l.md  ui)on  whicli  he  still  lives,  and 
which  he  lias  placed  in  fine  condition.  The  entire 
acreage  is  improved,  perhaps  its  most  notable  fea- 
ture being  a  fine  orchard  of  two  hundred  bearing 
ap|)le  trees.  It  is  the  intention  of  Mr.  Bissell  to 
erect  a  new  dwelling  this  year,  which,  when  com- 
pleted, will  be  an  added  attraction  of  tlie  estate. 
He  is  engaged  in  farming,  and  also  raises  horses, 
cattle  and  hogs. 

Mr.  Bissell  is  now  Junior  Warden  of  the  Masonic 
lodge  in  Milan.  He  has  been  Clerk  of  Ryan 
Township,  and  a  member  of  the  .School  Board  of 
District  'So.  87.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in 
political  issues,  is  astrong  Iieliever  in  the  principles 
advocated  by  the  Democrntic  party,  in  su[)port  of 
which  he  always  casts  his  vot '.  Not  onl\-  has  he 
the  respect  of  his  fellow  men,  but  he  has  the  pleas- 
ure of  knowing  that  other  members  of  his  f.ainily 
have  been  honored  by  those  among  whom  the}' 
have  lived.  His  brother,  (i.  G.  Bissell,  who  died 
in  Iowa,  was  Judge  of  the  Miners'  Court  in  Mon- 
tana in  1SG1-G2.  Another  brother,  Ur.  C.  R.  Bis- 
sell, now  living  in  New  York,  was  Judge  of  the 
.Miners'  Court  in  Colorado  in  1859. 


•-'-eaa'®^:-  ■^^^>.afS'OTnj»..'« 


(^^  HAKPE  P.  G.  LKWIS,  President  of    the 
^^^    First    National    Bank    of    Caldwell,    and 
'\Lflfj   prominently    connected    with   the    growth 
and  development  of  the  city,  was  born  in 
Bucks  County,  Pa.,  June  24,  18t'J,  and   is  a  son  of 
Reading   and    Margaret  (Shadingcr)   Lewis.     The 
paternal  ancestry  are   of  English   origin,  the  ficst 
settlements   in  this   country  having   been   made  in 
Connecticut.     Thomas   Lewis,   the  grandfather  of 
our  subject,  was  a  native   of  the   same  county   in 
which  he  of  whom  we  write  first  saw  the  light,  and 
Reading  Lewis  was  also  born  in  that  county.     The 
latter  was  born  about  1821,  and   lived   in  Pennsyl- 
vania   until    1873   when    he   removed    to  Newton, 


Kan.,  whence  ten  years  later  he  removed  to  Cald- 
well, in  which  city  his  death  took  place  in  January-. 
1888.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Jefferson  Medical 
College  at  Philadelphia  aii<I  devoted  most  of  his 
life  to  the  practice  of  the  medical  (n'ofession.  He 
was  in  easj'  financial  circun)stances.  For  many 
years  before  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Friends'  Church.  His  wife  was  born  in  Bucks 
County,  Pa.,  about  1827  and  departed  this  life  in 
18C2.  She  was  of  German  ancestry,  her  forefathers 
having  been  among  the  first  settlers  of  the  county 
in  which  she  was  born. 

Our  subject  is  the  eldest  in  a  family-  of  four 
children,  was  reared  in  Bucks  and  Montgomery 
Counties,  Pa.,  and  was  the  recipient  of  excellent 
educational  advantages,  as  well  as  the  best  of  home 
training.  He  acquired  an  academic  education  and 
in  quite  early  life  taught  school.  In  1872  he  went 
to  Macon  County,  III.,  and  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing, and  in  carrying  on  the  mercantile  business  and 
buying  grain  at  Argenta  until  1878.  He  then  fol- 
lowed his  father  to  Newton,  Kan.,  and  the  next 
year  took  up  his  abode  in  Caldwell  where  he  has 
since  resided.  In  Penn.sylvania  and  at  Newton  he 
read  law,  and  in  the  latter  place  was  admitted  to 
the  liar  and  practiced  his  profession,  and  in  con- 
nection therewith  carried  on  a  loaning  business. 
In  1881  he,  with  others,  organized  and  put  into 
running  order  the  Caldwell  .Savings  Bank  and  was 
male  Vice-President  of  the  institution,  but  in  the 
following  >ear  became  President,  continuing  in 
that  capacity  until  1887,  when  the  bank  was  re- 
organized as  the  First  National  Bank  of  Caldwell, 
Kan.  He  has  since  served  as  President  of  the  new 
institution  and  he  is  also  extensive!}'  engaged  in 
the  real-estate  and  money-loaning  business.  He 
started  in  life  without  a  dollar,  and  has  made  all 
he  now  possesses  since  he  came  to  Kansas. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lewis  was  celebrated  at 
Argenta,  111.,  in  187.").  his  bride  being  Miss  Mary 
A.,  daughter  of  Nathanial  Griffin,  and  a  native  of 
Champaign  Count}',  III.  The  estimable  and  intel- 
ligent lady  has  borne  her  husband  six  children: 
Anna,  Edna,  Ralph,  Eugene,  Francis,  and  Ernest. 
Anna  and  Francis  have  been  removed  from  their 
parents  by  death.  Mr.  Lewis  belongs  to  the  social 
orders  of  the  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 


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and  the  Knights  of  Pytliias.  lie  is  a  stanch  sup- 
porter of  tiie  Republican  partly.  A  man  of  more 
than  onlinaiy  intelligence  and  fine  business  qualifi- 
cations, honorable  in  his  dealing  with  mankind  and 
exerting  all  his  influence  for  the  advancement  of 
the  materia!  and  moral  interests  of  tiie  city  and 
vicinit3',  Mr.  Lewis  is  regarded  with  respect  by  the 
citizens  of  Caldwell  and  wherever  he  is  known. 


iik^;  OSES  GUM.  Among  the  younger  farmers 
///  iW  of  Morris  Township,  none  are  more  deserv- 
ij  ^  '"»  of  special  mention  than  he  with  whose 
*'  name  we  initiate  this  sketch.     He   is  well 

lixed.  liiianciall}-,  being  the  owner  of  a  fine  body 
of  land,  thoroughlj'  improved,  with  a  neat  modern 
residence,  a  good  barn,  substantial  outbuildings 
and  the  other  appliances  of  the  model  countr}- 
estate.  Sociall3'  and  morallj',  as  well  as  financiall}', 
Mr.  Gum  occupies  an  enviable  |)osition,  being 
looked  up  to  in  his  community  as  one  of  whom 
even  better  things  may  be  expected  in  the  future. 
His  farming  operations  include  the  raising  of  t!ie 
ordinary  crops  of  Soutiiern  Kansas.  He  is  also 
successful  as  a  breeder  of  cattle,  horses  and  swine. 
He  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics  and  is  a  Re- 
publican, "dj'ed  in  the  wool"  from  his  birth.  His 
sentiments  in  regard  to  the  temperance  question 
are  best  illustrated  in  his  own  habits  of  total 
abstinence. 

The  fifth  child  in  a  family  of  seven  born  to  Amos 
and  Rebecca  (Johnson)  Gum,  the  subject  of  this 
sketcli  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  in  Xortli- 
anipton  Count}',  Pa.,  September  2,  1854.  Amos 
Gum,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  was  a  miller  b}' 
trade,  but  spent  the  latter  years  of  his  life  in  farm- 
ing pursuits.  His  wife,  Rebecca,  was  a  native  of 
his  own  State  and  after  marriage  they  resided  there 
until  late  in  the  year  1854  when  they  emigrated  to 
Wisconsin.  They  were  residents  of  the  Badger 
State  eleven  years,  removing  thence,  in  1865,  to 
Iowa.  In  1880  they  went  North  to  Dakota,  settling 
in  Hanson  County,  where  they  still  remain.  Amos 
Guu)   is  now  seventy-one  ^-ears  old   and   his  wife. 


Rebecca,  sevent^'-three.  There  were  born  to  them 
seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  living,  the  three 
besides  our  subject  being  residents  of  Nebraska 
and  Kansas. 

Mr.  Gum  received  his  schooling  in  Wisconsin 
and  Iowa  and  when  a  young  man  of  twenty  years 
began  farming  on  his  own  account.  He  came  to 
Kansas  from  Iowa  in  1878  and  took  up  a  claim  on 
section  35,  Morris  Township,  this  county-,  where  he 
has  since  made  his  headquarters.  When  ready  to 
establish  domestic  ties  he  was  married  March  24, 
1881  to  Mrs.  Mary  II.  (Pope)  Manela.  This  lady 
is  the  daughter  of  T.  J.  Pope,  of  Kansas,  and  who 
was  born  May  7,  1850,  in  Indiana.  Jlr.  and  Mrs. 
Gum  are  tlie  parents  of  two  interesting  children: 
Loyette,  born  .luiy  24,  1882,  and  John  Hoy. 
now  three  years  old.  Mrs.  Gum  is  a  member 
in  good  standing  of  the  Missionary  r.a|)tist 
Church.  JMr.  Gum  belongs  to  the  In(le|)end- 
ent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  at  Milan  and  is  a 
warm  defender  of  the  principles  of  the  order.  He 
is  also  connected  with  tlie  F.armers'  Alliance.  For 
three  years  past  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  District  No.  140,  and  for  two  terms 
has  served  as  Treasurer  of  Morris  Townsliip.  lie 
was  also  Road  Overseer  for  the  same  length  of 
time. 

The  farm  of  Mr.  Gum  with  its  fine  improve- 
ments is  the  result  of  his  own  energy  and  industry. 
The  homestead  embraces  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  while  he  has  sixty  acres  on  section  12.  The 
wliole  is  improved  and  in  a  highly  productive  con- 
dition. His  residence  w.as  erected  in  1884  at  a  cost 
of  §1,000.  Mr.  Gum  has  an  orchard  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  apple  trees  and  the  same  number  of 
peach  trees,  together  with  the  smaller  fruits.  It 
will  thus  be  seen  that  he  has  aided  largely-  in  ad- 
vancing the  material  interests  of  this  township. 


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ILLIAM    i:.  Cox,  Justice  of  the  Peace  at 
i\\ /W*     Wellington,  is    of    Southern    antecedents, 
possessing  marked  trails  of  character,  trans- 
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native  jilaco  was  in  Frankfort,  Franklin  Coinity, 
Kv..  and  tiie  date  of  liis  birth  March  17,  1842. 
Ili.-<  father.  Austin  P.  Cox.  was  born  in  Shell)y 
County,  that  State.  His  paternal  grandfather  re- 
moved from  Virginia  to  the  Blue  Grass  regions  at 
an  early  day  and  carried  on  farming  successfully 
in  Shelby  County  where  he  si)ent  his  last  years. 

Austin  P.  Cox  when  a  young  man  commenced 
the  study  of  law,  going  for  this  purpose  to  Frank- 
fort about  1806-07.  Upon  the  present  site  of  that 
city  there  was  then  only  a  fort  with  a  few  settlers 
around  it.  The  young  barrister  attained  success 
and  built  u\>  quite  an  extensive  practice  in  the 
Court  of  Claims.  He  was  President  of  the  Board 
of  Internal  Improvements  and  otherwise  a  promi- 
nent man  in  his  community.  About  1859  he  was 
appointed  by  the  Governor  as  one  of  the  commis- 
sion to  establish  the  State  line  between  Kentucky 
and  Tennessee.  AVhile  in  the  pursuance  of  his  duties 
he  was  subjected  to  much  exposure  and  contracted 
a  violent  cold  from  the  effects  of  which  he  died  at 
his  home  July  20.  1861. 

Mrs.  Rebecca  L.  (Phillips)  Cox,  the  mother  of 
our  subject  was  likewise  a  native  of  Kentucky  and 
the  daughter  of  William  J.  Phillips  who  was  born 
in  Maryland.  Grandfather  Phillips  left  iiis  native 
State  during  the  pioneer  days  of  Kentucky  and 
there  spent  his  last  years.  Theie  were  born  to  the 
parents  of  our  subject  twelve  children,  viz:  Eliza- 
beth F.,  Sarah  M.,  Charlotte  L.,  Rebecca  A.,  Laura 
S.,  Mary  P..  William  E.,  AVallace  H.,  Josephine  C, 
Philip  M.,  John  C.  and  Willis  T. 

William  E.  Cox  was  reared  and  educated  in  his 
native  count}'  completing  his  studies  in  Sayers 
Academy.  Hi?  business  experience  began  as  a 
clerk  in  the  State  Auditor's  office  and  later  he  was 
employed  in  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  General.  He 
was  thus  occupied  until  in  February.  1868,  when  he 
started  for  the  W^est.  Coming  to  Kansas  he  took 
up  his  abode  in  Montgomery  County  where  he  so- 
journed until  the  fall  of  1869.  He  then  started 
out  to  explore  the  western  part  of  the  State,  visit- 
ing Sumner  County  in  his  travels,  in  company  with 
two  others.  This  county  was  not  then  organized 
and  it  was  principally  peopled  b}'  wild  animals  and 
Indians.  Piuffaloes  were  still  plentiful  and  fre- 
quently roamed  over  the  ground  upon  which  stands 


Ihe  present  flourishing  city  of  Wellington.  Mr. 
Cox  spent  three  or  four  months  traveling  through 
this  section  and  then  returned  to  Montgomery 
County,  where  he  remained  until  the  spring  of  1871 . 
He  then  came  back  to  this  county  and  located  in 
Sumner  City  in  time  to  witness  the  contest  for  the 
county  seat.  When  the  question  was  decided  in 
favor  of  Wellington  he  came  to  this  point  and 
here  has  invested  his  labor  and  his  capital.  When 
first  coming  to  Sumner  County  the  Government 
survey'  had  not  been  made  and  every  foot  of  land 
was  owned  by  Uncle  Sam.  Later  it  was  sold  at 
Si. 25  per  acre.  Mr.  Cox  has  viewed  with  warm 
interest  the  growth  and  development  of  his  ado|ited 
.State  and  as  far  as  he  could  has  assisted  in  advanc- 
ing the  prosperity  of  Sumner  County. 

The  marriage  of  William  E.  Cox  and  Miss  Mary 
D.  Evans  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home  in  the 
city  of  Wellington  in  1875.  Mrs.  Cox  was  born  in 
Benton  County,  Iowa,  June  10,  1849,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Judge  Elijah  and  Araazetta  H.  (For- 
sj'the)  Evans.  Her  parents  were  natives  of  Indiana 
and  spent  their  last  years  in  Kansas.  To  Mr.  and 
Jlrs  Cox  there  have  been  born  five  children,  viz: 
Helen,  Nettie.  Keith,  Amazette  and  William  E. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  are  members  in  good  standing  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Churcii  and  Mr.  Cox 
votes  the  straight  Republican  ticket.  He  keeps 
himself  posted  uiion  the  current  events  of  the  day 
— the  political  as  well  as  the  social  questions — and 
is  idenlilled  with  Lodge  No.  24,  A.  O.  U.  W.  at 
Wellington. 


OlIN  H.  WENDELL,  proprietoi  of  the  Star 
Liverj-  barns  at  Caldwell,  is  numbered 
'  among  the  leading  men  of  the  city — a  man 
enterprising  and  successful,  and  a  general 
favorite,  both  in  social  and  business  circles.  His 
native  place  was  Adams  County,  111.,  and  the  date 
of  his  birth  October  18,  1857.  His  parents  were 
John  H.  and  Annie  C.  (Kruse)  Wendell,  who  were 
natives  respectively  of  Missouri  and  German}-. 

The  Wendell  family  came  to  Kansas  about  1867. 
John  II.,  Sr..  operated  the  most  of  his  life  as  a  mer- 


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chant  anrl  hotel  man  and  was  successful  in  accu- 
muhaing  a  comfortable  properly.  In  his  religious 
belief  lie  conformed  to  the  doctrines  of  the  Catho- 
lic Church.  Tlie  seven  children  of  the  jiarental 
household  included  five  sons  and  two  daughters,  of 
whom  .Tohn  II.,  ,Ir.,  was  the  fourth  child,  lie  was 
a  lad  of  ton  j-cars  when  Uic  family  left  Illinois  an<l 
came  to  Kansas  and  lived  with  his  parents  at  Nco- 
sha  until  1868.  That  year  he  went  into  Butler 
County  and  in  1872  came  to  Caldwell,  where  he  so- 
journed until  1880.  He  then  went  to  Colorado, 
but  in  1881.  returned  to  Caldwell  of  which  he  has 
since  been  a  continuous  resident.  He  has  been 
quite  extensively  engaged  as  a  dealer  in  live  stock, 
and  as  a  trader  is  eminently-  a  success.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  had  the  management  of  the  stock- 
yards in  the  interests  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka  ik 
Santa  Fe  Railroad  at  Caldwell.  He  established 
himself  in  the  livery  business  in  1886,  which  he 
has  since  successfully  conducted.  He  is  a  sound 
Republican,  politically,  and  holds  an  honorable 
membership  with  the  Independent  Order  of  (J<ld 
Follows. 

Mr.  Wendell  was  married  October  18,  1883,  in 
Caldwell,  to  Miss  Lucy  D.,  daughter  of  Jasper  C. 
Manee.  The  mother  of  Mrs.  Wendell  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Jessie  E.  Denton;  her  parents  we, e 
natives  of  New  York.  The  father  is  living  in  Falls 
Township  and  the  mother  is  deceased.  Two 
daughters,  Bessie  and  Ethel,  have  been  born  of  this 
union,  tlie  former  \\>y\\  10.  1884.  and  the  latter 
October  8.  1885. 


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^  OliX  P..  BROWN  BACK.  Among  the  many 
prosperous  farmoi's  of  Falls  Township,  none 
occupy  a  higher  position,  socially  an<l  linan- 
cially,  than  he  with  whose  name  we  initiate 
this  sketch.  He  commenced  the  battle  of  life  at  an 
early  age  on  his  own  account,  and  without  receiv- 
ing an^'  financial  assistance,  has,  by  a  course  of 
unflagging  industry,  and  the  practice  of  a  wise 
economy,  become  independent.  He  is  still  in  the 
prime  of  life,  having  been  born  April  8.  1812.  and 


is  a  native  of  Pickaway  County.  Ohio,  of  which 
his  parents,  Henry  and  Rebecca  (Niece)  Brown- 
baek,  were  early  pioneers. 

Henry  Brownback  was  born  in  Pennsyh  ania.  in 
1810,  and  after  emigrating  to  Ohio  lived  in  Pick- 
awy  County  until  1852.  Tlicn,  pushing  on  further 
WostwAiid  to  Illinois,  he  located  in  .Shelby  County, 
that  State,  where  he  still  resides.  He  learned  cab- 
inet-making wben  a  young  man,  but  later  abandoned 
it  for  the  more  congenial  pursuits  of  farm  life.  He 
has  been  for  many  ^ears  an  active  member  of  the 
United  Brethren  Church,  and  is  a  citizen  in  good 
re|)ute,  greatly  respected  in  his  community.  His 
father,  Benjamin  Brownback,  was  likewise  a  native 
of  the  Keystone  State,  and  traced  his  ancestry  to 
(;erman3-.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  also  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  and  born  about  1814;  she 
departed  this  life  in  Shelby  County,  III.,  in  1887. 

To  Henry  and  Rebecca  Brownback  there  was 
born  a  family  of  eight  children,  whom  they  named 
lespectively — Edward,  Elizabeth,  .lohn  B.,  William 
11.,  David,  Jacob,  Sophia  and  Joseph.  Seven  of 
those  are  living,  making  their  homes  in  Illinois,  ex- 
cepting our  subject,  and  Jacob,  who  lives  in  this 
State.  John  B..  the  third  child,  spent  his  early 
years  on  the  farm  in  Shelby  County,  HI.,  inirsuing 
his  studies  in  the  district  school.  During  the  prog- 
ress of  the  Civil  War,  he,  early  in  1862,  enlisted  as 
a  I'nion  soldier  in  Company  C,  Thirty-fifth  Illinois 
Infantrj',  and  served  after  the  close  of  the  war  un- 
til September,  1865,  receiving  then  his  honorable 
discharge  at  Indianapolis.  Ind.  He  experienced 
all  the  hardships  and  privations  of  life  in  the  army, 
and  participated  in  the  following  hard- fought  bat- 
tles: Perry ville.  Stone  River,  Chickamauga,  Mis- 
sionary Ridge,  Lookout  Mountain.  Resaca,  Keni'saw 
Mount.ain,  and  was  at  the  siege  of  Atlanta,  and  in 
all  the  battles  of  the  Georgia  campaign.  Subse- 
(juently  his  command  operated  in  Tennessee  under 
the  le.idership  of  Gen.  Thomas,  taking  part  in  the 
battles  of  Franklin  and  Naslnille. 

After  leaving  the  army  Mr.  Brownback  contin- 
ued a  resident  of  Illinois  until  1874.  That  year, 
crossing  the  Father  of  Waters,  he  came  to  Sedgwick 
County,  this  State,  and  took  up  a  claim  in  what  is 
now  Downs  Township,  upon  which  he  lived  three 
years.     Then    selling  out   he,  in   1878.   purchased 


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land  on  sections  17  and  18,  Falls  Township,  this 
count}',  and  prosecuted  farming  there  until  1883. 
That  year  he  removed  to  Corbin,  where  he  i)ur- 
chased  land,  and  he  also  owns  a  farm  on  section  5, 
Falls  Township.  His  landed  possessions  altogether 
embrace  three  luuidred  and  ninety  broad  acres, 
thoriHighly  improved  and  equipped  with  suitable 
buildings.  Stock-raising  entei'S  largely  into  his 
operations,  and  he  is  also  engaged  quite  extensively 
in  bu_ying  grain  at  Corbin. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  First  National 
Bank  at  Caldwell,  Jlr.  Brownbaek  has  been  one  of 
its  Directors,  lie  uniformly  votes  the  Republican 
ticket,  and  has  held  some  of  the  minor  oflices.  He 
has  little  ambition  for  political  preferment,  finding 
more  satisfaction  in  the  peaceful  pursuits  of  farm 
life.  He  is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  G. 
A.  R.  Post,  No.  470,  at  Corbin. 

One  of  the  most  important  and  interesting  events 
in  the  life  of  our  subject  was  his  marriage  with 
Miss  Nancy  F.  Liston,  which  was  celebrated  at  the 
bride's  home,  at  Tower  Hill,  III.,  October  1-2,  180G. 
This  lady  was  born  in  Clay  Count}',  Ind.,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1845,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Perry  and 
Mary  A.  (Riley)  Liston,  natives  of  Indiana.  The 
eight  children  born  of  this  union  are  named  re- 
spectively— Perry,  William,  Flora,  Effie  F.,  Charles, 
Bertha,  Jessie  and  Ettie.  They  are  all  living,  and 
form  a  very  bright  ami  interesting  famil}'  group, 
making  their  home  with  their  parents. 

A  lithographic  view  of  Mr.  Brownback's  resi- 
dence  is  presented   in  connection  with  this  sketch. 


^  AMIFL  C.  BARTLFTT.  The  solid  ele- 
ment of  the  township  of  Jackson  recog- 
nizes no  more  worth}'  citizen  than  Mr. 
Bartlett — a  life-long  farmer  of  more  than 
ordinarily  good  judgment,  and  one  who  has  been 
very  successful.  He  comes  of  substantial  New 
England  stock  and  was  born  in  Guilford,  New 
Haven  Count}',  Conn  ,  March  4,  1844. 

The  immediate  progenitor  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  John  Bartlett,  likewise  a  native  of  (iuil 


ford,  Conn.,  and  the  son  of  Samuel  Bartlett,  who 
was  born  in  the  same  town.  Tlie  father  of  the  lat- 
ter was  John  Bartlett,  who  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, and  as  far  as  is  known,  spent  his  initire  life 
in  Guilfoi'd.  Samuel  Bartlett  likewise  followed  in 
the  footsteps  of  his  father,  spending  his  entiie  life 
in  his  native  place.  His  son,  John,  the  fatlier  of 
our  subject,  was  reared  in  Guilford  and  was  there 
married.  He  obtained  a  good  education  and  taught 
school  when  a  young  man,  but  aside  from  this  oc- 
cupied himself  as  a  farmer.  His  entire  life  was 
spent  at  the  homestead  of  his  birth. 

Mrs.  Lodoiska  (Coan)  Bartlett.  the  njother  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  New  Haven  County,  Conn., 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Josiah  Coan,  a  native  of 
the  same  county,  and  a  carpenter  by  trade,  who 
also  followed  farming.  Mrs.  Bartlett  died  in  1851, 
when  her  st>n,  Samuel  C,  was  a  lad  of  seven  years. 
He  was  wholly  orphaned  by  the  death  of  his  father, 
which  took  place  in  1SG4.  He  remained  a  resident 
of  his  n.ative  county  until  the  death  of  his  father, 
then  emigrated  to  Illinois  and  secured  employment 
on  a  farm  near  ( Juincy.  He  sojourned  there  three 
years,  then  went  into  Pike  County,  Mo.,  where  he 
secured  land  and  prosecuted  farming  until  1875. 
Tlien  selling  out  he  started  with  a  team  for  Texas, 
intending  to  settle  there;  he  visiting  Denison,  Sher- 
man, Dallas,  and  various  other  countiis  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  State.  Not  being  suited  with 
the  country  he  turned  his  horses'  beads  northward, 
riding  up  through  the  Indian  Territory  into  Sum- 
ner County,  tills  State. 

Upon  his  arrival  in  Kansas  Mr.  Bartlett  entered 
a  tract  of  Government  land — that  which  constitutes 
his  present  farm,  and  comprising  the  northwest 
corner  of  section  8,  Jackson  Township.  At  that 
time  the  small  village  of  Wichita — forty  miles  dis- 
tant— was  the  nearest  railroad  depot,  and  the  near- 
est market  for  grain  and  stock.  Only  a  few  miles 
west  deer  and  buffalo  were  plentiful,  roaming  un- 
disturbed over  the  prairies  and  through  the  wood- 
lands. Mr.  Bartlett  possessed  the  elements  most 
needed  to  battle  with  the  difticulties  and  dangers 
of  frontier  life,  and  proceeded  with  the  improve- 
ment of  his  property,  being  greatly  prospered. 
He  brought  the  soil  to  a  good  state  of  cultivation, 
erected  a  fine  set  of  frame  buildings,  and  added  to 


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liis  landed  possessions  until  ho  is  now  the  owner  of 
tlircc  hundred  and  sixty  broad  acres,  all  in  one 
trael  and  well-improved.  As  a  member  of  the 
community  he  stands  seconti  to  none  in  .lacksou 
'I'ownship.  His  estimable  wife,  to  whom  he  was 
manied  in  Pike  County.  Mo..  Octobers.  186S,  was 
formerly  Miss  Mary  C.  AVIieeler.  a  native  of  Cass 
County,  Mo.  The  parents  of  Mrs.  Bartlett  were 
Kdnuuid  and  Barbara  A.  (Rol)inson)  Wheeler,  na- 
tives of  Iventuckv.  but  now  deceased.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Bartlett  there  have  been  born  seven  children, 
five  now  living,  namely:  Walter  Edward.  Lavina, 
Pearl,  Samuel  and  Krnest.  Charles  Sunnier,  the 
third  in  order  of  birth,  and  an  infant  unnamed, 
are  deceased. 

In  connection  with  this  sketch  of  Mr.  Bartlett 
ma\'  be  found  on  another  |)a,iie  of  this  work  a  lith- 
ographic view  of  his  homestead. 


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1^5^  AMUEL  BAIN.  They  who  looked  upon 
'^^  Kansas  during  the  days  of  its  early  settle- 
ljl/\3i  ment  witnessed  scenes  which  in  all  proba- 
l)ility  will  never  be  repeated  here.  It  re- 
quired more  than  ordinary  courage  and  i)ersislence 
for  a  man  to  maintain  his  ])osition  during  the  years 
when  this  part  of  the  West  was  visited  by  various 
ealaniities.  and  when  those  men  who  then  settled 
here  were  by  no  means  in  affluent  circumstances. 
Mr.  Bain,  like  his  brother  pioneers,  came  here  poor 
in  purse,  but  nature  had  endowed  him  with  a  large 
amount  of  resolution  and  perseverance,  and  he  held 
to  his  first  purpose  of  liuihiing  up  a  homestead,  in 
which  lie  finallv  succeeded.  He  has  brought  his 
hind  to  a  good  state  of  cultivation  and  realizes 
therefrom  a  comfortalile  income.  He  cares  little 
for  iiarade  or  show,  and  is  content  to  dwell  amid 
modest  surroundings,  his  chief  amliition  being  to 
live  at  peace  among  his  neighbors,  keei)  clear  of 
debt  and  do  good  as  he  has  opportunity. 

The  farm  of  Mr.  Bain  is  pleasantlj'  located  on 
section  8,  Avon  I'ownship,  to  which  he  came  in 
1872,  and  wlipre  lie  has  since  lived  with  the  excep- 
tion of  two  years  spent  in  California.     He  was  born 


in  Jefferson  County.  Ind..  .;Sugust20,  1823,  and  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  Miami  County.  Ind., 
when  a  lad  of  twelve  years.  There  he  developed 
into  manliood.  obtaining  a  practical  education  in 
the  district  school  and  becoming  familiar  with  the 
various  pursuits  of  farm  life.  He  also  learned  the 
trade  of  a  carpenter.  He  remained  a  resident  of 
i\Iiami  County  until  18.56,  and  then,  a  young  man 
of  thirty-three  years,  started  out  for  himself,  and 
going  into  Monroe  County,  Iowa,  purchased  a  farm 
and  engaged  in  its  cultivation  and  improvement 
until  1872. 

In  the  fall  of  the  \ear  above  mentioned.  Mr. 
r)ain  came  with  his  famil\-  to  this  county,  and  with 
his  children  pre-emi)ted  a  section  of  land  including 
the  north  half  of  section  8,  and  th.e  south  half  of 
section  5.  He  gave  to  the  former  his  chief  atten- 
tion, making  of  it  his  homestead.  He  has  not  been 
wholly  absorbed  in  his  own  personal  interests,  but 
has  taken  time  to  look  after  the  school  of  his  dis- 
trict, otiiciating  as  Trustee,  and  giving  his  snjiport 
and  encouragement  to  the  various  other  enterprises 
calculated  for  the  atlvancement  of  the  peoiile.  lie 
served  as  County  Commissioner  three  terms,  and 
has  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace,  under 
appointments  by  Govs.  Osborne  and  Click,  and 
one  term  by  election.  The  Reiiublican  party  has 
received  his  uniform  support  since  he  became  a 
voting  citizen.  He  takes  an  active  part  in  politics, 
and  keeps  himself  well  posted  upon  current  events. 

In  October,  1887.  Mr.  Bain  went  to  California, 
where  he  S|)ent  nearly  two  years.  After  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War,  he  felt  called  upon  to 
proffer  his  assistance  in  the  preservation  of  the 
Union,  and  in  February,  18G2,  enlisted  in  Compa-iy 
A.  Thirty-sixth  Iowa  Infantry,  serving  two  years. 
In  the  meantime,  he  officiated  .as  t^)uartermaster 
.Sergeant  about  ten  months.  He  was  married  in 
Miami  County,  Ind.,  August  30,  1X49,  to  Miss 
Experience  Busick.  Mrs.  Bain  was  born  in  Pick- 
away County,  Ohio.  February  i),  1829.  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Ilezekiah  and  Matilda  (Hazel)  Busick, 
who  were  natives  respectively  of  Ohio  and  Ken 
tucky,  and  are  now  deceased.  Of  this  union  there 
were  born  four  children:  William  E.,  who  chose 
the  occupation  of  a  farmer,  married  Miss  Mattie 
Hickenlooper  and  died  in  Avon   Township.  Febru- 


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ary  5,  1884;  Maggie  is  thr  wife  of  William  H. 
Pierce  of  California;  Sarah  L.  married  James  Jor- 
(loii  and  tlioy  live  on  a  farm  in  Caldwell  Townsliip; 
Nancy  J.  is  the  wife  of  Andrew  H.  Swan,  a  fanner 
of  ■Wellington  Townsliip.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bain  have 
bean  consistent  members  of  the  Presliyterian 
Cluirch  for  the  long  period  of  thirty-five  years. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  William  Bain,  a 
native  of  North  Carolina,  wlio  married  Miss  Mar- 
garet Jameson,  of  (iarrett  County,  K3'.  They  emi- 
grated to  Jliann  County,  Ind.,  during  its  pioneer 
days,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 
Their  faniilv  consisted  of  nine  cliildrcn. 


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%ILLIA:\r    MYERS.     This    genlleraan    is  a 
prominent  resident  of  Wellington  and  the 


W^J  fortunate  possessor  of  sufficient  of  this 
woi'ld's  goods  to  enable  him  to  spend  his  years  in 
comfort  retired  from  active  business  iiursiiits.  He 
was  at  one  time  the  possessor  of  considerable  land 
near  this  place,  and  good  judgment  was  displayed 
bv  him  in  selling  at  an  opportune  time,  so  realiz- 
ing a  decided  advance  on  the  first  cost  of  his  prop- 
erty. He  possesses  fi:ie  business  ability  and  ranks 
among  the  honorable  and  reliable  citizens  of  this 
community. 

George  Myers,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject, 
was  of  German  ancestry  and  himself  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  in 
York  County,  where  he  carried  on  farming  opera- 
tions extensively  and  where  he  departed  this  life. 
He  was  the  father  of  three  sons,  one  of  wliom  died 
young, while  another  went  West  in  an  early  day.  His 
third  son.  Henry,  was  born  in  Y'ork,  Y^ork  County, 
Pa.,  and  having  acquired  the  trade  of  a  carpenter 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  became  a  contractor  and 
builder  in  Carlisle.  After  an  active  life  of  forty 
years  from  that  date  he  retired  from  business  and 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  enjoying  the  fruits 
of  his  labors.  At  the  age  of  eighty-five  3-ears  he 
was  gathered  to  his  fathers,  the  date  of  his  decease 
being  December  2.  1883.  He  had  married  Miss 
Anna  McFadden,  who  was  likewise  a  native  cf  York 


County,  and  who  also  died  in  Carlisle,  the  date  of 
the  sad  event  being  March  4,  18G3. 

The  parental  family  comprised  ten  children,  all  of 
whom  reached  years  of  maturity:  Emeline  marricfl 
William  Skiles  and  after  his  death  married  Maj. 
A.  A.  Line,  and  now  resides  in  Carlisle,  Pa.;  Susan 
mairied  Josejih  Gutshall,  of  Carlisle,  and  died  in 
California,  March  30,  1851;  George  W.  went  to 
California  in  1841),  and  finally  settled  in  Boise  City, 
Idaho,  where  he  died  on  the  19th  of  October,  1870; 
Henry  was  also  a  "  '49er"  and  his  death  took  place 
at  Soda  Springs,  Idaho.  October  21,  1871;  John 
died  in  Carlisle,  November  24,  1875;  Henrietta  be- 
came the  wife  of  Samuel  H.  Gould  and  lives  in 
Carlisle;  in  that  place  Luther  M.  also  resides.  So 
also  does  Anna,  who  married  Joseph  W.  Ogleby; 
Louesia  married  Samuel  A.  Brunbaugh,  of  Har- 
risburg.  Pa.,  and  they  live  in  Beloit,  Wis. 

William  Myers,  of  whom  we  write,  is  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania,  having  been  born  in  Carlisle,  Cum- 
berland County.  April  20,  1842.  He  was  reared 
and  educated  in  the  place  of  his  nativity,  and  while 
in  his  teens  began  to  learn  the  trade  of  a  car|)enter 
and  worked  at  tlie  same  with  his  father  until  of 
age.  He  then  engaged  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  as  a  clerk  in  the  (Quartermaster's  depart- 
ment at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  remained  there  for 
three  years  under  Charles  H.  Irvine.  After  the 
close  of  the  war  he  returned  to  his  home  and  in 
March,  ISUG,  went  to  Bloomington,  III.,  where  he 
accepted  a  position  as  clerk  in  the  station  of  the 
Chicago  &  Alton  Railroad.  After  serving  in  a 
clerical  capacity  five  years,  he  was  appointed  sta- 
tion  agent  and  occupied  that  position  eight  years. 

In  1879,  on  account  of  the  ill  health  of  his  wife, 
Mr.  Myers  resigned  his  position  in  Bloomington 
and  came  here,  arriving  on  the  first  train  that  ever 
biought  passengers  to  this  city.  He  had  previously 
visited  this  section  and  had  bought  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land  adjoining  the  town.  Im- 
mediately following  his  removal  here  he  built  a 
comfortable  dwelling  and  liegan  improving  his 
land,  which  he  operated  until  188G.  In  the  spring 
of  1880,  he  accepted  the  agenc}'  of  the  Southern 
Kansas  Railroad,  and  opened  the  station  for  this 
line  on  the  30th  of  March,  of  that  year.  He  re- 
tained the  position  of  station  agent  during  the  sue- 


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ceeding  seven  j-ears  ami  then  resignefl,  having 
readied  that  degree  of  financial  prosperity  wliich 
enabled  him  to  retire  from  active  pursuits.  The 
previous  year  lie  had  sold  one  hundred  and  fifty 
acres  of  land  for  nearly  §23,000,  and  now  owns 
sixteen  acres,  upon  which  he  resides  and  which 
forms  a  l)eautiful  home. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Mvers  took  place  Jul}-  3, 
1867,  hi.^  bride  being  Mrs.  Martha  B.  Carpenter,  a 
native  of  Hochester.  N.  Y.  Her  father,  William 
Cook,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  England,  and  was 
the  son  of  another  AVilliam,  also  a  native  of  the 
Mother  Country,  who  came  to  Canada  with  his 
family  and  settled  in  Kingston,  where  he  died. 
William  Cook,  Jr..  was  reared  and  married  in 
Halifax,  Nova  .Scotia,  and  after  his  marriage  re- 
sided in  the  Island  of  Cape  Breton  for  some  years. 
He  then  came  to  the  United  States  and  engaged  in 
mercantile  pursuits  in  Rochester.  X.  Y.,  for  a  time, 
whence  he  removed  to  Oberliu,  Ohio,  and  there 
managed  a  college  boarding  house  for  a  short  per- 
iod. His  next  removal  was  to  Columlius,  Ohio, 
in  which  jilace  he  was  employed  as  a  book-keeper 
by  a  hardware  firm  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
when  he  was  forty-four  years  old,  on  the  30th  of 
July,  1849.  His  widow  continued  to  reside  in  that 
city  until  185fi,  when  she  removed  to  Bloomington, 
111. 

The  maiden  name  of  Mrs.  ]\l3'ers'  mother  was 
Mary  M.  Adams;  she  was  born  in  Halifax,  Nova 
Scotia,  and  was  the  only  child  of  Thomas  Adams, 
and  a  direct  descendant  of  Henry  Adams  who  em- 
grated  from  England  about  the  year  1640  and  was 
a  pioneer  of  Braintree,  Mass.  Thomas  Adams  was 
a  nephew  of  John  Adams,  the  second  President  of 
the  United  States.  He  was  a  ship  builder  and  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  Halifax  and  Cape  Breton,  and 
after  her  marriage  made  his  home  with,  his  daugh- 
ter, ileparting  this  fife  at  her  residence  in  Columbus, 
Ohio.  His  wife  was  of  German  ancestry  and  bore 
the  name  of  Amelia  Sophia  Cobright.  William 
and  Mary  Cook,  parents  of  Mrs.  Myers,  reared  a 
family  of  eleven  children,  named,  respectively, 
William  P.,  Mary,  Amelia,  Thomas,  Hichard,  Wal- 
ter, Alexander,  Ellen,  Martha.  Charles  and  Samuel. 

Sirs.  Myers  w.as  first  married  in  Bloomington , 
111.,  in  1859,  being  united  to  Ei'astus  S,  Carpenter. 


who  was  born  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  followed 
the  printer's  trade.  Mr.  Carpenter  departed  this 
life  in  Januaiy,  1865,  in  the  eitj-  in  which  his  mar 
riage  had  taken  place,  leaving  one  son,  Edwin  L.. 
who  now  enjoys  a  lucrative  position  with  tiie  Rio 
Grande  Western  Coal  Company.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Myers  one  son  has  been  born,  William  H.,  who  is 
now  a  student  in  Spaulding's  Commercial  College, 
Kansas  City.  Mo. 

;Mr.  Myers  is  a  member  of  Wade  Boniiey  Post, 
No.  5 12,  and  tiie  A.F.  &  A.  M.,of  Bloomington.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  State  National 
Bank  and  was  its  first  \'ice  President. 


%il\  OSES  R.  JACKSON,  who  Is  eng.aged  in 
cornice  manufacturing  in  Wellington,  was 
born  in  Harrison,  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
August  8,  1883.  His  father.  John  Jack- 
son, was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and  so  also  was  his 
grandfather.  Ebcii  Jackson.  The  traditional  his- 
tory of  the  family  lineage,  is  that  the^-  are  de- 
scended from  five  brothers  who  came  to  America 
at  an  early  period  in  the  settlement  of  the  colonies. 
The  grandfather  of  our  subject  removed  from  East- 
ern to  Western  Pennsylvania,  at  the  time  of  the 
first  settlement  in  that  part  of  the  State,  and  located 
in  the  wilderness  thirty  miles  from  any  white  fam- 
ily', taking  up  Government  land.  He  built  a  saw- 
mill and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business,  and  rafted 
the  first  lumber  ever  floated  down  the  Mononga- 
hela  River  to  Pittsburg.  In  1808  he  removed  to 
Ohio,  making  the  trip  on  a  raft  down  the  !Monon- 
gahela  and  Ohio  Rivers.  He  settled  on  the  [ncscnt 
site  of  Cincinn.iti,  in  what  was  then  a  wilderness, 
and  subsequentl3'  took  a  tract  of  timber  land  twenty 
miles  distant,  where  he  remained.  A  part  of  this 
land  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  his  san,  Ethan 
Jackson,  and  the  town  of  Harrison  occupies  another 
portion  of  it.  Ethan  Jackson  and  his  sons  estab- 
lished a  potteiy  which  they  conducted  for  some 
years,  .and  in  that  place  the  old  gentleman  and  his 
wife  departed  this  life.  Mrs.  Jackson  was  a  na- 
tive of  Pennsylvania,  and  bore  the  maiden   name 


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of  Nanw  McLean.  Four  children  were  reared  to 
years  of  maturity — Neal.  .Tohn,  Daniel,  and  Ethan. 

Tiie  father  of  our  subject  was  a  j'oung  lad  when 
his  father  moved  to  Oliio.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
a  potter  in  Cincinnati,  and  was  interested  with  his 
father  and  brothers  in  establishing  the  poltei'v,  and 
prosecuted  his  trade  nearly  fortj'  3'ears.  He  resided 
in  Harrison  until  l.Sdis,  when  he  removed  to  Liv- 
ingston County,  111.,  where  he  died  late  in  the  year 
1872,  his  remains  being  taken  back  to  Harrison  for 
burial.  His  wife  was  born  in  Trenton.  >C.  Y.,  and 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Ruth  Ann  Riggs.  She 
died  in  Harrison  in  I860,  after  having  reared  six 
children — our  subject,  Ethan.  Isaac,  Saraii  J.,  .John 
and  Ruth  Ann. 

Moses  Riggs,  the  father  of  Mrs.  .John  Jackson, 
was  a  native  of  New  Jerse\',  from  which  Slate  he 
removed  to  Harrison,  Ohio,  and  later  to  Pike 
Count}',  111.,  where  his  death  occurred.  He  was  a 
millwright  .and  miller.  Besides  his  daughter  Ruth, 
he  had  three  other  children.  His  onl}-  son,  Cyrus, 
died  in  Franklin  County,  Ind.;  Rhoda  married 
John  Durand,  and  is  now  living  in  Pittsfield.  Pike 
County,  111.;  Emma  married  Alva  Shaw,  and  the}- 
crossed  the  plains  and  settled  in  Oregon  in  184G, 
being  among  the  first  whites  to  settle  there;  Mr. 
Shaw  look  the  first  sheep  to  the  Territorj-. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  and  educa- 
ted in  Harrison,  and  while  a  j'outh,  in  the  intervals 
of  study,  .assisted  in  the  pottery.  His  father  had  a 
tin  shop  in  connection  with  that  establishment,  and 
in  1849,  young  Jackson  entered  the  shop  and 
learned  the  tinner's  trade,  which  he  subsequently 
followed  until  July.  1862.  He  then  took  up  arms 
in  defense  of  tiie  Union,  becom.ing  a  member  of 
Compan}'  B,  Ninety  si.xth  Ohio  Infantry,  in  which 
he  served  Ihiee  years,  when  he  was  discharged  on 
account  of  the  expir.ation  of  his  service.  He  next 
eng.aged  in  farming  on  the  estate  of  his  father-in- 
law,  and  continued  thus  employed  until  1866, 
when  he  located  in  Fairbur\'.  III.,  and  there  fol- 
lowed his  trade  for  twelve  months.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  that  time  he  opened  a  shop  in  Chatsworth, 
in  partnership  with  his  brother  Ethan,  the  connec- 
tion continuing  until  1873,  when  he  sold,  and  a 
short  time  after  located  in  Wichita,  Kan.,  which  was 
then  a  citj'  of  about  two  thousand  inhabitants,  and 


the  western  terminus  of  the  railroad.  In  that  city 
he  continued  his  trade  as  foreman  of  a  shop  until 
1881,  when  he  came  to  this  place,  where  he  filled  a 
similar  position  for  four  and  a  half  years,  after 
which  he  established  himself  in  the  business  which 
he  is  now  conducting.  He  has  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  his  tr.ade,  and  turns  out  excellent  work,  and 
in  cverj'  relation  of  life  displa^-s  an  honorable  char- 
acter. 

In  Miss  Phoebe,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Phoebe 
Marsh,  Mr.  J.ackson  discovered  the  qualities  which 
he  desired  in  a  life  companion,  and  with  her  he  w.as 
united  in  marriage  in  1857.  The  bride  was  born 
in  Butler  County,  Ohio,  and  like  her  husband,  is  a 
worthy  member  of  the  Brethren  Ciuirch.  Their 
liappj-  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  three  chil- 
dren— E.  Edwin,  George  J.,  and  John. 


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^1  EROME  W.  KENDRICK,  an  early  pioneer 
of  Sumner  County,  pre-empted  in  1876,  the 
northwest  quarter  of  section  22,  in  what  is 
now  Jackson  Township,  and  taking  up  his 
abode  thereon,  has  continued  to  live  there.  He 
settled  upon  a  tract  of  wild  prairie  at  a  time  when 
the  countrv  around  him  presented  a  desolate  appear- 
ance, inhabited  principall}'  by  wild  animals.  There 
was  not  a  railroad  station  nearer  than  Wichita,  and 
the  present  flourishing  citj'  of  Wellington  was  a 
hamlet  containing  only  a  few  hundred  people.  The 
transformation  which  has  taken  place  during  the  in- 
tervening years  has  been  watched  by  Mr.  Kendrick 
with  the  warmest  interest,  while  he  has  contributed 
by  his  own  labors  to  bring  about  the  great  changi; 
which,  within  a  period  of  twentj'-five  j'ears  has 
passed  over  the  face  of  the  Sunflower  State. 

A  native  of  Butler  Grove  Township.  IMontgom- 
eiy  County,  III.,  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  born 
February  11,  1844,  and  is  the  son  of  the  Rev.  John 
C.  and  Rebecca  (Ware)  Kendrick,  both  natives  of 
New  Hampshire.  The  parents  were  reared  and 
married  in  tiie  old  Granite  State,  and  about  1830 
emigrated  to  Illinois,  locating  in  the  wilds  of  Mont- 
gomery County.     The  removal  was  made  overland 


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with  teams  before  tho  days  of  stages  or  hotels,  aiul 
the  travelers  carried  vvilli  them  their  beds  and  ja'c- 
visions.  camping  and  cooking,  and  sleeping  by  the 
wayside.  The  Keiidrick  family' fust  settled  in  what 
is  now  Butler  Township,  but  only  remained  there 
a  short  time,  the  father  later  entering  a  tract  of 
Government  land  in  what  is  now  Fillmore  Town- 
ship. This  land  was  all  prairie,  and  no  railroad  was 
liuilt  through  that  region  for  many  years  there- 
after. The  nearest  market  w.as  at  St.  Louis,  sixty- 
five  miles  distant,  and  from  three  to  five  days  were 
employed  in  making  the  round  triji. 

The  elder  Kendrick  improved  fortj-  acres  of  land 
upon  wliicli  he  lived  a  numljer  of  years,  then  selling 
out,  returned  to  Butler  Grore  Township,  and  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  wliere  he 
made  his  home  until  his  de.ath,  which  occurred 
about  1868.  His  wife,  Rebecca,  was  the  daughter 
of  Benjamin  Ware,  who  spent  his  last  3  ears  in 
New  Ham|jshire;  she  passed  away  in  18.56,  twelve 
years  prior  to  the  decease  of  her  husband.  Their 
family  consisted  of  nine  children.  .John  C.  Ken- 
drick united  with  the  Methodist  lipiscopal  Church 
in  his  youtli,  and  began  preaching,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  Conference.  After  his  removal  to 
Illinois  he  traveled  the  circuit  as  a  local  preacher, 
receiving  little  or  no  remuneration  for  his  services. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  attended  the  pioneer 
schools  of  ftlontgomery  County.  111.,  which  were 
mostl3'  conducted  duiing  the  winter  season,  and  as 
soon  as  old  enough  he  was  required  to  make  him- 
self useful  about  the  farm.  On  account  of  the  ill 
health  of  his  father,  he  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  assumed 
many  of  the  cares  anil  responsibilities  of  the  head 
of  the  household,  lie  remained  with  his  parents 
until  his  marriage,  and  then  purchasing  a  farm  ad- 
joining, lived  there  until  1870.  Then  selling  out 
he  started  for  the  farther  West,  driving  overland 
with  a  team  to  Booneville,  Mo.,  and  al  lliat  point 
chartered  a  car  which  conveyed  him  and  his  goods 
to  Osage  Alission,  whence  he  came  with  a  team  to 
this  county.  The  story  of  his  later  toils  and  sti-ug- 
gles,  is  the  common  one  of  those  who  settled  upon 
the  frontier,  and  his  prosperity  has  only  been 
aciiieved  by  the  most  unflagging  industry,  and  the 
exercise  of  a  close  economy.  He  was  successfid  as 
a  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  in  addition  to   the   cultiva- 


tion of  his  land,  has  erected  a  good  .set  of  frame 
l)uildings,  and  gathered  around  himself  and  his 
family  the  conveniences  and  comforts  of  niddeiu 
life. 

Miss  Rebecca  Livengood,  a  native  of  Hancock 
County,  C)hio,  became  the  wife  of  Jlr,  Kenorick  011 
the  28th  of  November,  1866,  the  wedding  taking- 
place  at  Millsboro,  III.  The  household  now  num- 
bers nine  children,  viz:  Carrie  C.  .1.,  George  A., 
Ida  May,  Nellie  G.,  Ella  K.,  John  J..  Jennie  F.. 
Minnie  E.,  and  Pearl  Ethel. 

Mrs.  Kendrick  is  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  John 
J.  Livengood,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  re- 
moved to  Ohio  in  his  jouth,  and  was  there  married 
to  Miss  Amanda  Byers.  a  n.ative  of  th.at  .State. 
They  removed  to  Illinois  about  18.51,  settling  in 
Montgomery  County,  Mr.  Livengood  was  reared 
in  the  doctrines  of  the  Lutheian  Church,  and  prior 
to  this  time  had  become  a  |)reacher.  After  the  re- 
moval to  Illinois,  he  was  assigned  to  a  charge  in 
Ilillsboro,  having  four  appointments  in  that  vicin- 
ity. He  lived  there  until  1804,  then  removed  to 
Butler  Grove  Township,  and  purchased  the  farm 
U|)on  which  he  still  resides.  He  labored  faithfully 
in  the  Master's  vineyard  until  1871,  then  retired 
and  spent  his  remaining  years  in  quietness  at 
Hillsboro,  passing  away  March.  1880.  His  wife  had 
died  at  the  home  farm  in  Butler  Grove  'I'ownship 
iu  February,  1879.  Mr.  Livengood  was  a  IJepub- 
lican,  [lolitically.  and   Mr.  Kendrick  is  a  Democrat. 


*  Ij^ILLIAM  CORZINE,  Vice-President  of  the 
\/yJ/l  First  National  Bank  at  Caldwell,  is  also 
Vyx^  engaged  extensively  in  the  livestock  busi- 
ness, being  one  of  the  largest  l:ind-owners  of  Sum- 
ner County.  Of  Southern  antecedents,  he  was  born 
in  Tobias  County,  N.  C,  .lanuary  .5,  18.3,5,  and  is 
the  son  of  .lohn  1!.  and  Elizabeth  (.Madden)  Cor- 
zine,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  well-to-do  planter 
during  his  residence  in  the  .South, 

.lolin  1\.  Corzine,  in  1 8.">8,  emigrated  to  -ler- 
sey  County,  111,,  where  he  sojourned  for  a  period 
of  fourteen  years,  then  changed  his   residence  to 


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Montgomeiy  County',  that  Slate.  In  tlie  latter  be 
spent  his  last  days  engaged  in  fanning.  He  was  a 
strict  n)enil)er  of  the  Baptist  Chinch  from  earlj- 
manhood  and  possessed  of  the  unquestioned  integ- 
rit}'  which  gained  him  the  confidence  and  esteem 
of  all  with  whom  he  had  dealings.  His  wife,  Eliza- 
beth, was  born  in  Roan  County,  N.  C,  and  was 
the  descendant  of  an  old  and  honored  familj-  of 
high  respectabilit3'.  She  also  like  her  husband  died 
in  Moutgomei  V  County.  111.  There  were  born  to 
them  six  children,  viz:  William,  Saiah  J..  Noah, 
Jefferson,  Francis  j\I.  and  Elizabeth  A. 

Tlie  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  first-l)orn  of 
his  parents  and  was  reared  on  a  farm  in  Jerse}' 
County,  III.  He  attended  the  common  school  and 
in  18.^2  removed  with  his  parents  to  Montgomery 
County,  where  he  commenced  farming  for  himself 
and  was  thus  occupied  there  until  1873.  In  the 
meantime  he  was  [irospered.  but  decided  to  invest 
his  cajjital  in  Kansas  lands,  and  coming  to  this 
county  purchased  nine  hundred  and  sixty  acres  on 
sections  16  and  21,  Falls  Township.  He  still  main- 
tains possession  of  this  land,  which  is  now  valuable. 
He  gave  his  attention  strictly  to  farming  until  1882, 
then  removed  with  his  family  to  Caldwell,  of  which 
he  has  since  been  a  resident.  He  still  has  the  general 
management  of  his  farming  interests  and  as  a  lead- 
ing stockman  of  this  county,  holds  membersliip  in 
the  Cherokee  Strip  Live  Stock  Association.  He 
started  out  for  himself  unaided  and  his  possessions 
are  solely  the  result  of  his  own  iudustrj'  and  good 
management.  For  three  years  he  served  as  County 
Commissioner,  and  is  recognized  everywhere  as  a 
liberal  and  public-spirited  citizen,  willing  to  aid 
in  any  project  which  will  result  in  the  advancement 
and  welfare  of  the  people  around  him.  He  is  an 
uncompromising  Democrat,  politicall}',  and  has 
taken  the  third  degree  of  the  Ancient  Free  &  Ac- 
cepted Masons.  The  Caldwell  First  National  Bank 
has  become  one  of  the  leading  institutions  of  its  kind 
in  this  county,  owing  its  prosperity  largely  to  the 
standing  of  its  A'ice-President,  who  is  also  a  leading 
director. 

Mr.  Corzine  was  first  married  in  1858  near 
Litchfield,  to  Miss  Sarah  Forehand,  of  Montgomery 
County,  111.  This  lady  was  a  native  of  Tennessee, 
and  departed  this  life  at  her  home  in  Falls  Town- 


ship in  187i).  There  were  born  to  her  and  her  hus- 
band six  children,  viz:  James  A..  Emma  J.,  Thomas 
J..  Ida  E.,  Mary  and  Albert.  Mr.  Corzine  in  1877 
contracted  a  second  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret 
S.  Blackwelder,  of  this  count}',  and  who  is  still  liv- 
ing.    Of  this  union  there  are  no  children. 


II ,  ENRY  J.  BEILET.     This  gentleman  is  not 

^1  only  one  of  the  substantial  citizens  of  the 
L>^  county,  financially  speaking,  but  is  one  of 
■f^i  its  educated  citizens  and  a  man  of  enterprise, 
morality  and  good  citizenship.  His  natal  da}'  was 
March  9.  1843,  and  Texas  claims  him  as  one  of  her 
sons.  His  father.  Joseph  lieilet,  was  born  in  Ger- 
many and  came  to  America  when  a  joung  man, 
making  his  first  settlement  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.  He 
became  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Texas,  and  being 
a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  intelligence  became 
a  prominent  citizen,  and  was  the  incumbent  of  sev- 
eral minor  official  positions.  He  served  as  a  pri- 
vate in  the  Mexican  War.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  in  religion  was  a  member  of  the  Lu- 
theran Church.  He  was  not  only  influential  among 
his  fellowmen,  but  displa3'ed  excellent  business 
ability  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  in  good 
financial  circumstances. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
was  the  fifth  in  a  famil}'  of  ten  children,  and  was 
reared  and  educated  in  his  native  State,  finishing 
his  schooling  as  a  student  in  St.  Mary's  College. 
In  1869,  he  went  to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  a  painter,  which  he  followed  but  a  few 
j'ears  ere  he  was  compelled  to  abandon  it,  as  he 
found  it  was  injuring  his  health.  Returning  to 
I'exas  in  1872,  he  entered  upon  the  business  of 
stock-raising  and  has  since  kept  up  his  interest  in 
stock,  his  principal  business  at  present  consisting 
of  buying  and  selling  good  grades.  In  1880  he 
came  to  this  county  and  purchased  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  in  Sumner  Township,  where  he  now 
lives;  he  also  owns  considerable  real  estate  in  Ne- 
braska and  altogether  is  in  a  condition  of  prosperity 
commendable    to  his  prudence  and  industrj'    and 


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liig'bly  satisfactory  to  any  man  whose  ideas  of  com- 
fort are  not  exorbitant. 

Tlic  family-  of  Mr.  Ueilot  is  nia<le  up  of  liis  wife 
and  tiireo  charming  (laughters — Mary  K..  Annie 
]>.,  and  I5irdie.  Mrs.  Beilct  bore  liie  maiden  name 
of  Laura  .1.  Wriglit  and  was  horn  in  Iowa,  A|)ril 
19,  1858,  to  Henry  and  May  (Heart)  Wright,  wlio 
were  natives  of  Ohio.  Tlie  Wrights  came  to  Kan- 
sas in  1871.  and  settled  in  tliis  county,  where  tlie 
father  is  still  carrying  on  his  occupation  of  a 
farmer.  The  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  be- 
tween the  daughter  and  our  subject  May  27.  1880. 


IL  D.  CLEVELAND.  This  gentleman  Is 
})]  the  proprietor  of  the  Capital  Livery.  Feed 
■^  &  Sale  Stable,  in  Wellington,  and  has  one 
of  the  finest  establishments  of  the  kind  in 
Sumner  County.  His  stables  are  located  on  Lin- 
coln Avenue,  and  there  he  usually  keeps  for  work 
sixteen  to  twenty  horses,  and  he  also  has  a  tine  line 
of  trade  in  boarding.  He  has  been  carrying  on  the 
establishment  here  since  1878,  and  is  one  of  the 
oldest  livery  men  now  in  the  city.  He  has  also 
been  quite  extensively  engaged  in  buying  and  sell 
ing  stock.  He  is  quite  an  old  settler  of  this  State, 
having  landed  in  Wichita  in  1872,  when  that  pros- 
perous city  was  but  a  small  village,  and  there 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  in  which  he  con- 
tinued some  three  years.  He  then  changed  hisein- 
ploymenl  to  that  in  which  he  is  now  engaged,  and 
a  few  years  later  removed  his  stock  to  this  city,  of 
which  he  is  now  n  prominent  business  man. 

Mr.  Cleveland  is  a  son  of  Joseph  and  Sallic 
(IJarrclt)  Cleveland,  natives  of  Niagara  County, 
N.  Y.,  wliere  they  were  married  and  where  for 
manj'  years  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming.  In 
18r)0,  they  removed  to  Stephenson  Count}',  III., 
about  eight  miles  from  Beloit,  Wis.,  thence  remov- 
ing to  Sheboygan  County,  Wis.,  where  Mr.  Cleve- 
land continued  his  former  occupation  until  elected 
Sheriff,  which  otiice  lie  held  four  years.  He  also 
served  as  Sui)ervisor  six  years.  In  18(il)  he  removed 
to  Iowa,  and  in  1774  came  to  this  State,  and  is  now- 


living    in  Pawnee  County.     His  wife  died  in  Wis- 
consin in  18C8. 

The  subject  of  this  brief  biograiihy  was  born  in 
Niagara  County.  N.  Y..  February  24,  18  18.  and  re- 
raaineil  in  his  native  county  until  eight  years  ol<l 
when  he  accompanied  his  parents  farther  West. 
Y'oung  as  he  was  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Rebel- 
lion, Mr.  Cleveland  was  anxious  to  devote  his 
jouthfnl  energy  to  the  cause  of  the  I'nion,  and 
therefore  placed  his  name  on  the  muster-roll  of 
Company  F,  Second  Wisconsin,  the  date  of'liis  en- 
listment being  March  22,1861.  He  was  first  sent 
to  Washington  and  then  went  to  the  front.  i)eing 
present  at  the  first  battle  of  Bull  lUiii.  After  the 
expiration  of  his  first  term  of  enlistment  he  entered 
the  riiirty-sixtli  Wisconsin,  as  Captain  of  Company 
F.  which  he  hafl  raised.  This  command  was  also 
sent  to  Washington  and  thence  to  the  seat  of  con- 
flict, and  Mr.  Cleveland  particiitated  in  all  their 
engagements,  from  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness 
through  to  Richmond.  His  services  includ(Ml  par- 
ticipation in  the  battles  of  Spoltsylvania  Court- 
house, Cold  Harbor  and  Welton  R.iilroad.  and 
many  smaller  engagements,  with  the  usual  amount 
of  hard  inarching  and  camp  duties.  At  S|)oltsvl- 
vania  Court-house,  he  received  a  flesh-wound  in 
the  leg,  and  was  an  inmate  of  the  field  hosiiital  for 
a  time.  He  attended  the  Grand  Review  at  Wash- 
ington and  was  mustered  out  at  Chicago.  .lune  18, 
1865. 

At  the  cessation  of  his  soldier's  life,  i\L'.  Cleve- 
land returned  to  Wisconsin  and  there  engaged  in 
buying  horses  foi-  the  Western  markets  until  the 
fall  of  186'J,  when  he  removed  to  Iowa  and  en- 
gaged in  the  livery  business  in  Cedar  Falls,  also 
on-ning  a  farm  in  (Wnndy  County.  From  Iowa  he 
removed  to  Austin,  .Minn.,  where  for  three  years 
he  w;is  engaged  in  the  sale  of  agricultural  iiniile- 
inents,  after  wbicli  he  became  a  resident  of  this 
Stale  and  ein|)loyed  as  before  noted. 

The  lady  in  whom  Mr.  Cleveland  fdund  the 
companion  he  desired  was  Miss  Anna  Porter,  who 
was  born  in  Cumberland  County,  Ivy.,  ,Iune  :i3, 
1856,  and  there  made  her  home  until  about  six 
years  of  :ige.  when  her  fallier,  R.  Porter,  was  killed, 
after  which  her  home  was  in  IJowling  Green.  In 
that  city   the  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  be- 


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twceii  liei'self  and  Mr.  Clevelaml  .Tune  5,  1883. 
Tlieir  liappy  union  has  been  blessed  by  llie  birth 
of  three  children — Alida  P.,  Grover  and  Chester. 
Mr.  Cleveland  belongs  to  the  Grand  Army  of 
tiie  Reinililic  and  to  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
WorUnien.  He  is  a  reliable  citizen,  an  honest  man, 
kindly  in  his  domestic  relations,  and  receives  his 
due  measure  of  resi)ect  from  his  associates. 


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^  ALVIN  L.  RKAD.  No  more  popular  man 
can  be  found  in  a  '•day's  journey,"  nor  one 
^i^'  more  worthy  of  the  regard  in  which  he  is 
held,  than  he  wliose  name  stands  at  the  head  of  this 
hiograiihy.  and  whose  portrait  appears  on  the  op- 
posite page.  He  settled  on  his  present  location  in 
Dixon  Township,  in  1879,  and  during  the  decade 
of  his  residence  here  has  been  actively  and  oflicially 
interested  in  various  social  organizations,  in  politi- 
cal and  educational  matters,  and  has  ahvays  mani- 
fested an  intelligent  interest  in  every  movement 
which  has  for  its  object  the  welfare  of  the  commu- 
nity. His  farm  is  now  rented  to  a  tenant,  and  com- 
prises one  hundred  and  sixty  acres,  eighty  of  which 
are  under  the  plow. 

Truman  Read,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  a 
native  of  Windsor,  Mass.,  and  the  son  of  Joshua 
Read.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  as  well  as  a 
farmer,  and  during  the  War  of  1812,  served  in  the 
American  army.  In  the  Empire  State  he  married 
Miss  Sallie  Brown,  who  was  also  a  native  of  Wind- 
sor, iNIass.,  and  they  made  their  permanent  abode 
in  Yates  County,  N.  Y.,  where  Mrs.  Reail  died  in 
1842.  The  father  of  our  suliject  subsequently  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Hennebergh,  who  is  still  living  on  the 
old  homestead,  her  husband  having  departed  this 
life  in  1877.  The  first  marriage  of  Trnman  Read 
was  blessed  by  the  birth  of  eight  children,  four  of 
whom  are  now  living. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  seventh  in  the 
parental  family,  and  was  born  Februar}'  3,  1834. 
He  received  a  good  common-school  education,  and 
remained  at  home,  helping  his  father  until  he  was 
twenty-one  j'ears  of  age.     He  has  always  been  en- 


gaged in  farm  pursuits,  except  during  the  Civil 
War,  and  began  life  for  himself  by  renting  a  farm 
which  he  carried  on  until  his  patriotism  was  roused 
to  a  pitch  of  enthusiasm  by  the  efforts  made  to  de- 
stroy the  Union,  and  he  abandoned  his  peaceful 
calling  to  take  his  place  in  the  ranks  of  his  coun- 
try's defenders.  In  18G2  he  became  a  member  of 
Company  A,  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-sixth  New 
York  Infantry,  and  until  June,  1865,  was  far  from 
home  and  friends,  undergoing  the  hazards  of  army 
life. 

About  the  1st  of  September.  1862,  Mr.  Read  was 
sent  with  his  comrades  to  Harper's  Ferry.  Va.,  and 
on  the  15th  of  the  same  month,  they  were  taken 
prisoners  b}-  .Stonewall  Jackson's  army.  After  hav- 
ing been  kept  on  parole  at  Chicago  for  two  months, 
they  were  exchanged  and  sent  to  Washington,  and 
placed  upon  jjicket  duty  at  Bull  Run  until  1803, 
They  were  then  attached  to  the  Secoml  Army 
Corps  at  Gum  Spring,  Va.,  and  took  part  in  the  try- 
ing scenes  of  Gettysburg.  Returning  to  Virginia, 
they  crossed  the  Shenandoah  and  Potomac  Rivers 
to  the  banks  of  the  Rappahannock,  remained  there 
for  a  time,  and  then  moved  over  to  Culpeper  on 
the  Rapidan  River,  wliere  they  remained  until  Lee 
undertook  to  flank  the  army,  when  they  again  re- 
turned to  Bull  Run,  The  command  started  South 
again,  went  into  the  Mine  Run  expedition,  and 
then  into  winter  quarters.  In  May,  1864,  they 
broke  camp  and  entered  upon  the  Petersburg 
Campaign,  and  in  April,  18G5,  the}^  followed  Gen. 
Lee's  army  to  the  surrender  at  Appomattox  Court 
House.  During  these  years  Mr.  Read  had  taken 
part  in  the  battles  at  Harper's  Ferry,  Gett^-sburg, 
Auburn  Run,  Va.,  and  Bristol  Station. 

Although  this  outline  of  the  movements  of  the 
command  to  which  Mr.  Read  belonged,  does  not 
include  many  of  the  most  terrible  and  noted  battle 
fields,  those  who  are  acquainted  with  a  soldier's  life 
know  that  it  was  not  the  less  arduous  or  hazardous. 
Indeed  what  are  commonly  called  minor  engage- 
ments, and  the  minor  duties  of  campaigning,  re- 
quire pei'haps  more  true  courage  than  that  called 
for  during  a  great  battle,  as  in  the  latter  there  is 
an  excitement,  an<l  even  an  exhilaration  of  spirit 
"when  the  fight  is  on,''  that  leads  men  generally  to 
forget  their  personal  danger,  and  the  very  number 


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engaged  lessens  llif  individual  chances  o(  injury. 
It  is  tlien^fore  true  that  the  greatest  bravery  is  fre- 
queutlj'  displayed  during  the  scenes  which  history 
does  not  record,  or  passes  over  wjtli  hut  a  slight 
comment.  Mr.  Read  was  one  of  a  special  detail  of 
one  hundred  men  to  act  as  Gen.  Ilancocic's  I'ro- 
vost  Guard,  and  wis  si-rving  in  that  capacity  at  llic 
close  of  the  war.  He  was  on  duty  at  Washington 
during  the  Grand  Review  in  18(k"). 

When  mustered  out  of  llie  service,  Mr.  Read  re- 
turned to  his  home  in  New  York,  and  soon  after 
se'itled  in  Oceana  County,  Midi.,  on  a  farm  which 
he  operated  for  twelve  years.  He  tlien  removed 
to  Arkansas,  and  after  sojourning  in  that  State 
about  eighteen  months,  came  to  Kansas  in  l<s7;i. 
and  took  up  his  residence  on  the  farm  where  lie 
slill  lives.  In  185()  lie  became  the  husband  of  Ma- 
ria Gerould  of  New  York.  They  have  one  cliild. 
Anson  Revell  Read,  now  living  in  New  York,  where 
he  owns  and  operates  a  vine3'ard. 

Mr.  Read  takes  an  active  interest  in  politics,  and 
always  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  scliool  board  in  District  No.  lGO,and  lias 
been  Road  Overseer.  He  has  been  Tyler  in  Aigonia 
Lodge,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  of  which  he  is  a  member; 
is  now  Master  of  the  Cirange;  is  Commander  of 
Argonia  Post,  No.  342.  G.  A.  R.,  in  which  he  has 
former!}'  held  other  ollices;  and  is  President  of  the 
Farmers'  Alliance. 


^  OHN  F.  RUGGLES.  This  gentleman  is  one 
of  those  ijrosperons  farmers  of  the  county, 
who  settled  within  its  limits  at  an  early  pe- 
'  riod  in  its  history,  and  who  have  witnessed 
the  development  of  its  agricultural  and  business  in- 
terests, and  the  change  from  wild  land  which  was 
the  haunt  of  buffalo,  boar,  deer,  and  other  wild 
animals,  to  well-kept  and  productive  farm  lands  d)l- 
te<l  with  peaceful  herds. 

Mr.  Ruggles  was  born  in  Lewis  County.  Ky.,  on 
New  Year's  Day,  1  850,  and  is  a  son  of  Moses  and 
Eliza  (Roberts)  Ruggles,  llie   former  of   whom  was 


of  New  England  ancestry',  and  born  in  the  same 
county  in  which  his  son,  our  subject,  first  saw  the 
light.  The  mother  w;is  born  in  Fleming  County, 
Ky.,  and  was  a  daughter  of  one  Samuel  Roberts. 
The  paternal  grandparents  of  our  subject  were 
Thomas  and  Louisa  (P.ourse)  Ruggles,  both  of 
whom  were  Ijorn  in  New  Engl.and,  the  grandfather 
being  of  English  ancestry.  They  were  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Lewis  County,  Ky.,  where  Thomas 
Ruggles  took  up  a  tract  of  timlicr  land,  upon  which 
he  cleared  a  considerable  acreage,  changing  the 
wilderness  to  a  fertile  farm.  There  the  father  of  our 
subject  was  born  in  April,  1810,  and  grew  to  ma- 
turity, his  early  life  being  passed  before  railroails 
were  built  in  the  IMue  Grass  State,  and  when  Rich- 
mond. Va.,  was  the  market  for  hogs  and  cattle,  to 
which  the  people  drove  them  from  farms  far  dis- 
tant. Being  reared  to  .agricultural  pursuits,  .Moses 
Ruggles,  upon  attaining  to  manhood,  bought  some 
improved  land  a  mile  distant  from  his  father's 
homestead,  and  there  took  up  his  emplo\nient,  and 
is  still  resiiling  on  the  same  place.  He  has  lived  to 
see  that  section  develop  into  a  well-settled  and 
wealthy  country,  and  now  finds  a  much  nearer  mar- 
ket than  Richmond  for  all  tiiat  he  desires  to  buy  or 
sell.  His  wife,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  departed 
this  life  about  the  year  1854,  when  he  of  whom 
we  write  was  scared j'  more  than  a  babe. 

John  F.  Ruggles  passed  his  boyhood  and  youth 
in  his  native  county,  leaving  the  parental  roof  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  years,  and  going  to  DeAVitt 
County,  111.,  where  he  began  life  for  himself  by 
working  on  a  farm.  He  then  rented  land  and  car- 
ried on  agricultural  pursuits  there  until  1S75.  The 
previous  year  he  had  visited  this  section  of  coun- 
try and  purchased  land  in  \\'ellinnton  Township,  to 
which,  at  the  dale  mentioned,  he  came  as  a  settler. 
Wichita  was  the  nearest  railroad  station,  whence  he 
traveled  to  this  coiintv  by  stage.  The  onlv  im- 
provement upon  the  [ilace  w-hich  he  had  i)urchased 
was  a  small  dwelling,  and  all  the  conveniences 
which  now  mark  the  place  have  been  accomplished 
by  him.  He  is  the  fortunate  possessor  of  a  half  sec- 
tion of  land  which  is  all  enclosed,  and  which  is  im- 
proved for  general  farming  or  used  as  i)asture  land. 
The  industry  and  pr,actieal  ability  of  Mr.  Ruggles  are 
plainly  indicated  by  the    appearance  of  everything 


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about  the  estate,  and  as  o.ie  who  has  assisted  in  the 
development  of  the  county,  and  been  for  a  number 
of  j'ears  one  of  its  reliable  citizens,  he  is  entitled 
to  and  receives  the  respect  of  his  fellow-men. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Ruggies  was  celebrated  in 
1  871,  the  bride  being  Miss  Armenia,  daiigliter  of 
Samuel  and  Harriet  (Grovsy)  Wilson,  who  was 
born  ill  Lewis  County,  Ky.,  and  who  has  been  a 
faithful  and  loving  wife  and  mother  since  the  date 
of  their  union.  Seven  children  have  come  to 
brighten  their  fireside.  They  arc  named,  respect- 
ively :  llattie  L.,  Dollie  J.,  Annie  L.,  Eliza  J.,  Ka- 
tie L.,  aud  Samuel  W.  and  Vadie  L.,  twins. 


f  OIIN  J.  STANDS,  an  extensive  farmer  re- 
siding in  Jackson  Township,  Sumner  County, 
w.as  born  in  Pike  Townshi|),  Stark  County, 
Oliio,  February  24,  18r)0.  His  father,  Henry 
Stands,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  reared  and  married.  When  a  young  man,  he 
learned  tlie  trade  of  a  weaver,  and  worked  at  that 
branch  of  industry  in  his  native  State  for  a  number 
of  years.  In  those  days  hand-looms  were  in  use, 
machinery  not  having  as  j'et  made  its  appearance 
to  benefit  both  the  workman  a-id  his  employer. 
Sometime  after  marriage  he  removed  to  Oliio, 
where  he  rented  land  and  engaged  in  fanning.  He 
met  with  gratifying  success,  and  after  a  time  was 
enabled  to  purchase  a  partly  improved  farm  in 
Pike  Township,  upon  whicii  he  moved,  and  where 
he  resided  until  his  deatli  in  188.5.  He  had  lived 
to  see  Stark  Count}',  Oliio,  develop  from  a  wilder- 
ness to  a  wealthy  and  populous  country.  The 
maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  our  subject  was 
Lydia  Holm.  She  was  born  in  Ohio,  and  now  re- 
sides on  the  famil}'  estate  in  Pike  Township,  Stark 
County,  where  she  enjoys  the  confidence  and  es- 
teem of  a  large  circle  of  friends.  Ilouiy  and  Ly- 
dia Stands  were  the  parents  of  fourteen  children,  of 
v/hom  ten  were  reared  to  maturity. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on  his 
father's  farm,  and  commenced  to  assist  him  in  Ins 
labors  as  soon  as  he  was  old   enough  to    be  of  any 


use.  He  continued  to  reside  with  his  parents  until 
his  marriage,  when  he  struck  out  for  himself.  He 
rented  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  his  old  home, 
and  operated  it  as  a  farm  until  the  year  1878,  when 
he  removed  to  Kansas.  Although  his  native  State 
was  endeared  to  him  bv  man}^  ties  of  kindred  and 
the  hallowed  associations  of  his  youth  and  man- 
hood, yet  as  it  offered  him  no  prospect  of  obtaining 
a  new  home  for  himself  in  the  future, he  concluded  to 
sever  the  chain  binding  him  to  his  nativs  soil,  and 
seek  a  home  in  the  great  and  glorious  West,  where 
he  could  call  the  land  his  own.  Hearing  good  re- 
ports of  Sumner  County,  he  decided  to  locate  in  it, 
and  has  never  had  occasion  to  regret  his  choice,  as 
it  has  fully  met  his  expectations  in  every  respect. 
The  removal  of  Mr.  Stands  and  his  family  was 
made  from  his  native  State  to  his  new  home,  via 
railroad  to  Wichita,  then  the  terminus  of  the  line 
in  that  direction,  and  from  that  point  to  their  final 
location  by  teams.  Upon  his  arrival  in  the  county 
he  bought  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  slightly 
improved  land,  including  the  southwest  quarter  of 
section  20,  Jackson  Township.  Energy,  industry, 
and  good  management  have  secured  for  our  subject 
a  large  measui'e  of  success,  and  he  has  been  enabled 
to  add  by  purchase  to  his  original  tract  of  land, 
until  he  now  has  a  fine  farm  of  four  hundred  acres, 
all  good  land  and  enclosed  by  a  thrifty  and  beau- 
tiful hedge.  He  has  erected  good  buildings  and 
planted  fruit  and  shade  trees,  which  will  in  the  near 
future  ainiily  reward  him  for  his  labor  in  their  be- 
half. He  manages  his  business  of  a  general  farmer 
and  stock-raiser  with  intelligence  and  skill,  andean 
show  as  good  land  and  improvements  as  can  be 
found  in  the  county. 

In  1874  our  suliject  and  Miss  Christina  Kahler 
were  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimony.  Mrs. 
Stands  was  born  in  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio,  and 
is  a  lady  well-fitted  by  nature  and  education  to  be 
the  wife  of  a  good  man.  She  is  an  earnest  Chris- 
tian worker,  and  exemplifies  the  precepts  of  re- 
ligion in  her  daily  life,  and  as  a  consequence  en- 
jovs  the  res[)ect  and  esteem  of  all  with  whom  she 
comes  in  contact.  She  is  a  member  of  the  United 
Brethren  Church,  and  is  a  regular  and  devoted  at- 
tendant upon  all  its  services.  Mr.  Stands  is  a  Ke- 
I    [)ublic:i]i  in   politics,  and   exerts    his    intluenc'c    for 


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the  success  of  liis  parly.  Mr.  mikI  Mrs.  Stands  liave 
been  chargerl  with  the  rearing  of  six  cliiiilren, 
named  respectively:  Bertha  E..  Ollie  M.,  Irving  S., 
Delia  X.,  John  il..  and  Myrtle  L. 


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.^'^T^HO^MAS  A.  DAVIS  has  been  a  resident  of 
this  county  since  187G,  and  is  the  owner  of 
a  pleasant  and  well-improved  farm  on  sec- 
tion 80,  Sumner  Townsliip.  rnd  engaged  in  general 
farming  and  stock-raising.  In  addition  to  his  agri- 
cultural employments,  he  finds  time  for  laliors  in 
behalf  of  the  cause  of  Christianity,  and  is  the  local 
r>n[)tist  (ireacher  at  ^Slaytield.  He  was  Justice  of 
the  Peace  for  a  number  of  years,  and  has  high  re- 
pute among  his  fellow-citizens  as  a  just  Judge,  a 
kindly  neighbor,  and  a  worthy   citizen. 

The  ancestral  line  of  oursuliject  is  traced  through 
a  number  of  generations  of  North  Carolinians  to 
English  ancestors.  His  grandfather  was  Daniel 
JJr.vis.  arid  his  father  William  Davis,  who  was  born 
in  181'J.  aiul  is  now  living  in  Jackson  County, 
Mo.,  whence  he  removed  in  18  45.  He  is  cng.aged 
in  tilling  the  soil,  and  has  an  honorable  recoril  as  a 
private  during  the  late  war.  The  mother  of  our 
subject  was  b(  rn  in  1818.  to  Thomas  and  ^Mar^' 
Winfrey,  and  was  christened  Xancy.  Her  father 
was  a  farmer,  and  like  her  husband's  family,  she  and 
hers  were  natives  of  North  Carolina.  She  also  is 
still  living.  The  parental  familj'  comprised  Thomas, 
Elvira,  Caleb  J.,  John  S.,  and  Mary  J.;  all  are  still 
living  e.\cept  Caleb  .1.,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sev- 
enteen. 

Mr.  Davis  vvas  born  September  6,  1839,  in  North 
Carolina,  and  being  but  a  lad  vvhen  his  [larents  le- 
moved  to  Missouri,  his  rearing  and  education  were 
comiileted  in  the  latter  State.  He  finished  his 
course  of  study  in  18.58,  and  taught  school  until 
ISCil,  when  he  determined  to  devote  his  strength, 
and  his  life  if  need  be,  to  the  cause  of  the  Tnion. 
He  therefore  enlisted  in  ("ompany  I,  Second  Mis- 
souri Cavalry,  and  served  his  country  faithfully 
until  June,  180.').  when  he  was  lionorablv  discharged 


and  mustered  out  of  the  service.  The  prini'ipal 
battles  in  which  he  participated,  were  Lexington, 
Lone  Jack,  Prairie  Grove,  and  Helena,  and  in  many 
minor  engagements,  lirilliant  cavalrj'  dashes  and 
scouting  exploits,  he  bore  a  gallant  part. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  war  Mr.  Davis  adopted 
the  occupation  of  farming,  and  until  the  year  1870 
was  thus  eng.aged  in  Missouri,  and  he  then  entered 
upon  a  mercantile  career, "pursuing  it  until  the 
fall  of  IS" (i,  when  he  pre-empted  tlie  land  vipon 
which  he  yet  resides,  and  again  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  the  pursuit  of  agriculture. 

On  January  U,  1860,  Mr.  Davis  w.as  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Emily  S.  House,  a  native  of 
Jackson  Count}-,  Mo  .  whose  natal  day  was  Octo- 
ber i7.  1843.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Julia  House,  who  were  natives  of  Kentucky  and 
North  Carolina,  respectively.  Mrs.  Davis  breathed 
her  Last  July  30,  1884,  [leaving  six  children  to 
mourn  the  loss  of  a  loving  mother,  and  to  whom 
she  left  as;a  heritage,  the  knowledge  'of  her  kind- 
ness and  consistent  Christian  character,  .She  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  Church.  Her  children  aie 
named  respectively:  Caleb  S.,  Julia  A.,  John  H., 
\\'illi:un,  Henry  J„  and  Isaac  W.  By  a  second 
marriage,  Mr,  DavisJias  one  ciiild,  DeForest,  who 
is  now  living  in  Jlissouri. 


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FREDERICK  S.  PHILLIPS  is  making  a 
gi  specialty  of  fruit-growing  and  has.  at  his 
pleasant  homestead  on  section  10,  a  grow- 
ing orchard  comprising  one  hundred  apple  trees, 
besides  pear  trees,  an  abundance  of  raspberries, 
blackberries,  grapes,  strawberries  and  other  small 
fruits.  For  eight  years  after  coming  to  his  present 
location  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith,  and 
had  a  shop  on  his  farm.  Gradually  he  gave  up 
this  business  to  engage  in  other  departments  of 
labor  in  connection  with  his  farm,  which  consists  of 
forty  .i.cres  of  well-improved  land. 

Of  sturdy  English  ancestry,  our  subject  was  born 
March  30.  18-27.  in  Hunterdon  County,  N.  J.     His 


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,):ireiits  were  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Phillips,  like- 
wise natives  of  Now  Jersey,  of  whicli  State  their 
forefatliers  were  among  the  verj'  earliest  settlers. 
It  is  said  that  to  these  earl^'  re[)resentatives  of  the 
Phillips  faniil}'  wore  issued  during  (.^ueen  Anne's 
reign,  deeds  to  large  tracts  of  land  in  New  Jersey. 
Jonathan  I'hillips  was  twice  married,  our  subject 
l)eing'  the  eldest  child  b\-  the  second  marriage.  He 
was  reared  to  manhood  in  his  native  State,  and 
until  the  age  of  sixteen  was  mainly  occupied  in  the 
ilc'tails  of  faim  life.  At  that  time,  however,  he 
commenced  to  learn  the  blacksmith's  trade,  serving 
a  four  years'  apprenticeship,  and  afterward  follow- 
ing it  in  New  Jersej'  for  a  period  of  thirty-  years. 
His  early  education  was  received  in  subscription 
scliools,  and  was  limited  to  the  meie  ludiments  of 
knowledge. 

Mr.  Pliillijjs  is  numbered  anjong  those  valiant 
patriots  who  offered  tiieir  lives  in  their  country's 
defense.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  C'ompauj'  G, 
Thirtieth  New  Jersey  Infantr)',  which  wasincori)o. 
rated  with  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  partici- 
paterl  in  the  battles  of  Chancellorville.  Fredericks- 
burg, Gettysburg,  and  other  minor  engagements. 
He  enlisted  as  Second  Lieutenant,  serving  in  this 
capacity  during  his  active  campaigri  of  nine  months. 
He  endured  with  hardihood  the  severe  marches 
accompanying  army  life,  for,  being  of  a  sturdy 
fiame  and  com|)act  build,  he  suffered  less  from 
hardshi[)S  and  exposure  than  most  of  the  soldieis. 

On  the  20th  of  January,  1849,  our  subject  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Caroline  Johnson, 
who,  like  himself,  was  a  native  of  Hunterdon, 
County,  N.  J.,  and  was  born  October  26,  1827. 
She  was  a  daugliter  of  Asher  and  Mary  A.  John- 
son, of  the  same  State,  and  of  an  old  family  proba- 
bly of  English  origin.  Eight  children  were  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Phillips,  of  whom  five  survive, 
namely:  Emma  A.,  wife  of  John  Watson,  of 
Trenton,  N.  J.;  William,  a  resident  of  Stockton, 
N.  J.;  Eva,  wife  of  George  Bruner,  and  a  resident 
of  Colorado;  Sallie,  who  married  Charles  Gurtner. 
of  Mulvane,  Kan.,  Lewis,  who  lives  in  Colorado. 
The  deceased  are — Mary  H.,  Asher  J.,  and  one  who 
died  in  infancy. 

Leaving  his  Eastern  home  in  January,  1877,  Mr. 
Phillips  cast  his  lot   anving  the  people  of  Sumnor 


County,  Kan.,  where  his  familj'  followed  him  the 
ensuing  March.  B3'  dint  of  toil  and  good  business 
management,  he  has  made  for  himself  and  family-  a 
comfortable  home,  and  there  is  passing  the  close  of 
a  well-spent  life.  He  has  gained  the  respect  of  the 
community  bj'  his  upright,  consistent  character,  and 
is  associated  with  the  Grand  Arroj'  of  the  Repub- 
lic, at  Mulvane.  Politically,  he  afHliates  with  the 
Republican  party,  and  is  an  earnest  worker  in  the 
interests  of  anything  calculated  to  benefit  the 
county  where  he  makes  his  home. 


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DWARD  C.  JEFFRIES.  Nineteen  years 
ago  there  might  have  been  seen  the  team  and 
wagon  of  an  emigrant  slowl}'  making  its 
way  across  the  countr}-  to  Palestine  Township  in 
the  month  of  July,  and  which  upon  arriving  on  the 
northeast  quarter  of  section  iJ,  halted  ami  the  travel- 
ers alighting,  proceeded  to  look  around  them  in 
contemplation  of  that  which  they  expected  would 
be  their  future  home.  The  outlook  was  not  remark- 
ably encouraging,  being  a  broad  stretch  of  open 
country  over  which  wild  animals  roamed  at  will 
and  which  had  been  scarcely  distuibed  by  the  foot 
of  a  white  man.  Upon  the  land  selected  there 
stood  a  little  12x14  frame  house  which  had  been 
put  up  by  some  discouraged  "squatter"  but  into 
which  Edward  C.  Jeffries  and  his  family  soon  re- 
moved and  proceeded  to  make  the  best  of  circum- 
stances. 

The  Jeffries  family,  as  maybe  supposed,  were  not 
over-stocked  with  this  world's  goods,  although  Mr. 
Jeffries  had  paid  for  his  claim  the  snug  sum  of 
§500.  He  was  of  a  hospitable  disposition,  which 
quality  was  shared  1)3'  his  excellent  wife,  and  that 
little  house  during  that  first  fall  sheltered  from  time 
to  time  four  other  families  who  sojourned  there 
tem[)orarily.  Neighbors  were  few  and  far  between 
anil  in  the  fall  of  1872  Mr.  Jeffries  went  only  about 
twelve  miles  west  of  the  present  site  of  Belle 
Plaine  to  kill  buffalo  for  his  winter  meat,  laying 
low  as  manj'  as  five  or  six  in  an  hour.  Large  herds  of 
these  animals  then  roamed  over  that  section  of  coun- 


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try.  Ui)on  one  of  these  expeditions  wliile  out  hunt- 
inu  Mr.  Jeffrie.^'  attention  was  attracted  by  a  move- 
ment in  the  grass  and  lie  discovered  the  head  of  an 
Indian  who  was  slealtiiily  walcliing  his  movements. 
The  savage  u()on  being  discovered  mounted  his 
pon}'  and  rode  at  a  rapid  rate  over  tlie  liill.,  point- 
ing an  arrow  in  liis  bow  at  the  wiiitoman.  Mr.  Jeff- 
ries leveled  his  repeating  rifle  on  his  threatening 
foe  and  tliey  each  came  to  a  lialt,  thus  regarding 
each  other  and  eacli  waiting  for  further  demonstra- 
tions. Finally  the  Indian  wheeled  and  left,  much 
to  the  relief  of  the  peaceable  white  man. 

In  due  time  there  was  constructed  from  this 
primitive  tract  of  land  one  of  the  best  farms  in 
Palestine  Township,  presenting  now  the  picture  of 
a  pleasant  country  home  where  peace  and  plentj- 
abound.  The  first  dwelling  has  been  supplanted  bj* 
a  commodious  fi'ame  residence,  near  which  have 
been  built  a  substantial  barn,  corn  cribs,  granaries 
anil  other  necessary  structures,  while  Mr.  Jeffries 
luas  [ilanted  over  a  thousantl  fruit  trees,  including 
apple,  peach,  pear  and  cherry,  besides  blackberry 
and  grape  vines.  The  farm  is  mostly  enclosed  and 
divided  with  hedge  fencing-.  No  more  fitting  mon- 
ument could  be  erected  to  him  whose  perseverance 
and  enei'gy  have  met  with  such  am|)le  reward. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in  Wood 
County,  Ohio,  Ma^'  12,  1836,  and  was  reared  there 
on  a  farm,  acquiring  a  practical  education  in  the 
disti-ict  school.  His  parents,  George  and  Rebecca 
(Buse)  Jeffries,  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania  and 
born  near  the  town  of  Little  York.  At  an  early 
date  they  removed  to  Harrison  County,  Ohio,  with 
their  respective  parents  and  endured  all  the  hard- 
ships incident  to  pioneer  life.  Later  the  mother 
became  a  resident  of  Wood  County,  that  State 
wheie  her  death  took  place  in  1864.  Prior  to  the 
removal  there  they  had  sojourned  for  a  short  time 
in  Cincinnati,  wliere  the  father  died  in  1848.  The 
mother  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  United 
Brethren  Churcli.  Th(>  paternal  grandfather,  Sam- 
uel Jeffries,  was  of  Scotch  ancestry  and  it  is  be- 
lieved was  born  in  tiie  Land  of  the  Thistle. 

Edward  C.  Jeffries  remained  a  resident  of  the 
Buckeye  Stale  until  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
War  and  at  an  early  period  in  the  conflict  enlisted 
as  a  Lnion  soUlier  in  Company  K,  Sixty-seventh 


Onio  Infantry,  being  mustered  in  as  a  private  No- 
vember 7.  1861.  He  served  three  years,  tlien  vet- 
eranized, and  on  March  18,  1865,  was  given  a  First 
Lieutenant's  commission  with  which  rank  he  served 
until  the  close  of  llie  war.  Prior  to  this  he  had 
acted  as  Commissary  .Sei-geant.  He  i)arlicipated  in 
man}-  important  battles,  including  the  fight  at  Win- 
chester, met  the  enemy  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley 
near  New  Market,  and  in  front  of  Ricl.mond  and 
was  at  the  battle  of  Black  Waaler,  INIorris  Island, 
Chapin  Farm,  Bermuda  Hundred,  Petersburg,  and 
had  the  satisfaction  of  witnessing  Lee's  surrender 
at  Appomattox.  His  companj-  wsvs  held  afterward 
about  twenty'  miles  north  of  Richmond  until  De- 
cember 7,  1865,  when  they  repaired  to  City  Point 
w-here  iNIr.  Jeffries  received  his  honorable  discharge, 
and  the  company  later  was  disbanded  at  Columbus. 
Ohio. 

.Air.  Jeffries  reliu-ned  home  without  a  scratch, 
able  to  enter  at  once  upon  the  duties  of  a  civilian. 
Esteeming  one  of  the  first  of  these  duties  to  be  the 
establishment  of  a  home,  he  had  prior  to  this  taken 
unto  himself  a  wife  and  helpmate.  Miss  Ellen 
North,  to  whom  he  was  wedded  April  24,  1865. 
Tills  lady  was  a  native  of  his  own  county  and  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Matilda  (Skinner)  Xuith. 
the  father  a  native  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  and  the 
mother  of  Perry  County,  Ohio.  Mr.  and  .Mis. 
North  became  residents  of  Wood  Count\-  with 
their  respective  parents  e.arly  in  life  and  during 
the  pioneer  daj's  of  that  region.  Orandfather  .Jos- 
eph North  and  liis  wife,  Catherine,  it  is  believed  'l 
were  both  natives  of  Pennsjivania.  Upon  emi- 
grating to  Ohio,  they  settled  in  the  heav}-  timber 
among  Indians,  bear,  wolves,  wild  hogs  and  other 
animals,  and  they  laboriouslj"  constructed  a  home- 
stead from  the  wilderness.  There  the}^  spent  their 
last  diiys.  On  the  maternal  side.  Grandfather  .lolin 
and  Elizabeth  (Oakley)  Skinner,  likewise  natives  of 
the  Keystone  State,  w-ere  early  (lioneers  of  Perry 
County,  Ohio,  whence  later  they  removed  to  Wood 
County  and  underwent  an  experience  similar  to 
that  of  the  North  family.  Those  courageous 
spirits  have  long  since  passed  away  and  it  becomes 
the  duty  of  their  descendants  to  hold  their  names 
in  rememliraiice. 

In  the  spring  of   1867  Mr.  .leffVies  removed  with 


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liis  little  family  to  Benton  County.  Iowa,  where 
they  sojourned  until  coming  to  Kansas.  There  has 
liten  horn  to  them  one  chilil  onl}',  a  sou,  George 
L.,  who,  vvith  his  parents,  is  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
!  odist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  Mr.  .TeEfries  is 
one  of  the  pillars  .ind  officiates  as  Trustee.  Mrs. 
Jeffries'  family,  as  far  back  as  she  has  the  records, 
were  all  identified  with  this  religious  denomination. 
Her  iiarents  aceompauicd  her  to  Kansas,  remaining 
with  her  until  their  decease,  the  father  dying  No- 
v(Mnber29, 1880,and  the  mother  February  19,  1881. 
Although  usuall}'  fortunate  Mr.  .Jeffries  has  met 
with  reverses  like  most  other  men.  In  1874  his 
crops  were  destroyed  by  the  grasshoppers  which  put 
the  family  upon  very  short  rations  for  the  follow- 
ing winter  and  spring.  Monej-  likewise  was  scarce, 
and  during  the  fall  of  that  year  Mr.  Jeffries  hauled 
corn  from  Ft.  Reno,  thus  making  mone}'  enough  to 
meet  his  expenses. 

Politically,  Mr.  .Jeffries  affiliates  with  the  Re- 
[lublican  party.  He  has  served  as  Treasurer  of 
I'alestine  Township  since  1887.  and  as  Trustee  from 
1884  to  1886.  He  belongs  to  Belle  Plaine  Post, 
No.  337,  G.  A.  R.,  and  his  son  to  the  Sons  of 
Veterans.  Mrs.  Jeffries  is  an  efficient  worker  in  the 
Relief  Corps. 


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ANIEL  GILCHRIST,  a  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  of  Belle  Plaine  Township  and  the 
''^^  owner  of  two  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  therein,  is  a  native  of  Caithness  Shire, 
Scotland,  where  bis  eyes  first  opened  to  the  light 
April  10.  1838.  He  is  the  son  of  William  and 
Margaret  (Dunbar)  Gilchrist  and  is  the  oldest  liv- 
ing member  of  the  parental  family.  An  older 
brother,  William,  is  deceased ;  John  lives  also  in 
Belle  Plaine  Township:  Alexander  is  deceased; 
and  Margaret  is  the  wife  of  J.  W.  Dand,  of  Belle 
Plaine.  The  mother  now  lives  in  that  town,  but 
the  father  departed  this  life  in  1883. 

The  e.Trly  years  of  our  subject  were  spent  in  the 
usual  occupations  and  recreations  of  boyhood,  and 


at  t.'ie  age  of  sixteen  years  he  began  an  apprentice- 
ship at  the  carpenter's  and  joiner's  trade,  serving- 
four  years.  He  subsequently  pursued  that  occupa- 
tion as  a  journeyman  and  followed  it  for  a  period 
of  about  thirty  years.  On  May-day,  1860,  he  was 
luiited  in  inarri.age  with  Jliss  Mary  Brims,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Donald  and  Catherine  liriras,  who  was  born 
in  Scotland  in  1828.  A  son  William,  born  July  1, 
1861,  came  to  l)lcss  this  union.  The  wife  and  mo- 
ther participated  in  her  husband's  fortunes  until 
November  25,  1889,  when  she  breathed  her  last, 
leaving  behind  her  a  wealth  of  love  a.ad  affection, 
and  greatly  missed  both  by  her  famil}-  and  the  peo- 
ple who  knew  aer  so  vvell.  She  w.ms  a  consistent 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mr.  Gilchrist  emigrated  to  America  in  18G1, 
passage  being  taken  at  Glasgow,  on  the  steamer 
'•Caledonia,"  of  the  Anchor  Line,  which  after  an 
ocean  voy'age  of  sixteen  daj's  made  a  landing  at 
(Juebec,  Canada.  Thence  Mr.  Gilchrist  went  to 
Montreal,  where  he  followed  his  trade  for  four 
years,  after  which  he  removed  to  Boston, Mass. 
residing  near  that  city  two  years,  working  in  a  sash, 
door  and  blind  factory.  In  1865,  he  became  a  cit- 
izen of  Chicago,  111.,  and  during  the  following  ten 
years  was  employed  as  a  journe^'man  carpenter  in 
that  city.  His  next  removal  was  to  Sumner  Count}-, 
Kan.,  and  his  first  settlement  was  on  Cow  Skin 
Creek,  on  section  19.  That  location  was  his  home 
for  four  years,  after  which  he  settled  on  section  25, 
Belle  Plaine  Township,  which  h.as  since  been  his 
home. 

The  home  farm  of  Mr.  Gilchrist  comprises  one 
hundred  and  sixtj-  acres,  which  at  the  time  of  his 
ssttlement  upon  it  was  in  a  primitive  condition 
with  the  exception  of  having  had  the  sod  turned 
on  about  twenty-five  acres.  There  was  no  house 
whatever  on  the  land  and  the  condition  in  which 
the  estate  is  now  seen  has  resulted  from  the  energy 
and  hard  labor  of  the  owner,  and  his  son,  who  from 
his  boyhood  proved  an  efflcieut  helper.  They  en- 
dured the  hardships  subject  to  pioneer  life,  the 
devoted  wife  and  mother  being  a  helpmate  and 
counselor,  and  encouraging  the  father  and  son  in 
every  e&"ort. 

Mr.  Gilchrist  has  served  for  three  terms  as  Treas- 
urer of  School  District  No.  76.     In  politics  he  is  a 


PORTKAIT  AND   I'.K  »( ;  I!  A  I'll  ICAI.   ALIUM. 


Democrat  while  his  son  is  an  equally  stmicli  lvt'i)iib- 
licaii.  The  sturdy  elements  of  the  .Scotch  character 
JKive  been  well  manifested  in  the  career  of  Mr. 
(iilehrist,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  his  many  friends 
to  know  that  he  is  prosperint;  in  liis  worldly  affairs, 
and  to  feel  that  he  is  interested  in  all  movements 
which  pertain  to  the  public  good  in  the  section  of 
which  he  has  been  so  lono'  a  worthy  resident. 


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'iHOMAS  N.  CORN  WELL.  A  mixed  popu- 
lation has  been  blended  together  very  har- 
^  moniously  in  the  settlement  of  this  county, 
men  having  come  fmni  nearly  all  parts  of  the 
United  States.  'I'lie  subject  of  this  notice,  one  of 
the  well-to-do  fanners  of  Palestine  Township  and 
comfortablj'  located  on  section  5,  is  a  native  of  OhI 
Virginia  and  was  born  in  Fauquier  Country,  August 
31,  1832.  About  six  years  later  his  parents,  Ben- 
jamin and  Nancy  ((irant)  Cornwell,  removed  to 
Madison  County,  Ohio,  locating  on  a  farm  in  the 
heavy  timber,  or  upon  land  which  the  father,  by 
the  exercise  of  gre;it  industry  and  persever;uue 
transformed  into  a  farm.  He  felled  tlie  heavy  tim- 
ber, grubbed  out  and  burned  the  stumps,  plowed, 
harrowed  and  sowed,  and  this  process  repeated 
season  after  season  in  due  time  placed  the  family 
in  comfortable  circumstances. 

Amid  these  scenes  young  Cornwell  was  reared  to 
man's  estate.  He  assisted  his  father  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  farm,  remaining  under  the  home 
roof  until  isfil.  being  then  a  youth  of  twentj'-two 
years.  In  the  meanlinie,  in  18;J3,  the  mother  had 
passed  away.  In  ISofi,  Benjamin  Cornwell  emi- 
grated to  DeWitt  County.  111.,  ami  died  the  follow- 
ing 3'ear.  Prior  to  this,  in  llSol,  Thomas  N.  had 
gone  to  Illinois,  of  which  State  he  remsined  a  resi- 
dent until  LSSO.  He  there  met  his  fate  in  the 
person  of  Miss  Margaret  James,  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  1858.  This  lady  was  born  Jul}'  26, 
18;)7,  in  Fayette  County,  Ohio,  and  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  AVilliam  and  Susan  (Helford)  James,  who 
removed  from  ()hi(j  to  DeWitt  (bounty,  III.,  during 
the  earl)    settlement  of    the   Prairie    State.     They 


there  spent  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  The 
grandfather.  "William  James,  emigrated  from  Mary- 
land to  Ohio  at  an  early  date  and  died  there.  On 
the  maternal  side  Grandfather  AVillliam  Bclforcj. 
removed  from  Virginia  to  Hlinois.  likewise  in  jiio- 
neer  times,  and  there  he  died. 

Mr.  Cornwell  prosecuted  farming  in  Illinois  un- 
til the  f.-dl  of  1880.  then  disi)osing  of  his  interests 
in  that  region  came  to  Kansas  and  invested  his 
capital  in  his  present  farm  of  two  hundred  and 
forty  acres.  With  the  exception  of  an  old  box 
house,  which  had  been  erected  by  some  pioneer 
who  had  become  discouraged  and  abandoned  it, 
there  were  no  improvements  upon  the  place.  Mr. 
Cornwell's  first  business  was  to  provide  a  shelter 
for  his  family, and  he  then  began  at  first  principles 
in  the  construction  of  a  farm.  He  has  been  greatly 
prospered  in  his  labors,  bringing  the  soil  to  a  good 
state  of  cultivation,  planting  fruit  and  shade  trees, 
erecting  Ijuildings  and  bringing  about  the  other 
improvements  naturall}'  suggested  to  the  enterpris- 
ing individual.  He  and  his  family  are  now  domi- 
ciled in  a  tine,  large  frame  dwelling,  a  view  of 
which  aii|iears  in  connection  with  this  sketch.  Ad- 
jacent to  the  residence  is  a  substantial  l)aru  and  other 
good  buildings,  an  orchard  of  about  five  acres,  and 
there  are  also  twenty  acres  of  timber  which  has 
chiefly  grown  up  since  he  came  here. 

The  Innisehold  circle  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cornwell 
was  completed  b}-  the  birth  of  nine  children,  seven 
of  whom  are  living,  viz:  Albert.  Stephen,  Alvin, 
Elmer,  James,  Anna  and  Ma.  The  two  deceased 
died  in  infanc}'.  The  wife  and  mother  departed 
this  life  Feljruary  4,  1881,  at  the  homestead  in 
Palestine  Township;  she  was  forty -six  years  of  age, 
and  her  death  cast  a  gloom  over  the  neighborhood. 
Mr.  Cornwell  formed  a  second  matriun>nial  alliance 
March  17.  188IJ.  the  lady  being  Mrs.  Ruth  E. 
(Hatfield)  Shay,  who  was  born  September  II,  1840, 
in  La  Porte  County,  Ind.,  her  parents  being  JMoses 
and  Xancy  (Christy)  Hatfield,  natives  of  A'irginia 
and  Ohio  respectively.  They  removed  to  Indiana 
at  an  early  day.  but  after  the  late  war  removed  to 
Missouri,  where  the  mother  died,  aged  about  sixty- 
six  3^ears.  The  father  is  still  living  in  Hariison 
Count}',  Mo.,  and  has  now  reached  the  advanced 
age   of  eighty -six  j'ears.     Mrs.  Cornwell  wos  first 


^^^mk 


Farm  Residence  ofT.  N.Cornwell,5ec.5.  PalestineTp.^SumnerCo.Kan 


:SSlMSafttoKiw'rT^iWBij^lit^^ 


-'^'"m^.v;^*^ 


Farm  Residence  or  W  A. Darby,  Sec.2.belleBlaineTp,SuivinerCo.Kan. 


Farm  Residence  o"f  Isaac  Vancuren,  5ec8,PalestineTp.SuivinerCo.Kans. 


THE 

NEW  YORl<^ 
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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


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mairied,  January  7,  1858.  to  Tsaiali  Shaj',  the  cere- 
mony being  perfonned  in  Tazewell  County,  III. 
Their  five  children  were  named,  respectively:  Kit 
tie,  Ira.  Mary,  Raehael  and  Iva.  Kitlie  died  near 
Belle  Plaine  in  1887.  All  are  married  and  have 
families,  with  the  excei)tion  of  fra  who  makes  his 
home  in  Palestine  Townshiii. 

jNIr.  and  Mrs.  Curnwell  belong  to  the  Christian 
Church,  attending  services  in  Belle  Plaine,  and  in 
which  our  subject  serves  as  a  Deacon.  In  Illinois  he 
was  an  Elder.  lie  has  .alw.ays  been  interested  in  edu- 
cational matters,  believing  in  giving  to  the  3"oung  all 
the  advantages,  fitting  them  to  become  useful  and 
intelligent  memlwrs  of  society-.  He  has  served 
as  Treasurer  most  of  the  time  since  coming  to  Pal- 
estine Townslii|i.  In  DeWitt  Count3-,  111.,  he  rep- 
resented Texas  Townshi[)  in  the  County  Board  of 
Supervisors  a  numlier  of  )'ears.  He  also  in  Illinois 
identified  himself  with  the  Indei)endent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  he  is  a  charter  member  of  Belle 
Plaine  Lodge,  No.  198,  and  the  P^ncampracnt  at 
Belle  Plaine.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our 
subject  was  Payton  Cornwell,  a  native  of  Virginia, 
in  which  State  his  father  located  upon  coming  to 
America  from  England.  On  the  maternal  side  his 
grandfather,  Isaac  Grant,  was  of  Scotch  ancestr3- 
and  died  iu  ^'irsjinia. 


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17SAAC  VANCUREN.  The  subject  of  this 
I  notice  holds  a  prominent  position  in  the  agri- 
i  cidtui'al  community  of  Palestine  Township, 
and  is  successfully  cultivating  two  hundred  and 
fortj-  acres  of  good  land,  pleasantly'  located  on  sec- 
tion 8.  As  a  farmer,  he  is  thorough  and  skillful, 
and  as  a  member  of  the  community,  is  held  in  high 
respect.  By  birth,  he  is  an  Ohio  man,  a  native  of 
Belmont  Count}-,  and  was  born  October  29,  1839. 
When  a  mere  boy,  his  i)areiits,  Cornelius  and  Cathe- 
rine (Hagen)  Yancuren,  changed  their  residence 
from  Belmont  to  Hocking  County,  where  they  spent 
the  remainder  of  their  lives.  The  mother  first 
jjassed  away,  being  then  sixty  years  old.  Cornelius 
Vancuren   lived    to  the  udvnnceil  age    of    eiglily 


years.  Both  were  church  members,  worthy  and 
conscientious  pcofile  who  lived  at  peace  with  their 
neighbors  and  eujoved  the  respect  of  all  who  knew 
them.  The  fatlier,  politically,  was  a  Democr.at, 
and  had  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 

Mr.  ^'ancuren  was  reared  to  man's  estate  in 
Hocking  Count}-,  Ohio,  and  when  read}- to  establish 
domestic  ties,  was  wedded,  in  jNIarch,  1849,  to  !Miss 
Eliza  A.,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Maiy  A.  (Flen- 
ncr)  Yantes.  This  lady  was  born  in  Pickaw.ay 
County,  Ohio,  but  her  parents  later  removed  to 
Hocking  County,  where  they  sijent  the  closing  years 
of  their  liv'es.  dying  in  the  faith  of  the  Lutheran 
Church.  The  paternal  grandfather,  Henry  Yantes, 
was  born,  it  is  supposed,  in  Germany.  Both  he 
and  his  wife,  Catlierine.  died  in  Pickaway  County, 
Ohio.  On  the  mother's  side.  Grandfather  George 
Flenner.  with  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  diijd  in  Sandusky 
County,  Ohio. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  N'ancurcn  lived  on  a  f.irm  in 
Hocking  County,  Ohio,  until  the  spring  of  1865. 
then  removed  to  Shelby  County.  III.,  locating  there 
also  upon  a  farm,  and  remaining  three  years,  when 
they  removed  to  Macon  County,  where  they  re- 
mained until  February,  1877.  Their  next  removal 
w.as  to  this  county.  Mr.  Vancuren  at  once  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which 
is  now  included  in  his  present  farm.  Later  he 
added  to  his  landed  possessions,  until  he  has  now 
two  hundred  and  forty  acres,  all  in  productive  con- 
dition and  devoted  to  general  agriculture.  The 
family  first  occupied  a  small  house,  and  beyond  a 
few  acres  of  ground  having  been  plow^ed,  this  was 
the  only  improvement  upon  the  place.  The  near- 
est market  was  at  Wichita,  to  which  place  the  farm- 
ers of  this  region  conveyed  their  produce  overland 
with  teams.  Mr.  Vancuren  labored  industriously 
in  the  construction  of  his  homestead,  and  its  present 
condition  indicates  to  what  good  purpose  he  em- 
ployed his  time.  Besides  the  cultivation  of  the 
soil,  and  the  erection  of  buildings,  he  planted  a 
grove  of  forest  trees  and  numbers  of  api)le  trees, 
besides  the  smaller  fruits.  The  family  enjoy  all 
the  comforts  and  many  of  the  luxuries  of  life. 

Seven  children  came  to  bless  the  union  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Vancuren,  all  of  whom  are  still  spared  to 
them.     The  eldest  born,  a  daughter,  Catherine,  is 


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the  wife  of  Anthony  llahn,  and  they  live  in  this 
county;  Mary  .1.  is  tlie  wife  of  .)anies  L.  Vanglian, 
of  Winfield;  Elizabeth,  l\Irs.  15enjamin  Aiiibeit, 
lives  in  Dalton,  111.;  Rebecca  .J.  is  the  wife  of 
Henrj' (iiaban  of  Washington :  John  and  William 
remain  at  home  witli  their  parents;  Harriet  A.  is 
the  wife  of  William  Daily,  and  tliey  live  in  Win- 
field.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ^'aneuren  are  connected  with 
the  Christian  Chnrch  at  Belle  Plaine,  and  occupy  a 
gt)od  ])Osilion  in  tlieir  conunuiiity. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Vanciuen  was 
a  Tory  during  Revolutionary  times,  and  after  the 
war  was  over,  settled  in  Xevv  York  State,  where  it 
is  supposed  he  spent  his  last  days.  On  his  mother's 
side,  Grandfather  David  Ilagen,  it  is  supposed,  was 
born  in  Ireland.  He  lived  in  Pennsylvania  many 
years,  and  died  tliere.  On  another  page  of  this 
volume  ma.y  he  found  a  view  of  Mr.  A'ancuren's 
residence. 


VW      ahea 


ILLIAM    ALFRED    DARBY.     Here    and 


e  we  find  a  man  of  advanced  thought, 
\^^  ahead  of  his  time,  keeping  himself  well 
posted  upon  the  march  of  events,  and  taking  a 
warm  interest  in  the  various  enterjjrises  calculated 
to  benefit  the  world  in  general.  Mr.  Darby  is  one 
of  the  most  jmblic  spirited  men  of  Belle  Plaine 
Townshi]),  and  is  a  farmer  by  occupation,  operating 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  well-developed  land 
on  section  2.  He  came  to  this  county  in  the  spring 
of  1871,  from  Independence,  this  State,  and  during 
his  eighteen  years  residence  among  the  people  of 
this  community,  has  fully  established  himself  in 
their  confidence  and  esteem. 

Mr.  Darby  was  born  in  West  ^■irginia,  March 
1 8,  1 842,  and  wdien  a  child,  was  taken  bj'  his  parents 
to  Richland  County,  Ohio.  His  boyhood  and 
yontii  were  spent  amid  the  quiet  pursuits  of  farm 
life,  and  he  acquired  his  education  in  the  common 
seliool.  The  family  left  the  liuckej'e  State  about 
1860,  removing  to  Logan  County,  111.,  and  later 
crossing  the  Mississippi,  took  up  their  aliode  in 
Indepen  lence,  this  Stale.  William  A.  remained 
there  one  winter,  then  coming  to  this  county,  pre- 


empted one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land — that 
which  constitutes  liis  present  farm — and  where  he 
has  since  resided.  This  was  then  a  tract  of  wild 
land,  without  any  improvements,  and  it  lias  taken 
no  small  amount  of  labor  and  cai)ital  to  bring  it  to 
its  present  condition.  The  residts  of  perseverance 
and  industry  have  l)een  illustrated  in  a  markiMl 
degree  in  the  labors  of  ;\Ir.  Darby,  who  is  now  in 
possession  of  one  of  the  most  desirable  Lomes  in  tliis 
part  of  the  county. 

Mr.  ])arb\'  came  to  this  section  an  unmarried 
man.  but  in  due  time  formed  the  acquaintance  of 
Miss  Angehne  Lawless,  to  whom  he  was  wedded  in 
Belle  Plaine  Township.  A])ril  25,  1875.  Mrs. 
Darby  was  born  in  Russell  County,  Ky.,  .\pril  5ih, 
1855,  and  is  the  daughter  of  James  and  Xancy 
(Cook)  Lawless,  who  aie  now  living  in  Harmon 
Township.  The  young  people  began  the  journey 
of  life  together  at  their  own  liome.  and  toiled 
mutually  in  gathering  around  themselves  the  con- 
veniences and  comforts  of  modern  life.  Mr.  Darby 
is  a  reader,  and  keeps  himself  posted  upon  jiolitical 
events,  givinghis  cordial  support  to  the  Republican 
party. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  John  O.  Darby, 
who  married  Miss  Sarah  Xeal;  they  were  natives 
of  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  respectively.  They 
became  the  jjarents  of  eleven  children,  anil  si)ent 
their  last  days  in  Richland  Count}-.  Ohio. 

Among  other  lithographic  views  of  well-de- 
veloped farms  in  Sumner  County,  we  present  that 
of  Ml.  Darby,  with  some  of  its  improvements  and 
principal   buildings. 


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*-$«H^«: 


^  IJ.ESLEY  S.  NORTH.  This  gentleman  ranks 
\^l  among  the  leading  farmers  of  Palestine 
W^  Township,  being  the  owner  of  eighty  acres 
of  choice  land  on  section  32.  This  land  has  been 
thoroughly  imjjroved  and  embellished  with  good 
buildings,  including  a  neat  modern  dwelling,  with 
stables,  corncribs,  etc.;  adjacent  to  them  is  an  or- 
chard of  five  acres,  with  an  abundance  of  the  smaller 


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fruits.  Mr.  North  ninkes  a  specialty  of  stoolc-rais- 
ing,  principally  Poland-China  swine.  He  is  amply 
worthy  of  a  representation  in  this  work  as  a  thor- 
ough and  skillful  agriculturist  and  a  useful  meiu  • 
ber  of  tlie  community. 

A  native  of  Wood  County,  Ohio.  Mr.  North  was 
born  February  5,  1838,  and  spent  his  early  years 
learning'  the  arts  of  agriculture.  His  parents,  Will- 
iam and  Matilda  (Skinner)  North,  were  natives  re- 
spectively of  Germantown,  Pa.,  and  Perry  County, 
Ohio.  Each  emigrated  with  tiieir  parents  at  an 
early  date  to  Wood  County,  Ohio.  The  paternal 
grandparents  of  our  subject  were  .losepli  and  Cath- 
erine (North)  North,  and  on  his  mother's  side  his 
grandparents  were  John  and  Catherine  (Oakley) 
Shinner.  They  all  look  up  their  abode  in  the 
liuckeye  State  about  1836,  among  Indians  and  wild 
animals,  the  latter  including  bears,  wild  cats, 
wolves  and  other  dangerous  creatures.  Each  fam- 
ily |)Ut  up  a  little  log  cabin  and  began  the  con- 
struction of  a  f;irm  from  the  heavy  timber  at  a 
time  when  the  nearest  settlement  was  forty  miles 
away. 

To  the  above-mentioned  settlement  these  pion- 
eers had  also  to  repair  in  order  to  get  their  milling 
done,  traveling  laboriously  through  the  heavy  tim- 
ber where  scarcely  a  trail  sometimes  was  discernable. 
There  was  a  little  trading  post  at  Perrysburg,  about 
twelve  miles  distant,  where  dry  goods  could  bo 
procured.  They  took  up  a  portion  of  canal  land, 
paying  to  the  Government  |1.2;3  per  acre,  and  im- 
proved their  farms  with  the  aid  of  rude  ini[)le- 
ments.  There  their  children  were  born  and  reared, 
and  liiere  all  the  grandparents  died.  The  land 
which  they  thus  reclaimed  from  the  wilderness  is 
now  valued  at  over  SI 00  per  acre. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  upon  reaching  man's 
estate  was  married  in  his  native  county,  July  1, 
18G0,  to  Miss  Amelia  M.,  daughter  of  Mit^liael  and 
Fanny  (Payne)  Moore.  Six  j'ears  later  leaving  the 
Buckeye  State  they  came  this  side  of  the  Missis- 
sippi, locating  in  Benton  County,  Iowa.  Mr.  North 
purchased  land  upon  which  he  operated  until  the 
fall  of  1871.  His  next  removal  was  to  tills  county 
and  he  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixtj'  acres  of 
land,  a  tract  of  wild  prairie,  which  is  now  included 
in  his  present  farm.      In  those   days  about  a    da\ 's 


drive  west  there  was  found  an  abundance  of  buf- 
falo, and  other  wild  animals  infested  the  country. 
Occasionally  a  buffalo  would  be  seen  in  Palestine 
Township.  ^Alr.  North,  with  a  company  of  his 
neighbors,  frequently  went  hunting  in  the  fnll.  kill- 
ing buffalo  for  their  winter's  meat,  upon  which  the 
early  settlers  lived  almost  entirely.  Deer  an<l  an- 
telopes were  still  numerous  in  this  part  of  the  coun- 
try. 

Mr.  North  iind  his  familj-,  when  first  coming  to 
this  county,  lived  for  a  time  in  a  small,  frame  house, 
12x14  feet  in  dimensions.  The  nearest  market  was 
first  at  Newton  and  then  at  Wichita,  where  the  set- 
tlers transported  their  grain  and  stock,  following  a 
trail  across  the  open  prairie.  Religious  services 
were  held  in  private  houses,  until  the  Methodist 
built  a  church  at  Belle  Plaine.  Schools  were  con- 
ducted in  vacant-claim  shanties  on  the  subscription 
plan. 

Four  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  North, 
the  eldest  of  whom,  a  daughter,  Emma,  is  now  the 
wife  of  C.  I).  McAllister,  of  Belle  Plaine  Town- 
ship; Ossie  died  in  1879,  when  an  interesting 
maiden  of  sixteen  years;  Alia  and  Daisy  remain 
under  the  parental  roof.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  North  and 
their  daughter,  Emma,  are  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  The  family  holds  a  good  posi- 
tion in  the  community,  and  have  an  attractive 
home  replete  with  all  the  comforts  and  conve- 
niences of  modern  life. 


yA\  AJ.  GEORGE  W.  DOUGHTY,  Sr.,  Post- 
master  of  Dalton,  was  appointed  to  his 
's  present  ofHce  in  188.5,  and  is  the  only  man 
who  has  been  its  incumbent  since  its  estab- 
lishment. The  following  year,  in  February,  1886, 
he  was  appointed  a  Notary  Public,  and  thus  has 
sufficient  business  to  keep  him  emplojed.  He  came 
to  this  point  in  1884,  and  purchased  twenty-five 
acres  of  land,  upon  which  he  proceeded  to  lay  out 
a  town,  putting  up  first  his  own  residence  and  a 
store  building.  The  former  was  destroyed  by  fire 
on  the  morning  of  the  20th  of  November,  entailing 


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PORTRAIT  AND   BIOCRAl'HIC'AL  ALBUM. 


;i  loss  (if  over  ijrj,OUO.  In  due  time,  Mr.  Dongl'.ty 
rohiiilt,  anfl  now  has  ti  comfortalile  ami  wcll-ap- 
IKiiiited  lioiiic.  Among  his  fellow  citizens  he  is  re- 
garded a.s  a  man  of  strict  honesty,  and  he  has  hoen 
no  unimportant  factor  in  the  development  of  Avon 
Townshi|). 

A  native  of  Roane  Count}-,  Tenn.,  the  Major  was 
horn  M.ay  28,  1838,  and  was  reared  to  man's  estate 
under  the  home  roof  in  that  county.  His  father, 
Sampson  Doughty,  was  a  car|)enter  by  trade,  which 
he  followed  for  thirty  years  at  Lenoirs,  Tenn. 
'leorge  spent  his  hoyhood  days  in  his  native  county, 
remaining  there  until  a  youth  of  nineteen  vears. 
Then  going  to  (Georgia,  in  cora[)any  with  his 
brothers,  he  settled  near  Resaca,  where  he  engaged 
ill  the  manufacture  of  agricultural  implements 
until  18G1. 

The  Rebellion  now  having  broken  out,  and  being 
surrounded  as  he  was  by  the  most  ultra  secessionists 
from  the  ver}'  commencement  of  the  strife,  and  be- 
ing one  of  the  few  men  in  the  South  who  dared  to 
express  their  Union  sentiments,  he  at  once  became 
a  target  for  ,all  the  fire-eating  Southerners  for  miles 
around.  For  many  months  his  life  was  a  continual 
round  of  hair-breadth  escapes  and  persecutions  that 
would  seem  almost  incredible  if  related  at  this  day 
to  those  who  did  not  witness,  or  have  i)or.sonal 
knowledge  of,  similar  experiences  during  that  ter- 
rilile  time  when  traitors  sought  to  destroy  the 
unity  of  the  Nation.  Going  back  to  Tennessee,  he 
joined  the  Union  Army,  being  the  only  man  from 
(Gordon  County,  Ga.,  to  enlist,  in  the  Federal  forces. 
This  was  done  in  the  month  of  JNIarch,  1863, 
young  Doughty  becoming  a  member  of  the  Thir- 
teenth Tennessee  Cavaliy,  and  being  commissioned 
Major  upon  the  organization  of  the  regiment.  He 
served  as  sucli  until  the  10th  of  March,  1865,  when 
h'*  resigned  and  returned  to  his  native  town  to  en- 
gage in  the  manufacture  of  leather.  He  sojourned 
tiiere  this  lime  for  seven  years,  then  struck  out  for 
the  Southwest,  ('rossing  the  Mississippi,  and  going 
into  Dennison,  Tex.  There  he  engaged  in  the 
lightning  rod  business  for  a  period  of  twelve  years 
and  until  coming  to  Kansas. 

Maj.  Doughty  was  married  in  Clinton.  Tenn., 
.lanuary  21,  1868,  to  Miss  Sallie  Owen.  This  Lady 
was  a  native  of  that  place,  and  accompanied    her 


husband  to  I'ex.as,  d3'ing  in  Denison,  November 
13,  1884.  She  was  a  lady  of  many  estimable 
qualities,  and  a  niemlier  of  the  Bajitist  Church. 

Maj.  Doughty  identified  himself  with  the 
.Alasonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has  risen  to  the 
Royal  Arch  degree,  and  he  is  a  member  in  good 
standing  of  the  Nathaniel  Lyon  Post,  No.  o,  (4.  A. 
P.,  at  Dennison,  Tex.  In  politics,  he  was  formerly 
an  (Mil  Line  Whig,  but  upon  the  abandonment  of 
that  part}',  cordially  endorsed  Republican  princi- 
ples. The  Major,  on  the  I !lth  of  February,  1886, 
in  alighting  from  a  passenger  train  at  .\rgentine, 
this  State,  on  the  Southern  Kansas  Railroad,  was 
thrown  down  by  the  train,  striking  the  steps  nnd 
breaking  his  arm.  vvhich  subse((uently  was  ampu- 
tated. He  alsosustained  other  serious  injuries.  He 
is  a  man  genial  and  companionable  in  disi)osition, 
and  makes  friends  wherever  he  goes.  His  name 
will  be  held  in  remembrance  by  the  people  in  Avon 
Township  long  after  he  has  been  gathered  to  his 
fathers. 


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^  OHN  L.  PKGRAM.  Li  his  migrations  it  is 
seldom  the  lot  of  the  biographer  to  meet  as 
fine  a  couple  as  Mr.  Pegram  and  his  amiable 
and  excellent  wife.  They  oceuiiy  a  high 
position,  socially,  in  Dixon  Township  and  liave  a 
l)lcasant  and  comfortal)le  home  in  the  slia[)e  of  a 
well-developed  farm  on  section  8.  A  career  of 
prudent  industry  has  made  them  financially  w,  11- 
to-do,  and  the  sterling  qualities  of  their  characters, 
have  drawn  around  them  hosts  of  friends.  They 
are  among  the  pillars  of  the  Methodist  I'ipiscoiial 
Church  at  Argonia  in  which  ]\h-s.  Pegram  is  an 
especially  faithful  laborer,  having  charge  of  two 
classes  in  the  Sundfl3'-schools  and  doing  good  in 
other  channels  as  opportunity  i)iesents. 

A  native  of  Guilford  County,  N,  C,  Mr.  Pegram 
was  bora  April  28,  1844,  being  the  fifth  child  of 
Daniel  and  Jane  (McJIichael)  Pegram,  who  were 
also  natives  of  that  State.  They  were  reare<l  and 
married  in  their  native  countv  where  the  father 
prosecuted  farming,  hiring  colored  people  to  do  his 
work,  as.  although  a  Southern  man,  he  wasdecidedh' 


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323 


opposed  to  slavery,  and  would  take  no  part  in  the 
ownership  of  liiinian  tlesh.  Politically,  lie  was  an 
old  line  Wliig,  and  nearly  all  his  life  was  a  Class 
Leader  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  died 
in  Norlli  Carolina  in  1854,  following  the  vvife  who 
had  passed  away  tlie  year  previously.  Five  of  the 
eiglit  children  comprising  the  original  household 
are  still  living,  the  four  besides  John  L.,  making 
their  homes  in  Texas  and  North  Carolina. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  having  become  or- 
})haned  by  the  death  of  his  parents  when  a  bo}'  of 
eleven  years,  was  obliged  to  look  after  himself  and 
commenced  working  on  a  farm  at  *S  per  month. 
He  was  thus  employed  until  a  youth  of  eighteen 
years  ami  then,  in  l.scS'i,  daring  the  second  j-ear  of 
the  war,  was  conscrii)ted  into  Millett's  Battalion 
of  Infantrj-,  State  troops  of  the  Confederate  Army, 
and  ineligible  to  go  out  of  the  State.  He  was  thus 
held  until  .Tune,  1864,  much  against  his  will,  doing 
duty  at  Camp  Instruction  in  Raleigh.  Then,  being 
allowed  thirty  days  furlough,  he  w.as  assigned  to 
the  Twenty-ninth  Nortli  Carolina  Infantry  and  un- 
der Gen.  .Joseph  E.  Johnsion  repaired  to  Kenesaw 
Mountain  and  for  six  days  was  under  the  hot  Hre 
between  the  Union  troops  and  the  Confederates. 
The  latter  then  fell  l)ack  to  Atlanta,  followed  b}- 
Gen.  Sherman.  Young  Pegram  watciied  his  oppor- 
tunity and  escaping  from  the  ranks  hid  in  the  brush 
until  both  armies  had  passed  him,  leaving  liim  in- 
side the  Union  lines  upon  whicli  he  soon  reported 
to  Gen.  Thomas.  Shortly  afterward  he  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  at  Chattanooga  and  remained 
with  the  Union  troops  until  his  release. 

After  the  vvar  was  over  Mr.  Pegram  emigrated 
to  Bartholomew  County,  Ind.,  and  in  the  vicinity 
of  Hope,  began  working  for  a  stockman.  Shortlj' 
afterwaril,  however,  he  removed  to  Tipton  County, 
where  he  worked  one  season.  We  next  find  him  at 
Kokomo,  at  which  place  he  remained  a  resident  for 
a  period  of  twenty-one  years,  being  engaged  as 
clerk  in  an  hotel  part  of  the  time  and  for  eleven 
years  vvas  in  the  employ  of  the  Panhandle  Railroad. 
In  1881  he  made  a  visit  to  his  old  home  in  North 
Carolina.  Upon  his  return  he  located  in  Grant 
County,  Ind.,  where  he  commenced  farming,  re- 
maining there  until  1887.  In  July  of  that  3'ear  he 
came  to  Kansas  and  settled  on  the  land  from  which 


he  has  since  constructed  his  present  fine  farm.  In 
addition  to  general  agriculture  he  is  considerably 
interested  in  the  In-eeding  of. horses  and  swine. 

AVhile  a  resident  of  Indiana.  Mr.  Pegram  formed 
the  acquaintance  of  Miss  Eliza  J.  Reeder,  to  whom 
he  was  married  October  1,  1877.  This  lady  was 
born  September  18,  1849,  in  Howard  County,  Ind., 
and  is  a  daughter  of  .James  M.  and  Jane  (Bur- 
bridge)  Reeder,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio.  They 
emigrated  to  Indiana  quite  early  and  are  still  living 
being  residents  of  Kokomo.  They  are  quite  aged, 
Mr.  Reeder  having  lieen  born  in  180.5,  and  his  wife, 
Jane,  in  1819.  There  was  born  to  them  a  family 
of  nine  children,  three  of  whom  arc  living. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pegram  there  has  been  born 
one  child  only  a  son,  Rephelius,  August  1,  1878,  at 
Kokomo,  Ind.  Parents  and  son  are  connected  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  Mr. 
Pegram  is  Steward  and  Trustee.  He  is  also  Chap- 
lain of  the  Farmers'  Alliance,  "i^  He  takes  an  active 
interest  in  politics,  and  while  a  resident  of  Indiana 
was  frequently  sent  as  a  delegate  to  the  various 
Republican  conventions,  uniformly  giving  his  sup- 
port to  this  party.  Mr.  Pegram  serves  as  Director 
in  his  school  district.  He  was  upoirone  occasion 
nominated  Justice  of  the  Peace,  but  declined  the 
proposed  honor.  Z  Mrs.  Pegram  comes  from  a  good 
family,  her  maternal  grandfather  having  been 
Judge  William, Burbridge,  of   Crawfordsville.  Ind. 


--v/v -*j2i2:a/®^r"-s 


I  j*®5-S/3'TO*^»'W^.~ 


ENRY  F.  HARBAI'GH.  Among  tiie  agri- 
|i  culturists  of  Greene  Township,  none  are 
more  worthy  of  representation  in  a  volume 
of  this  kind  than  the  above  named  gentle- 
man, whose  enterprising  character,  intelligent  mind, 
and  useful  Labors  in  the  teacher's  profession,  as 
well  as  in  the  business  which  he  is  now  following, 
places  him  in  the  front  rank  of  the  citizens  of  the 
county.  He  was  born  in  Trenton,  Tuscarawas 
County,  Oiiio,'on  the  1st  of  August.  1849,  and  was 
but  three  years  old  when  his  parents  removed  to 
W.'ishington  County,  Iowa,  where  he  grew  to  man 
hood.     There  he  acquired  a  fundamental  education 


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in  tlic  common  scliools.  suppleraentinn;  it  hy  an  at- 
tendance at  the  High  School,  and  becoming 
tliorougidy  versed  in  the  common  Englisli  brandies. 

The  fatiier  of  our  subject,  Eli  Harbaugli.  was  a 
cabinet  maker,  and  also  carried  on  a  farm,  in  the 
work  of  which  our  subject  assisted  as  his  strength 
would  ijcruiit  during  hi*  3'outh,  and  on  which  he 
labored  several  years  after  attaining  his  majority'. 
The  iiiolher.  whose  maiden  name  was  Catherine 
Engel,  departed  this  life  April  2.  1.H72.  after  hav- 
ing reared  a  fainilj'  of  eleven  children,  of  whom 
our  subject  is  the  eldest.  I'he  father  still  survives. 
and  is  now  a  resident  of  Barber  County,  Kan. 

At  the  age  of  twenty-five,  he  of  whom  we  write. 
went  to  California  with  the  intention  of  making 
that  countrv  his  home,  but  not  being  as  well  satis- 
lied  with  his  surroundings  there  as  he  had  antici- 
pated, he  remained  but  two  years  and  eight 
months,  •.vhen  he  returned  to  Washington  County, 
Iowa,  and  there  remained  until  he  became  a  citizen 
of  Kansas.  In  tliat  county  he  taught  school  dur- 
ing the  winter  seasons  for  several  years,  and  also 
engaged  in  pedagogical  labors  during  some  of  the 
summer  terms.  Since  coming  to  this  county  he  has 
taught  two  terms,  and  here,  as  in  !iis  former  fields 
of  labor,  he  has  been  successful  in  the  work  of  in- 
struction, and  has  been  popular  with  inii)ils  and 
parents. 

In  April.  1878.  Mr.  Harbangh  came  to  this 
county  and  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixtj'  acres 
of  land  on  section  20,  Green  Township,  upon  which 
he  made  his  home,  and  where  he  now  has  one  of  the 
best  improved  farms  in  this  section  of  the  country. 
Since  taking  up  his  abode  here  he  has  added  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  to  his  original  purchase, 
and  has  made  excellent  improvements  on  the  entire 
estate,  his  residence,  barn  and  other  buildings  being 
especially  good,  .ade(iuate  in  size  and  numbers,  and 
thoroughly  first  class  in  every  respect,  Mr.  Har- 
bangh is  engaged  in  general  farming,  and  is  quite 
an  extensive  dealer  in  stock,  exhiljiting  a  marked 
degree  of  enterprise  in  carrying  on  both  branches 
of  his  employment. 

The  lady  who  ably  presides  in  the  home  of  Air. 
Harbaugli.  and  wlio  in  her  domestic  afTr.irs  and 
elsewhere  exhibits  good  judgment,  a  kindly  s[)irit, 
and  a  marked  intelliiience,  bore  the  maiden  name  of 


Lizzie  Blattner,  and  was  born  in  ^\'ashington 
County.  Iowa,  May  2  4. 1 857.  In  her  native  county, 
March  10,  1880,  she  became  the  wife  of  Mr.  Har- 
baugli, to  whom  she  has  borne  four  childicn: 
Nellie  M..  George  E.,  AVilliam  G.  and  .lolin  I'. 
William  G.  died  when  a  little  more  than  twelve 
months  old,  and  the  others  form  a  bright  group  by 
the  family  fireside. 

In  the  fall  of  1889,  Mr.  llarbaugh  was  elected 
Trustee  of  Greene  Township,  in  which  he  has  form- 
erly held  the  office  of  Township  Clerk.  He  has 
also  been  a  member  of  the  .School  Board,  and 
evinces  an  earnest  interest  in  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion, as  in  other  elevating  and  developing  move- 
ments. He  has  taken  quite  an  active  [lart  in 
political  affairs,  and  is  an  ardent  Prohibitionist. 
He  is  a  Director  and  Treasurer  of  the  .Sumner 
County  Farmers'  Mutual  Insurance  Company,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  Mrs.  Har- 
baugli was  a))poinled  Postmistress  of  Concord  by 
ex  Postmaster  Gen.  Gresham.  and  has  held  the 
office  since  that  time. 


^svwe 


^r^-^EORGE  PFEIFER,  the  subject  of  this  no- 
tice, was  born  in  Harrison  Township,  one 
and  one-half  miles  west  of  Dayton.  Mont- 
gomery County.  Ohio.  March  30,  1849.  His  father. 
Adam  Pfeifer,  was  born  and  reared  in  Germany, 
and  was  the  first  member  of  his  family  to  emigrate 
to  America.  He  came  to  this  country  about  the 
year  1840  and  located  in  Monlgoiuerv  County, 
Ohio.  As  he  had  been  reared  to  agricultuial  pui-- 
juits  lie  sought  that  kiml  c)f  work  and  laljored  for 
farmers  for  some  time  receiving  his  pay  monthly. 
Being  economical  in  his  habits  he  saved  enough 
from  his  wages  to  begin  for  himself  at  the  time  of 
his  marriage.  He  rented  land  for  a  few  years  but 
was  soon  enabled  liy  good  management  and  in- 
dustry to  buy  a  farm  of  Ins  own.  He  purclia'<(d 
unimproved  land  in  Madison  Township  and  built  a 
house  into  which  he  moved  and  then  proceeded  to 


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make  all  the  improvements  customary  at  that  time 
on  the  best  farms. 

As  Mr.  Pfeifer  was  ahle  he  bought  small  tracts 
adjoining  his  original  purchase  and  after  some 
j-ears  traded  the  whole  place  for  an  improved  farm 
in  t'la^'  Township,  the  same  county.  He  operated 
his  new  place  some  years  then  again  traded,  giving 
his  farm  in  exchange  for  fourteen  miles  of  turn- 
pike extending  from  Da3'ion  to  Brookville,  and 
known  as  the  "Dayton  and  Wolf  Creek  turniiike." 
He  retained  possession  of  that  property  until  his 
death.  He  also  owned  a  house  and  lot  in  Trotwood, 
a  village  on  the  -'pike,"  and  that  was  tiie  family 
residence  at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1865.  The 
maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  our  subject  was 
Mary  Grim.  She  was  born  iu  Germany  and 
came  to  America  when  a  3^oung  lady.  She  lived 
in  Montgomery  Countj^  Ohio,  until  her  marriage 
which  took  place  iu  that  State.  The  parental 
family  consisted  of  nine  children,  six  of  whom 
were  daughters.  They  are  all  living  and  enjoying 
a  fair  degree  of  prosperity. 

George  Pfeifer  was  reared  and  educated  in  his 
native  county  and  as  soon  as  able  to  do  so  was  put 
to  work  assisting  his  father  on  the  farm.  After  the 
death  of  tlie  latter  our  subject  worked  on  farms  for 
some  time  then  bought  an  interest  iu  a  threshing 
machine  and  threshed  for  farmers  in  the  neighbor- 
hood for  four  seasons.  When  not  engaged  at  that 
he  followed  farming.  In  187G  he  rented  a  farm 
and  operated  it  until  187'.),  when  he  removed  to 
Kansas  and  rented  hind  in  Harvey  County'  for  one 
year  then  located  in  Sumner  County.  He  pur- 
chased the  place  where  he  now  resides,  the  north- 
west quarter  of  section  2o,  Jackson  Township. 
There  were  some  slight  improvements  made  wlien 
it  came  into  liis  possession  and  to  that  he  has  added 
untd  now  he  has  an  excellent  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  all  fenced,  well  cultivated  and  good 
buildings  erected.  He  has  five  acres  in  orchard 
trees  and  in  all  respects  is  prosperous  and  delighted 
with  the  countr}-. 

In  1876  Mr.  Pfeifer  was  married  to  ^Miss  Minnie 
AVogaman,  a  native  of  Madison  Township,  Mont- 
gomery County,  Ohio.  She  is  the  daughter  of  Mar- 
tin and  Eliza  (Bradenburg)  Wogaman,  and  is  an 
excellent  woman  in    ever3-   respect.     Mr.  anti  iMrs. 


i'feifer  are  the  parents  of  thiee  children,  named 
respectively — Clarence,  Lena  and  Harry.  They  are 
worthy  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mr. 
Pfeifer  upholds  the  principles  of  the  great  Demo- 
cratic i)arty  and  takes  quite  an  interest  in  its 
success. 

Martin  Wogaman,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Pfeifer, 
was  born  in  iVIontgomery  County,  Ohio,  and  his 
father,  .John  Wogaman,  was  a  native  of  Penns3iva- 
nia,  and  removed  from  there  with  his  parents  to 
Ohio  during  the  earl}'  years  of  the  settlement  of 
Montgomery  County,  and  was  reared  in  the  county 
in  which  his  parents  located  and  there  married  Miss 
Mary  Burkett.  Mrs.  .lohn  Wogaman  was  a  native 
of  North  Carolina  and  accompanied  her  parents  to 
Ohio  when  quite  young.  The  great-grandfather  of 
■  jNIrs.  Pfeifer  bought  a  tract  of  Government  land 
nine  miles  west  of  the  |)resent  site  of  Dayton.  It 
was  heavil}'  timbered  and  difficult  to  clear  but  he 
succeeded  in  making  a  good  farm  out  of  it  and  re- 
sided on  it  until  his  death.  For  many  years  Cin- 
cinnati was  their  nearest  market  and  depot  of 
supplies.  Deer,  bears,  wolves,  wildcats  and  other 
game  were  plentiful  and  rather  undesirable  ac- 
quaintances except  wlieu  laid  low  by  the  hunts- 
man's unerring  aim. 

John  Wogaman  inherited  land  from  his  father- 
in-l.aw  and  added  to  it  by  purchase  until  he  had 
quite  an  extensive  estate.  He  resided  on  his  farm 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1883,  when  he 
was  nearly  eighty  years  of  age.  The  father  of  Mrs. 
Pfeifer  was  reared  on  his  parents'  farm  and  when 
grown  to  maturity  took  a  wife  in  the  same  county 
and  made  his  home  on  a  farm  in  Jackson  Township. 
Montgomery  Countj',  where  he  resides  at  present. 
He  ovi^ns  a  good  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty 
acres,  all  under  superior  cultivation  and  well  im- 
proved in  every  respect.  Tlie  mother  of  Mrs. 
Pfeifer  was  born  in  Daj-ton,  Ohio. 

The  grandfather  of  Mrs.  Pfeifer,  .John  Braden- 
burg, removed  from  Mar3iand  to  Dayton  wiiere  he 
settled  and  worked  at  his  trade,  for  he  was  a  me- 
chanic, and  made  his  home  there  during  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  The  maiden  name  of  his 
wife  was  Mary  Suman.  She  was  a  model  wife  and 
mother  and  her  last  da3-s  were  passed  in  the  peace- 
ful enjoyment  of  her  children's  love  and  care.  The 


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moUier  of  Mis.  Pfeifer  li.as  survived  the  storms  of 
lift'  lu  till'  prosent  time  and  liiils  fair  to  live  to  be  a 
blessing  to  her  descendants  for  many  years  to  come. 
Mr.  Pfeifer  is  a  standi  Democrat  and  liiglily  es- 
teemed in  tlie  community  in  which  lie  lives.  lie  is 
a  inemlier  of  the  Farmer's  Alliance,  an  organization 
that  has  been  of  much  service  to  the  tillers  of  the 
soil,  especially  in  the  West  wliere  means  of  trans- 
portation are  limited. 


.  ■^t»«-J>J^  J^^)«5«f^<?«S. 


EREMIAH  D.  GREENMAN.  The  beauti- 
ful farm  which  is  owned  and  occupied  by 
,  the  above-named  gentleman,  comprises  three 
(^^'  hundred  and  tivent}'  acres  of  tbe  linest  land 
in  t'aldnell  Township.  Kverything  about  the  |jlace 
denotes  the  present  prosperity  and  the  past  industry 
of  the  owner,  and  still  further  betokens  that  it  is 
the  home  of  an  intelligent  and  refined  family. 
Among  the  many  improvements  upon  the  estate 
a  fine  orchard  is  noticeable,  and  is  a  profitable  as 
well  as  an  attractive  feature. 

Tlie  paternal  ancestiy  of  Mr.  Grcenman  were  of 
Welsh  stock  and  Rhode  Island  was  the  birthplace 
of  more  than  one  geneiation.  The  graiid|jarents, 
Jeremiah  and  Maiy  (Eddy)  (Trecnman  were  natives 
of  Providence,  whence  about  the  3-ear  1.S08  tiity 
moved  to  Washington  County,  Ohio.  The  grand- 
father had  been  a  seafaring  man,  served  in  the 
Colonial  army  during  the  Revolutioiiaiy  war.  and 
drew  a  pension  for  injuries  received  in  the  service. 
The  next  in  the  direct  line  of  descent  was  another 
Jeremiah  Greenman,  who  was  also  born  in  Pjovi- 
dence,  II.  I.,  his  natal  da^-  being  August  8,  1794. 
Being  but  a  lad  when  his  parents  moved  to  Ohio, 
he  grew  to  manhood  there  and,  Kovember  2G.  1818, 
married  Miss  Letitia  McCoy,  who  was  born  in 
Washington  Count3-,  June  26,1799.  On  June  1, 
1830,  this  cou  [lie  started  for  the  West,  and,  em  barking 
in  afamil}'  boat,  floated  down  the  Ohio  River  to  its 
mouth,  llience  going  by  sti^amboat  to  Pekin.Ill.,and 
continuing  their  journey  by  teams  to  what  is  now 
Wayiusville.IU.  They  shortlyafterward  entered  two 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  Padua  Town 


ship,  McLean  Countj',  where  Mr.  Greenman  died 
October  17,  184.'5,  his  wife  surviving  until  Septem- 
ber 5,  1878.  The  father  was  interred  in  Dawson's 
Cemetery,  at  Old  Town,  McLean  County.  III.,  while 
the  mother  lies  buried  in  the  cemeter}'  on  our  siili- 
jeet's  farm.  They  were  not  memliers  of  any 
church  but  were  remarkable  for  the  integritj-  and 
correct  principles  which  governed  their  lives. 
Their  family  comprised  nine  cliildren,  as  follows: 
Thomas  M..  Sarah  E..  Eraeline,  Henry  C.  George 
AV.,  Elizabeth  J.,  Jeremiah  D.,  Mary  L.  and  a  son 
who  died  in  infancy. 

The  birth  of  the  subject  of  this  biography-  oc- 
curred in  McLean  County,  III.,  November  20,  l.s:i9, 
and  he  was  reared  on  his  father's  farm  there,  re- 
ceiving a  common  school  education  and  a  practical 
training  in  the  duties  of  farm  life.  When  the  war 
cloud  arose  in  18()I,  no  State  was  more  prompt 
j  than  Illinois  to  respond  to  the  call  for  troops,  and 
I  young  (Treeiiman  with  hundreds  of  his  compeers 
eagerly  laid  aside  the  arts  of  peace  and  took  up 
arms  in  his  country's  cause.  Joining  the  I'nioii 
array  as  a  private  in  Compan3-  K,  Eighth  Illinois 
Infantry,  in  1861,  he  participated  in  the  battles  of 
Fl^  Henry,  Ft.  Donelson,  Sliiloh,  and  in  the  other 
work  of  his  regiment  during  a  period  of  fourteen 
months,  when,  owing  to  disability,  he  was  dis- 
charged. As  soon  as  his  health  was  restored,  he 
began  to  look  eagerly-  toward  the  front  with  a  de- 
sire to  again  |)articipate  in  the  work  which  was 
going  on.  and  in  1865  he  enlisted  as  a  nicralier  of 
Company  B,  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Illinois  In- 
fantry, in  which  he  served  until,  Februarv,  1866. 
when  he  was  discharge  1  at  Atlanta,  (Ja. 

There  being  no  further  neeil  of  his  services  on 
the  Held  of  battle.  Mr.  Greenman  rctuined  to  his 
native  county  in  Illinois,  and  remained  there  until 
1876,  when  he  removed  to  Kansas.  He  pre-empted 
one  lmndri'(I  and  sixty  acres  of  Land  and  subse- 
quently added  an  eijual  amount  b\-  purchase,  mak- 
ing u[)  the  acreage  before  mentioned,  which  he  has 
so  conducted  as  to  merit  his  reputation  as  one  of 
the  leading  farmers  of  the  township.  He  began 
his  battle  in  life  with  no  capital  except  what  nature 
had  bestowed  upon  liim.  and  his  prosperity  has 
been  gained  without  liiiancial  assistance,  being  due 
cntirelv  to  his  own  efforts  and  the  co-operation  of 


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his  worthy  wife,  who  in  her  own   department  has 
shown  herself  a  capable  manager. 

Mrs.  Greenman  was  born  in  McLean  County, 
111.,  May  1,  1843,  and  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Sarah  PI  Vanscyoc.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Perry 
O.  and  Mary  (Newcomb)  Vanscyoc  and  her  union 
with  our  subject  was  celebrated  on  Christmas  Day, 
1863.  Eight  children  have  come  to  gladden  the 
house  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Greenman  with  their  affec- 
tion and  growing  intelligence.  They  have  been 
christened  Perrj-  D.,  Alvin  H.,  John  L.,  Millie  E., 
Mary  C,  Jeremiah  M.,  Mary  L.,  and  William  L. 

Mr.  (Jreenman  belongs  to  the  Ifidependeiit  Or- 
der of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, and  to  the  Republican  party.  An  lionorable 
man,  upright  in  his  dealings  with  all  with  whom  he 
comes  in  contact,  and  kindly  in  every  social  and 
domestic  relation,  he  well  deserves  the  high  reputa- 
tion which  he  has  among  his  fellow  citizens. 

An  additional  feature  of  interest  to  the  readers 
of  this  volume  is  the  lithogra[)hic  view  of  the  resi- 
dence owned  and  occupied  by  Mr.  Greenman. 


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(|       ftlLLIS  F.   WILLHOITE.  M.D..  in  addition 

\/iJ/i  ^'-'  ^  successful  practice  as  a  physician  and 
\y^  surgeon,  is  also  conducting  a  thriving 
trade  in  drugs  and  medicines.  He  is  a  i-egnlar 
graduate  of  the  Physio-Medical  College  of  Indian- 
apolis, Ind.,  from  which  he  emerged  in  1883  with 
the  proper  credentials,  and  began  the  p''actice  of 
his  profefsion  at  Colfax,  111.  A  year  later,  in  July, 
1884,  he  came  to  Kansas,  locating  in  Corbin,  of 
which  he  has  since  been  a  resident.  He  has  a  full 
understanding  of  the  duties  of  his  profession,  and 
is  building  u])  a  successful  business. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in  McLean 
Count}',  111.,  January  5,  1859,  and  is  the  son  of 
Lewis  J.  and  Mary  A.  (Willhoite)  Willhoite,  who 
were  natives  of  Owen  County,  Ky.  The  father  was 
born  April  24,  1829,  and  lived  in  the  Blue  Grass 
State  until  a  man  of  twenty-five  years.  In  1854, 
he  changed  his  residence  to  INIcLean  Count}-,  111., 
where    he    still    remains.     His  life  occupation   ha.' 


been  that  of  a  farmer,  by  which  he  has  accumulated 
considerable  property.  For  the  last  twenty  five 
years  he  has  been  a  member  in  good  standing  of 
the  Christian  Church.  Politically,  he  is  an  un- 
compromising Democrat.  The  paternal  grandfather. 
Lewis  Willhoite,  Sr.,  was  likewise  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  the  son  of  John  Willhoite,  who  was 
born  in  Virginia.  The  latter  served  as  a  soldier  in 
the  Revolutionary  War.  The  family  traces  its  an- 
cestry to  Germany,  and  was  first  represented  in  this 
country  during  the  early  Colonial  days. 

Mrs.  Mary  A.  Willhoite  was  born  Ajjril  27.  1829, 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Willis  C.  Willhoite,  being 
distantly  related  to  her  husband.  There  were  born 
to  them  five  children,  viz:  Maria  I.,  Henry  L., 
Willis  v..  Mary  E.  and  Ellis  L.  Willis  F.,  the  third 
child,  was  reared  on  the  farm  in  McLean  County, 
111.,  obtaining  such  education  as  was  afforded  by 
the  common  schools.  When  tv\enty-one  years  old. 
he  began  reading  medicine  with  Dr.  N.  Loar,  of 
Bloom ingtun,  and  in  due  time  entered  college,  as 
before  stated.  Under  the  influence  of  his  honored 
father,  he  imbibed  Democratic  sentiments,  and  re- 
mains a  firm  adherent  of  that  party.  Socially,  he 
belongs  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  in  his  religious  views  is,  also  like  his  father,  a 
devout  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 

Dr.  Willhoite  was  wedded  February  23,  1886,  to 
Miss  AUie  J.  Stagner,  of  McLean  County,  III. 
Mrs.  Willhoite  w.as  born  in  that  county,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  John  S.  and  Julia  (Golden)  Stagner. 
There  have  been  born  of  this  union  two  bright  little 
daughters — Grace  M.  and  Nona  J.  The  family 
occupy  a  neat  residence  situated  in  the  south  part 
of  the  town,  and  represented  by  a  llthograijhic 
view,  to  be  found  on  another  p.age. 


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'  ESSE  BARNES.  There  are  always  in  every 
j  community  a  few  men  evidentl}-  born  to  be 
leaders.  Those  who  attain  the  greatest  in- 
fluence are  the  men  who  usu.ally  pursue  the 
even  tenor  of  their  way  quietly  and  without  os- 
tentation,   })ut    still    carry    with    them    the    moral 


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suasion  whicli  causes  tliein  to  be  looked  up  to  and 
tacitly  recognized  as  possessing  the  sound  judgment 
which  may  he  relied  upon  and  the  substantial  traits 
of  character  which  nialic  tlieni  wortlu'  of  being  as- 
signed to  positions  of  importance  and  lesponsibil- 
ity. 

Tlie  gentleman  witli  wliose  name  (ve  introduce 
this  biograjjliical  outline,  is  not  only  a  thriving 
farmer  and  business  man  of  Avon  Township,  but 
has  been  no  unimportant  factor  in  promoting  its 
social  and  moral  interests.  He  is  prominently  con 
necled  with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  and  a 
faitliful  worivcr  in  the  churcli  and  Sunday-school. 
All  the  enterprises  which  tend  to  the  moral  ad- 
vancement of  the  peo[)le  have  uniformly  received 
his  cordial  support.  In  politics  he  is  a  stanch  Re- 
publican, although  he  has  never  sought  oftice,  but 
he  keeps  himself  posted  upon  the  march  of  events 
and  stands  ready  to  do  his  duty  whenever  occasion 
requires  it. 

A  native  of  St.  Clair  Count)'.  111.,  ^Ir.  Barnes 
was  born  June  29,  1H2',),  and  was  reared  there  on 
his  father's  farm  until  reaching  man's  estate.  He 
acquired  a  practical  education  in  the  common  school 
and  was  content  to  engage  in  the  peaceful  pursuits 
of  agriculture.  He  was  first  married  in  his  native 
township  in  1850  to  Miss  Louisa  Davis  and  there 
were  born  to  them  seven  children,  viz:  William  J., 
Laura,  Marcus.  Etta.  Eranklin,  Mary  N.,  and  Cor- 
rington.  Mrs.  Louisa  (Davis)  Barnes  departed  tiiis 
life  in  Mercer  Count)',  111..  January  18,  18G6. 

Mr.  Barnes  contracted  a  second  marriage  at  the 
home  of  the  bride  in  St.  Clnir  County,  III., with  l\Iiss 
Sarah  Myer.  Of  this  union  tlicre  has  been  born  a 
daugliter,  Jessie.  From  St.  Clair  County  Jlr.  Barnes 
removed  to  Mercer  Count),  III.,  and  engaged  in 
farming,  sojourning  there  for  a  period  of  twelve 
years.  Then,  in  November,  1876  he  came  to  this 
county  and  settled  in  Avon  Township  of  which  he 
has  since  bien  a  resident.  His  farm  comprises  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  well-developed  land 
upon  which  he  has  erected  convinient  and  substan- 
tial buildings  and  gathered  around  himself  and  his 
family  all  the  comforts  of  modern  life.  There  is 
no'.,  a  man  in  Avon  T(jwnship  who  stands  higher  in 
the  estimation  of  his  fellow-citizens. 

Joseph   Barnes,  the    father  of  our  subject,  was  a 


tiativeof  Kentucky]and  received  a^good  education. 
He  followed  the  profession  of  ,a]  teacher  for  many 
years  and  also  prosecuted  farming^successfully.  He 
w.as  a  man  highly  respected  in  his  community  and 
departed  this  life  at  his  home  in  Illinois  in  1872. 
The  maiden  name  of  the  motherwas  Elizabeth 
Bariy. 


^«HJH*^ 


^^LARK  R.  PERSONS,  Casliier  of  the  Bank 
,|(  of  Belle  Plaine.  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  an 

^^y  old  New  England  family  and  the  son  of  a 
worthy  couple  who  were  born  in  New  York.  He  is 
one  of  the  best  educated  and  most  intelligent  citi- 
zens of  the  county,  has  acquired  a  wide  fund  of 
information  through  his  o'>servation  and  investiga- 
tion in  different  parts  of  the  United  States,  and  has 
accumulated  a  large  amount  of  property,  his  real 
estate  and  stocks  being  estimated  at  about  §20,000. 

Mr.  Persons  was  born  in  Wyoming  County,  N. 
Y.,  March  1.'^.  1817,  and  is  the  oldest  son  in  the 
family  of  Solomon  H.  and  Mary  R.  Persons.  His 
father  having  been  a  farmer,  he  was  reared  amid 
the  surroundings  of  rural  life,  receiving  an  ele- 
mentary education  in  a  district  school  and  later  at- 
tending the  Academy  at  East  Aurora,  N.  Y.  He 
engaged  for  a  short  time  in  teaching  school,  but 
spent  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in  the  intervals 
of  study  in  the  work  of  the  farm.  When  twenty- 
two  years  old  he  went  to  Nebraska  and  crossed  the 
plains  with  a  surveying  party,  spending  jierhaps 
two  years  in  the  Western  Wilds. 

Drifting  batk  .as  far  as  Ohio,  Mr.  Persons  re- 
mained in  that  State  until  1876,  being  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  Lake  Shore  Railroad  Company  as  a 
clerk  at  Oenoa,  about  three  years.  During  the  Cen- 
tennial year  he  secured  the  position  of  chief  clerk 
for  the  agent  on  tlie  Sante  Fe  Railroad  at  ^Vichita. 
Kan.,  and  olliciated  in  that  capacity  until  the  fall  of 
1879,  at  which  time  he  was  appointed  station  agent 
at  Wellington.  He  was  the  first  agent  the  Sante  Fe 
Railroad  had  at  that  point  and  he  remained  in 
charge  of  affairs  there  until  the  summer  of  1884, 
subsequently  to  which  he  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness witli   F.   B.  Snyder.     The  business  was  con- 


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ducted  under  the  firm  name  of  F.  B.  Snjder  &  Co.. 
the  connection  continuing  over  a  j'ear,  vvhen  Mr. 
Persons  sold  out  bis  interest  and  in  tlie  fall  of  1886 
came  to  Belle  Plaine. 

The  firm  of  Fultz  Millard  &  Co.,  opened  a  bank- 
ing business  here,  which  was  conducted  under  that 
head  for  about  three  j'ears,  and  then  merged  tern 
porarily  into  the  firm  of  C.  R.  Persons  &  Co.  After 
liaving  been  conducted  until  October  15,  1889,  by 
the  above  named  firm,  it  was  re-organized  into  the 
bank  of  Belle  Plaine,  E.  T.  Williamson  becoming 
its  President  and  the  gentleman  of  whom  we  write 
its  Cashier.  The  concern  is  duly  incorporated  under 
the  laws  of  Kansas  with  a  capital  stock  of  815,000, 
an  ample  reserve  fund,  and  does  a  banking  business 
consistent  with  the  size  of  the  town  and  the  con- 
tributory territory.  Mr.  Persons  is  a  heavy  stock- 
holder ill  the  bank  and  he  also  owns  propertj'  in 
Wellington  and  a  farm  in  Osborn  Township.  He 
served  a  term  as  Ma\'or  of  Wellington  and  since 
coming  to  Belle  Plaine  has  become  known  as  a  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen.   In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 

On  May  27,  1874,  the  rites  of  wedlock  were 
celebrated  between  Mr.  Persons  and  Miss  Clara  S. 
Dean,  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  a  daughter  of  B.  and 
Nancy  Dean  Mrs.  Persons  is  an  intelligent  an<l 
well-bred  lady,  is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  both  she  and  her 
husband  take  an  active  interest  in  social  matters. 
They  are  |)oi)ular  in  the  circle  in  wliicli  they  move 
and  are  regarded  with  respect  b}'  all  who  know 
them. 


^OHN  GOLIGHTLEY.  Kansas  has  provided 
a  home  for  representatives  of  the  best  na- 
tionalities on  the  face  of  the  eartii,  including 
/  old  England,  from  which  Mr.  Golightley 
eaine  in  1871.  He  landed  first  at 'Quebec,  whence 
he  proceeded  to  Wisconsin,  but  he  only  sojourned 
a  few  months  in  the  Badger  St;tte,  comipg  then  to 
Brown  County,  Kan.  Of  that  count}-  he  was  a 
resident  about  fiv«  years  and  then  removed  to 
Harper  County.  After  a  sojourn  there  of  one 
year  he  came  to  this   county  and   worl<ed    by  the 


month  for  several  years.  He  was  prudent  and 
saved  his  earnings  and  in  due  time  purchased  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  section  36,  Harmon 
Township,  of  which  he  has  since  been  a  resident. 

ftlr. Golightley  was  born  in  the  Countyof  Durham, 
England,  October  24,  1846.  His  parents  were 
Robert  and  Jane  Golightley  who  came  from  pure 
English  stock;  the}'  were  born  in  England  and 
spent  their  last  years  there.  The  parental  house- 
hold included  nine  children,  eight  of  whom  are 
living. 

The  suliject  of  this  sketch  attended  the  common 
schools  during  his  boyhood  and  at  an  ear!}'  age  was 
trained  to  habits  of  industry' and  economy-.  In  his 
native  England  he  was  employed  mostly  at  farm- 
ing, living  there  UTitil  a  j'oung  man  of  twenty-five 
years.  After  coming  to  Kansas  he  was  married  in 
Belle  Plaine,  September  13,  1883,  to  Miss  Elizabeth 
Johnson.  This  ladj',  a  native  of  the  Dominion  of 
Canada,  was  born  in  the  Province  of  Ontario  in 
1852  and  came  with  R.  Robertson  to  Kansas  about 
1882.  Their  union  has  resulted  in  the  birth  of  two 
sons — Robert  and  George — aged  six  and  four 
years  respectively.  Mr.  Golightley,  politicall\-,  is 
a  Repuljlican.  He  gives  his  chief  attention  to  his 
farm  and  his  family,  caring  very  little  for  the 
honors  of  office.  He  lives  in  a  modest  manner  in 
an  unpretentious  residence,  but  surrounded  by  the 
comforts  of  life. 


^^EORGE  R.  STEELE  was  born  in  Virginia. 
ill  g— .  January  25,  1849,  and  is  a  son  of  Eli  and 
^Jj)  Virginia  (McGuire)  Steele.  His  father  was 
also  a  native  of  the  Old  Dominion,  was  a  son  of 
Ralph  Steele,  of  Fairfax  Count}-,  and  was  killed 
during  the  late  v.ar  when  thirly-six  j-ears  of  age. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Twenty-Second  Cavahy 
Regiment  of  Virginia.  Mrs.  Eli  Steele  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Betsey  (Brown)  McGuire,  her 
l)arents  also  being  Virginians,  and  she  was  the 
mother  of  three  children — George  R.,  Ralph  and 
Mary  E. 

The  subject  of  this   biography  was  reared   on  a 
farm  in  his  native  State,  and  received  a  good  com- 


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mon-scliool  education.  In  1872  he  went  to  Ced.^r 
County,  Mo.,  and  a  little  later  changed  his  location 
to  Wyandotte  Countj-,  Kan.,  remaining  in  the  lat- 
ter County  until  1876,  following  the  occupation  of 
a  farmer.  He  tlien  went  to  Bent  County.  Col.,  re- 
maining there  until  18,s."),  wlien  he  returned  to 
Kansas,  and  located  in  Sumner  County,  wliere  he 
lias  since  been  actively  engaged  in  farming,  stock- 
raising  and  grain  bu^'ing.  He  now  resides  at  May- 
field,  and  is  tilling  the  ollice  of  Trustee  of  Osborn 
Township. 

At  the  bride's  home,  -January  20,  1876,  the  rites 
of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between  Mr.  Steele  and 
MissRachael  liousman,  whose  many  womanly  vir- 
tues and  graces  had  won  his  high  esteem.  The 
bride  was  born  in  Miami  County,  Ind.,  April  17, 
18.i7,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Elizabeth 
(Hall)  Bousman.  The  happy  union  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Steele  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  six 
children — Nellie  M..  Maggie  R..  Edith  C,  Georgie 
C,  and  Hazel  and  Hilc}'  (twins),  who  form  a  bright 
and  charming  group  around  the  family  fireside. 
The  mother  of  our  subject  died  in  1855,  in  Vir- 
ginia, leaving  three  children,  whose  names  we  give 
above.  His  father  married  again,  in  1858,  in  Vir- 
ginia, to  Miss  Louisa  Lockhart,  daughter  of  John 
M.  Lookhart.  She  became  the  mother  of  three 
children,  named  Charles  W.,  James  M.  and  Ilam- 
niilton  W.     They  are  all  living. 


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EBECCA  R.  WALLACE,  one  of  the  oldest 
pioneers  of  Belle  Plaine  Township,  came  to 
I*,  this  county  in  the  summer  of  1874,  and 
\^  purchased  I.Tnd.  on  which  she  still  lives.  It 
is  located  on  section  11,  comprises  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres,  now  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation 
and  well  improved,  forming  an  estate  remunerative 
and  attractive.  There  were  but  twenty  acres  of 
broken  ground  upon  it  when  her  settlement  was 
made,  and  she  and  her  bo^s  have  brought  it  to  its 
present  condition.  She  has  witnessed  the  gradual 
development  of  the  country'  from  a  sparsel3'  settled 


and  uncultivated  region,  into  a  productive  and 
l)rosperous  one,  and  during  the  years  of  its  growth 
she  and  hers  experienced  some  of  the  hardships  in- 
cidental to  their  surroundings. 

Mrs.  Wallace  is  still  quite  hale  and  hearty  for  a 
lady  of  her  age,  being  somewhat  advanced  in  years, 
as  she  was  born  March  19,  1821.  She  is  a  native 
of  Bourbon  County,  Kj'.,and  a  daughter  of  Hughes 
and  Elizabeth  (Payne)  Bowles.  Her  parents  were 
natives  of  Virginia,  and  the  lineage  on  both  sides  is 
of  French  stock.  Her  father  was  twice  married, 
and  had  a  large  family,  of  whom  the  following  sur- 
vive: Anderson  resides  in  Illinois;  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Ilall  in  the  same  State;  Mrs.  Wallace;  Julia,  wife  of 
P.  J,  Hawes,  of  Butler  County,  Kan.:  David  in 
Illinois;  Jesse  P.,  in  Mulvane,  Kan.;  and  William 
F.,  in  Illinois, 

When  she  was  about  twelve  years  old  the  lady  of 
whom  we  write  accompanied  her  parents  to  DeWitt 
County,  III,,  where  thej'  were  among  the  earl}'  set- 
tlers, and  where  they  died.  .She  received  but 
meager  educational  advantages,  l)ut  with  a  desire 
to  become  well  informed,  she  has  taken  advantage 
of  the  opportunities  afforded  her  throughout  her 
long  life,  and  is  very  well  versed  on  the  general 
topics  of  the  day.  She  grew  to  maturity  in  Illi- 
nois, and  there,  March  3,  1840,  became  the  wife  of 
Charles  C,  Wallace.  Like  herself  he  was  a  native 
of  Bourbon  County,  Ky,,  born  January'  13,  1819, 
to  Andrew  and  Hester  (Campbell)  Wallace,  who, 
during  his  yo\itli,  removed  to  DeWitt  County,  III, 
Amid  the  pioneer  scenes  of  that  State  he  grew  to 
manhood,  and  remained  a  resident  there  until  his 
death,  which  took  place  in  1852.  He  was  the  father 
of  four  sons  and  daughters,  three  of  whom  are  now 
living.  Of  these  Elizabeth  is  the  wife  of  C,  A, 
Steward  :  William  R.,  whose  sketch  occupies  another 
page  in  this  volume;  an<l  James  D.  resides  in  this 
count}'.  The  deceased  child  liore  the  name  of 
Charles   C. 

James  D.  Wallace,  the  youngest  sur\  iving  mem- 
ber of  the  above  famil}'.  was  boiii  in  DeWitt 
County,  III,,  May  8,  1850,  and  was  reareil  on  a 
farm  in  his  j-oulh,  and  entered  the  regular  army  in 
his  nineteenth  year.  His  enlistment  dated  from 
February,  1869,  and  he  was  a  member  of  Company 
F,  Sixth  I'nited  .States  Cavalr3\   During  the  period 


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of  loconslruetion  he  ilid  service  in  Texas;  in  the 
Indian  TerritoiT  asfisteil  in  lieoping  the  red  men 
in  their  place  on  llie  Reservation,  and  did  guard 
duty  in  Wicliita  in  1870.  when  there  vyere  but  a 
few  hundred  |)eople  in  that  town.  In  1870-71-72 
he  was  stationed  with  his  regiment  at  Ft.  Rilej", 
and  was  on  duty  in  Sumner  County,  preventing 
the  Indians  from  leaving  their  Reservation.  The 
five  years  which  is  tiie  Regular  Army  period  of  en- 
listment having  expired,  he  was  discliarged,  Feh- 
riKuy  15,  1874,  at  whicli  time  he  held  the  rank  of 
Sergeant-Ma jor  of  the  United  States  Cavalry'  at  Ft. 
Hays.  He  had  been  a  Sergeant  with  the  escort 
party  that  accompanied  the  Russian  Grand  Duke 
Alexis,  over  the  plains  during  his  buffalo  hunt. 

Upon  leaving  the  service young  Wallace  returned 
to  his  native  State,  and  the  following  year  became 
a  resident  of  this  county  and  State.  On  the  1st  of 
September,  1878,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with 
Miss  Alma  Epperson.  For  eight  j'ears  he  traveled 
as  a  salesman  for  the  grocery  house  of  Ridenour. 
Baker  ik  Co.,  of  Kansas  Cit}'.  In  politics  he  is  a 
strong  Republican. 


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LBERT  MORRILL.     He  with  whose  name 
)    we  introduce  this  biographical  record,  bore 


an  important  part  in  the  early  settlement 
of  Oxford  Township,  arriving  here  as  early 
as  December.  1870.  He  filed  a  claim  occupying  a 
part  of  section  13,  west  of  the  Arkansas  River  and 
one-half  mile  south  of  Oxford  Post-office.  There 
was  then  not  even  a  house  to  mark  the  site  of  the 
town.  Wild  game  of  all  kinds  was  plentiful  and  a 
year  or  two  afier  settling  here  Mr.  Morrill  pur- 
chased one  hundred  and  eighty-five  buffalo  hides 
at  $1.50  per  hide,  tanned.  His  only  neighbors  were 
John  and  William  Burnett  with  John's  wife  and 
her  mother  who  had  preceded  Mr.  Morrill  to  this 
region  that  same  year,  settling  one  mile  north. 
La  Fayette,  John  and  Perry  Binkley,  and  Jolm  Ilor- 
ton  traded  with  the  Indians. 

M;-.  Morrill   made  his  waj'  to  this   region   from 
Webster  County,  Iowa,   driving   orerland   with  a 


team  and  reaching  his  present  location  just  atjiight- 
fall.  He  occupied  himself  that]  winter  trading 
with  the  Indians  and  getting  out  timber  for  his  first 
house.  The  nearest  trading  point  was  Emporia 
and  the  nearest  mail  station^Winfield.and  Wichita. 
The  following  winter  iMcssrs.  Morrill,  Buckle}', 
Corbin  and  Doyle,  the  latter  a  surveyor,  laid  out 
si.x  blocks  of  Oxford,  calling  it  Neptuwa,  after  an 
Indian  Chief.  In  March  following  they  sold  their 
interest  to  a  town  companj'  who  changed  the  name 
and  proceeded  with  its  improvement.  In  the 
spring  of  1871  a  goodlj-  number  of  emigrants 
came,  crossing  the  Arkansas  River  in  an  ash  -'dug- 
out" belonging  to  Mr.  Morrill  &  Co.  The  first 
prairie  boat  was  built  in  the  summer  of   1871. 

After  completing  his  first  dwelling  Mr.  Morrill 
sent  his  son-in-law  after  his  familj'.  Mr.  Morrill  in 
the  meantime  having  charge  of  the  store  which  he 
had  bought  out.  He  then  took  up  a  tract  of  land 
which  he  supposed  ^to  be  two  hundred  acres  in 
extent,  but  at  the  survej'  there  were  found  to  be 
only  one  hundred  and  tliirt3'-six  acres.  It  lay  in 
its  primitive  condition  and  Mr.  Morrill  broke  the 
sod  and  first  planted  fifteen  acres  of  corn  of  as 
good  qu.ality  as  he  has  ever  raised  since.  He 
planted  fruit  and  forest  trees  and  effected  the  usual 
improvements  suggested  to  the  enterprising  and 
progressive  farmer.  Later  he  embarked  in  stock- 
raising,  bringing  into  this  county  the  first  Magee 
swine  and  with  one  exception  being  the  first  man  to 
introduce  this  breed  of  swine  into  the  State  of 
Kansas.  He  continues  to  make  a  specialty  of  these 
and  has  at  the  present  time  a  herd  of  very  fine 
animals.  He  handles  thoroughbreds  entirelj'.  He 
h.as  invested  his  capital  in  additional  land,  having 
now  a  well-developed  farm — two  liundred  and  six- 
teen acres  in  extent — .and  has  erected  a  more  mod- 
ern dwelling  near  the  first  one. 

Mr.  Morrill  .assisted  in  organizing  school  district 
No.  1,  and  w.as  mainly  instrumental  in  putting  up 
their  schoolhouse.  He  also  instituted  the  first 
Sunday-school,  conducting  the  services  in  one  place 
after  another  as  the  houses  were  built  up.  He  was 
the  only  man  making  a  profession  of  religion  at 
that  time  in  this  region  and  conducted  the  first 
prayer  meeting,  which  was  held  in  a  "dug-out"' 
He  officiated  as  Sunday-school  Superintendent  and 


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had  for  liis  assistant  later,  Caj)!.  John  Folks,  who 
was  editor  of  tiie  Oxford  Press,  the  first  paper 
published  in  this  place.  Mr.  Morrill  was  then,  as 
he  is  now,  a  Methodist  in  religious  belief  and  he 
assisted  in  organizing  the  first  society  of  this  de- 
nomination in  Oxford  Township.  The  first  man  to 
preach  for  them  was  Rev.  Mr.  Perkins,  a  Presby- 
terian. Meetings  for  some  time  were  held  in 
schoolhouses.  Mr.  Morrill  ollieiated  as  Class- 
Leader  and  Steward  for  a  period  of  forty  3'ears. 
In  bis  pious  labors  he  received  the  assistance  of  his 
devoted  wifeand  latertheir  four  children  alsobecarae 
members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  IMr. 
Morrill  first  voted  with  the  old  Whig  party,  but 
upon  its  abandonment  identified  himself  with  the 
Republicans.  He  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance 
in  which  he  officiates  as  Chaplain  at  Oxford. 

The  native  place  of  Mr.  Morrill  was  at  Napoli, 
Cattaraugus  County,  N.  Y.,  where  his  birth  took 
place  May  1,  1827.  His  father,  Masten  Jlorrill, 
was  born  at  Danville  near  St.  Johnsburg,  Vt.,  Jan- 
uary 15,  1788.  The  latter  was  reared  to  manhood 
in  his  native  place  and  was  there  married  to  Miss 
Sail}'  Osborn.  January  19,  1816,  who  was  born 
near  the  early  home  of  her  husband,  October  1, 
1795.  The  parents  of  Mr.  Morrill  lived  together 
for  the  long  period  of  nearly  sixty  years.  Masten 
Morrill  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Olean. 
N.  Y..  but  the  family  of  ten  children,  nine  of  whom 
lived  to  mature  years,  was  reared  in  Cattaraugus 
County.  In  1861  they  removed  to  Illinois,  settling 
at  Leon,  Whiteside  County,  wliere  the  parents 
spent  their  last  days.  Their  remains  were  laid  to 
rest  in  the  little  burying  ground  which  Mr.  Morrill 
instituted  on  his  own  farm  for  the  settlers  from  New 
York  State.  Most  of  the  family  were  buried 
there.  The  wife  and  mother  departed  this  life 
December  2,  1877.  Mr.  Morrill  passed  away 
September  22,  1882.  He  had  been  a  professor  of 
religion  for  many  years. 

Arriving  to  man's  estate  in  his  native  county, 
the  subject  of  this  notice  was  married  March  22, 
1818,  to  INIiss  Ilaiinaii  Boardnian.  This  union  re- 
sulted in  the  birth  of  eight  children,  only  four  of 
whom  are  living:  Cynthia  L.  became  the  wife  of 
Periy  Binkley,  of  Oxford;  Charles  M.  is  a  practic- 
ing physician  of  Proplietslown.  Whiteside  County, 


III.;  Marion  is  occupied  at  farming  in  Sumner 
County,  Kan.;  Willard  C.  is  a  resident  of  Oxford 
Township.  Mrs.  Hannah  Morrill,  wiio  was  born 
August  27,  1828,  at  Napoli,  Cattaraugus  County, 
N.  Y.,  departed  this  life  at  the  homestead  in  Web- 
ster County,  Iowa,  February  14,  1866. 

The  present  wife  of  our  subject  to  whom  he  was 
married  in  I8(;6  was  in  her  girlhood  Miss  Jemima 
Jadwin.  This  lady  was  born  in  Tuscarawas 
County.  Ohio,  December  1,  184  4.  and  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  and  Mary  Ann  (Packer)  Jadwin, 
who,  when  she  was  a  child  of  sis  years  left  the 
Buckeye  State,  removing  to  Indiana.  Locating  in 
DeKall)  Countv,  Iiid..  tliej'  there  spent  the  remain- 
der of  their  days.  Their  daughter,  Jemima,  sub- 
sequently went  to  Iowa  wheie  she  lived  until  her 
marriage.  Ten  children,  one  deceased,  have  been 
born  of  this  union.  Those  who  are  living  are 
named  respectively:  Ernest.  John  Delbert,  Freder- 
ick, Minnie,  Grace,  Albert,  Lettie.  Alma  and 
Flossie. 


/p^EOKGE  C.  CARPENTER.  Without  making 
III  (=,  any  great  pretensions  to  elegance,  the  home 
^^^  of  Mr.  Carpenter,  in  point  of  solid  comfort, 
is  probably  not  excelled  by  any  in  his  community. 
It  lies  in  the  shape  of  a  well-developed  farm  on 
section  1,  Chikaskia  Township,  comprising  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  choice  land,  improved 
with  good  buildings  and  sujiplied  with  the  neces- 
sary farm  machinery.  Besides  stock-raising  and 
general  agriculture,  Mr.  Carpsnter  makes  a  specialty 
of  fruit-growing,  having  an  orchard  of  seven  hun- 
dred trees,  including  apple,  peach,  plum,  cherry, 
apricot  and  nectarine.  He  takes  a  lively  interest 
in  politics,  voting  the  straight  Republican  ticket 
and  is  a  man  of  decided  views,  keeping  himself 
tl'.oroughly  posted  upon  all  the  k';iding  topics  of 
the  day.  Of  the  seven  children  born  to  him  and 
his  cstimaiile  wife,  five  are  living.  Robert  V.  mar- 
ried Miss  Frances  ^^  Ward,  is  tiie  father  of  two 
children  and  lives  in  Ryan  Township;  George  B. 
married  Miss  Nancy  DeMoss,  and  is  also  a  resi- 
dent of  Ryan  Township;    he  is  the  father  of  one 


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child-,  Clara  B.  is  tiie  wife  of  Joseph  L.  Keanis,  of 
CliiUaskia  Townsliip.  ami  tliey  have  two  children; 
Ira  W.  and  Mary  E.  remain  with  their   parents. 

The  youngest  in  a  faniil}^  of  eight  children,  Mr. 
Carpenter  was  horn  December  1,  1833,  in  Warren 
Count)',  Ohio,  where  he  acquired  the  rudiments 
of  a  commou-sehool  education.  He  commenced 
the  battle  of  life  for  himself  when  a  lad  of  fifteen 
years,  in  the  State  of  Indiana,  to  which  his  parents 
removed  when  he  was  less  than  two  years  old,  con- 
tinuing in  the  agricultural  districts  of  the  Hoosier 
f  State,  until  1857.  That  year  he  removed  to  Appa- 
noose County,  Iowa,  of  which  he  was  a  resident  for 
a  period  of  nineteen  years.  In  1«76  he  changed  his 
residence  to  Monroe  County,  Mo.,  where  he  so- 
journed four  years.  His  next  removal,  made  in 
18S0,  was  to  this  county  and  to  his  present  farm. 

Mr.  Carpenter,  in  tlie  meantime,  while  a  resident 
of  Indiana,  was  married  SepteraLer  4,  185G,  in  Rip- 
ley County,  to  Bliss  Nanc}',  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Nancy  (Funkhauser)  Raster.  Mrs.  Carpenter 
was  the  seventh  child  of  her  parents  and  was  born 
in  Ripley  County,  Ind.,  February  9,  1 837,  being  one 
of  fourteen  children.  Her  parents  were  natives  of 
Pennsylvania  and  resided  there  until  1828.  going 
thence  to  Indiana.  The  father  died  at  the  old 
homestead  in  Ripley  County,  in  1854.  The  mother 
subsequently  remarried  and  spent  her  last  daj's  in 
Lucas  Countj',  Iowa,  passing  away  in  February. 
1885. 

During  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War,  Mr.  Car- 
penter in  July,  1862,  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier  in 
Compan\'  F,  Thirty  sixth  Iowa  Infantry,  and  was 
first  sent  with  his  regiment  to  Camp  Lincoln,  Iowa, 
and  then  to  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.  Thence  thej- 
were  ordered  to  Memphis,  Tenn.,  becoming  a  part 
of  the  Sixteenth  Army  Corps  under  Gen.  Hurlbut. 
Later  they  were  assigned  to  the  Seventh  Corps, 
commanded  by  Gen.  F.  Steele.  Mr.  Carpenter 
l)articipated  in  the  bombardment  of  Ft.  Pemberton 
and  was  in  the  battle  of  Helena.  Ark.,  at  the  cap- 
ture of  Little  Rock  and  Prairie  De  Ann,  in  the 
fight  at  F^lkin's  Ford,  Mark's  INIill  and  numerous 
other  engagements,  skirmishes  and  raids.  At  the 
battle  of  Mark's  Mil!  he  received  a  gunshot  wound 
in  the  left  jaw,  the  ball  entering  the  left  corner  of 
his  mouth  and  passing  through  his   neck  came  out 


behind  the  jugular  vein,  breaking  his  jawbone  in 
three  places  and  taking  off  a  piece  of  his  tongue. 
After  this  he  was  considered  fully  entitled  to  an 
honorable  discharge,  which  was  given  him  October 
24,  1864.  With  good  care  and  skillful  treatment 
he  recovered  from  this  i)ainful  injury  and  in  the 
course  of  a  few  months  was  enabled  to  resume  his 
farming  operations.  The  imiirovenients  upon  his 
farm  have  all  been  effected  by  his  own  enterprise 
and  industry.  Ninety  acres  of  his  farm  are  under 
the  plow  and  each  year  sees  something  ailded  to  its 
beauty  and  value.  The  present  residence  was 
erected  in  1881. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  George  Carpenter, 
Sr.,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who.  in  1800,  removed  to 
what  was  then  the  Territory  of  Ohio,  settling  near 
the  present  site  of  Cincinnati,  which  was  then  des- 
ignated as  Ft. Washington,  at  Waynesville,  Warren 
County.  He  conmienced  farming  in  the  wilder- 
ness, sojourning  in  what  subsequently  was  named 
the  Buckeye  State  until  1835.  That  year  he  re- 
moved to  Indiana  where  he  prosecuted  agriculture 
until  his  death  in  1850. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Susan  Cozad.  She  was  a  native  of  Maryland 
and  was  taken  b}'  her  parents  to  Ohio  when  quite 
young  where  she  met  her  future  husband.  There 
were  born  to  them  eight  children,  six  of  whom  arc 
living.  The  mother  departed  this  life  in  Indiana, 
in  1874.  Mr.  Cari)entcr,  of  this  sketch  identified 
himself  with  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
in  Iowa,  with  which  he  still  holds  membership.  He 
also  belongs  to  the  Grange  and  Corbin  Post  No. 
426,  G.  A.  R.  at  Corbin,  in  which  he  has  held  the 
offices  of  Surgeon  and  Junior  Vice-Commander. 


ANIKL  W.  BENTON.  The  subject  of 
this  biography  was  born  in  Pickaway 
County.  Ohio,  August  10,  1832.  He  is  a 
son  of  Elias  Benton,  who  was  born  in 
Litchfield,  Conn.,  August  9,  1795.  Daniel  Benton, 
the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Con- 


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neclicut,  Septemljcr  12,  1704.  His  wifo  was  Mar- 
gery Fiisbee,  and  llicir  marriage  was  celeljraled  in 
178S).  His  fatlier,  the  great-graiidfallicr  of  our 
subject,  was  Nathaniel  Benton,  a  native  of  Connec- 
ticut, where  he  was  born  August  25,  172G.an<l  was 
united  in  marriage  to  Miss  Abigail  Gillett.  He 
settled  in  Litchfield.  Conn.,  during  Colonial  times, 
where  he  followed  the  occuii.ition  of  a  farmer.  He 
died  in  that  town  in  18(»0,  and  was  followed  to  the 
silent  land  hy  his  wife  some  ten  or  twelve  years 
later.  Daniel  Benton  was  reared  in  his  native 
place,  and  resided  there  till  1821,  when  he  started 
with  his  family  for  tlie  far  AVest,  as  Oliio  was  then 
called,  and  journeyed  with  a  team  to  that  State, 
and  located  at  Somer.set,  Ohio.  They  crossed  the 
Ohio  River  at  Wilksburg,  Va..on  the  1st  of  August 
of  that  year.  As  soon  as  the  family  was  fairly 
well  established  in  tiieir  new  home,  Mr.  Benton  re- 
turned ill  the  same  j-ear  to  Connecticut  to  finish 
some  important  business  that  it  had  been  found  im- 
possible to  transact  before  leaving  that  State.  On 
his  way  back  to  Ohio  to  the  waiting  family  he  was 
stricken  by  a  mortal  disease,  and  died  in  the  town 
of  Harmony,  N.  .1..  where  his  remains  were  interred. 
His  wife  survived  till  the  year  1835,  when  she  too, 
paid  the  debt  of  nature  and  lies  quietly  sleeping  in 
the  Salem  churchyard  in  Pickaw.ay  Township. 

Elias  Benton  was  reared  in  his  native  town  and 
received  a  liberal  education  in  tlie  common  schools 
of  the  place.  He  took  the  Freeman's  oath  while  a 
resilient  of  Connecticut,  and  in  1821.  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Ohio.  After  the  death  of  the  father, 
he  took  up  a  tract  of  timbered  land  in  Pickaway 
County,  upon  which  he  put  up  a  log  cabin,  which 
was  afterwards  the  birthplace  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  The  cabin,  according  to  the  fashion  of  the 
time,  w.as  built  w^ilh  a  large  fireplace,  and  as  Mrs. 
Benton  had  no  stove,  she  performed  all  cooking 
operations  by  the  open  fire.  Rail-roads  were  an 
unthought  of  possibility  in  that  section  at  that 
time,  and  for  many  years  the  farmers  hauled  their 
produce  to  the  river  towns,  where  they  exchanged 
them  for  cash,  or,  most  likely,  for  goods  of  some 
description.  Upon  one  occasion,  Mr.  Elias  Benton 
had  his  wheat  made  into  fit>ur,  and  in  company 
with  a  neighbor,  built  a  llat-boat  on  the  Sciota 
River,  aud  by  that  means,  transported  the  flour  to 


New  Orleans,  where,  after  waiting  six  months,  they 
received  their  payment  of  35  cents  per  bushel. 

In  a  few  3ears  the  log  cabin  in  which  Mr.  E. 
Benton  began  housekeeping,  gave  place  to  a  small 
frame  dwelling,  where  the  family  lived  a  few  more 
years,  then  it  in  turn  gave  way  to  the  present  sub- 
stantial structure  of  brick.  The  residence  of  Mr. 
Benton  was  the  first  brick  dwelling  to  be  erected 
in  Pickaw.ay  Township.  He  lived  there  many 
years,  and  roared  his  family'  in  habits  of  industry 
and  economy.  He  spent  his  last  days  in  Hardin 
County,  Ohio.  His  death  occurred  on  the  18th  of 
M.ay,  1886.  He  had  lived  to  see  Ohio  develop 
from  a  wilderness  to  a  well-settled  and  wealthy 
country.  It  was  his  good  fortune  to  be  present  at 
the  ceremonies  attendant  upon  the  commencement 
of  the  Ohio  canal,  when  the  first  si)adeful  of  earth 
was  lifted  at  Licking  Summit,  July  4,  1825,  in  the 
[iresence  of  the  Governor,  De  Witt  Clinton,  and 
many  others  of  note  in  the  State.  It  was  a  gala 
d.ay  for  Ohio,  and  a  time  long  to  be  remembered  by 
those  present  on  the  occasion. 

Elias  Benton  was  thrice  marrie<l :  his  first  wife 
was  Rosanna  Cherry,  to  whom  he  was  unitiMl  June 
20,  1H20.  After  her  death  he  again  married,  his 
second  wife  being  Elizabeth  Johnson  Caldwell,  who 
was  born  June  12,  17;t7.  and  died  May  7,  1865. 
Their  marriage  was  celebrated  .January  20,  1823, 
and  the  union  resulted  in  the  birth  of  six  children, 
as  follows:  Orlando  was  born  July  7,  1826,  and 
died  October  17,  1852;  William  Joiinson,  March 
6,  1828,  died  December  25,  1833;  Maria  Jane,  born 
April  19,  1830,  married  Joseph  Wright,  November 
9,  1852,  and  died  November  18,  1860;  Daniel  W., 
the  subject  of  this  sketcli;  Almira,  born  Feljruar}' 
11,  1834,  died  .Alarch  25.  1853;  .Sarah  Ellen,  born 
May  22,  1838,  married  John  .S.aylor,  November  13, 
1856.  On  the  12th  of  February,  1867,  Mr.  Benton 
was  married  the  third  lime,  the  lady  being  Mrs. 
Catherine  Cherry. 

As  stated  before.  Mr.  Benton  received  a  good  edu- 
cation and  was  a  man  of  literary  tastes.  He  fre- 
quently employed  his  pen  on  articles  for  the  news- 
papers, also  in  writing  a  history  of  the  Benton  family, 
which  latter  work  was  published  in  book  form  in 
1878,  when  the  author  was  eighty-three  years  old, 
and  blind.     The  book  is  an  interesting  one.  and  we 


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are  indebted  to  It  for  the  principal  portion  of  the 
facts  herein  recorded.  One  of  the  stories  related 
ill  tlie  booiv  just  mentioned,  reveals  one  of  the  curi- 
ous laws  passed  by  the  State  of  Connecticut  in  the 
early  days  of  its  histor3'.  The  Legislature  enacted 
a  law  to  the  effect  that  every  taxable  person  not 
identified  with  any  cliureh.  should  be  assessed  a 
certain  amount  for  the  sujiport  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  to  wiiich  most  of  the  legislators  be- 
longed. The  law  had  the  effect  of  making  manj' 
non-church  members  hasten  to  one  or  other  of  the 
various  religious  bodies,  where  they  signed  them- 
selves as  members,  by  which  means  they  escaped 
paying  the  tax.  Tlie  Methodists  and  P^piscopals 
received  many  additions  to  their  numbers  in  tliat 
way.  One  day  Daniel  Benton,  upon  liis  arrival 
liome,  announced  the  fact  that  he  had  tUat  day 
signed  himself  as  a  member  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church,  and  stated  that  tliey  would  thereafter 
attend  the  services  of  tiiat  denomination.  In  that 
manner  it  transpired  that  the  father  of  our  subject 
was  reared  a  Protestant  Episcopal.  Mr.  Benton 
also  states  in  his  book  that  the  public  school  teach- 
ers were  obliged  to  teach  the  catechism  in  the  daily 
sessions  of  school,  but  were  permitted  to  teach  the 
one  that  was  desired  by  the  parents  of  the  pupils. 
Politically,  Mr.  Benton  was  a  Whig,  and  always 
took  an  active  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  countrj^ 
He  served  many  years  as  .Justice  of  the  Peace,  and 
enjoyed  the  esteem  of  his  neighbors  and  friends. 
He  was  an  extensive  and  judicious  reader,  delight- 
ing principally  in  historical  works,  and  his  retentive 
memorj-  enabled  him  to  lay  up  a  large  fund  of 
valuable  and  interesting  knowledge.  His  mental 
faculties  were  preserved  unimpaired  to  the  da}'  of 
his  demise. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  in  his 
native  State,  and  resided  with  his  parents  until 
after  his  marri.age.  in  1856,  he  removed  to  Hardin 
County,  where  he  bought  a  farm  and  made  his 
home  till  1887,  when  he  emigrated  lo  Kansas.  He 
located  at  Ft.  Scott,  wliere  he  bought  city  property, 
and  also  purchased  farm  land  in  the  neighborhood. 
He  made  his  liome  in  tliat  city  until  1889,  when  he 
disposed  of  a  portion  of  his  interests  in  that  place. 
and  removed  to  M'ellington  and  pnrcliased  the  farm 
which  i.s  his  home  ul  lucsent.     He  lias  two  hundied 


and  fortj'  acres  of  fine  land  adjoining  the  city  of 
Wellington,  ii))on  which  are  a  superior  set  of  frame 
buildings  adapted  to  all  the  wants  of  a  farm  carried 
on  in  accordance  with  the  best  methods  employed 
in  modern  agriculture.  In  addition  to  the  farm 
just  mentioned,  Mr.  Benton  owns  three  hundred 
and  twenty  acres  in  Harmon  Township. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject  took  place  Septem- 
ber 18,  1855,  the  lady  of  his  choice  being  Miss 
Harriet  Maria  Wharton.  Mrs.  Benton  was  born  in 
Frankfort,  Ross  County,  Ohio,  February  9,  1836. 
Her  father.  Rev.  Henry  Wharton,  was  a  native  of 
Clermont  County,  Ohio,  and  his  father,  John  Whar- 
ton, was  a  native  of  Virginia,  of  English  ancestry. 
John  AVharton  was  a  pioneer  of  Clermont  County, 
where  he  improved  a  large  farm,  and  passed  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days  in  the  State  of  his  adoption. 
His  wife  was  Eleanor  (Salts)  Wharton,  a  native  of 
Virginia,  of  English  ancestr}^  The  fatiier  of  Mrs. 
Benton  was  reared  in  his  native  county,  and  when 
quite  young  professed  conversion  and  united  with 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  that  place.  In 
1834  he  was  admitted  to  the  Ohio  Conference  as  a 
preacher,  and  from  tliat  time  forward  was  an  active 
and  efficient  worker  in  the  ranks  of  the  ministry  of 
that  denomination.  His  field  of  service  extended 
to  many  different  points  within  the  bounds  of  the 
Conference,  but  at  all  places  he  was  highl}-  esteemed 
for  his  eminent  [jiety  and  superior  pulpit  abilitj'. 
His  death  occurred  in  18G4,  when  he  was  sixty 
3'ears  of  age.  His  wife  was  Sarah  (Winters)  Whar- 
ton, a  native  of  the  same  county  as  her  husband. 
The  father  of  Mrs.  Wharton,  William  Winters,  was 
of  Welsh  ancestr}'.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occui)a- 
tion,  and  followed  that  calling  throughout  his  life. 
His  wife  was  Xanc}-  (Carr)  Wharton,  an  estimable 
woman  who  performed  all  the  duties  of  life  in  a 
manner  pleasing  to  her  family,  and  in  accordance 
with  the  dictates  of  her  conscience. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel  W.  Benton  have  had  six 
children  born  unto  Ihem,  as  follows:  Henry  W.,an 
attorney  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.;  Guy  Potter, 
Principal  of  the  Ft.  Scott  Public  Schools;  Clarence 
and  Eva  are  students  at  Winfield  College,  south- 
western Kansas;  Mary  and  ^Marguerite  are  at  home. 
The  entire  family,  except  Henry  and  his  wife,  are 
members  in  good  rejiute  in  tlie   Methodist  Episco- 


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pal  Cliurch,  Soutli.  Heury  and  wife  are  members 
of  tbe  Presbyterian  chureh.  Mr.  Benton  is  an  ar- 
dent Republican  in  politics,  and  a  strict  temiterance 
man  in  practice  and  principle. 


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\ffAMES  L.  M.  STRANGE.  The  subject  of 
this  notice  first  struck  Kansas  soil  in  the  fall 
of  1881,  locating  first  on  a  rented  farm  in 
Cowlej'  County.  Two  j'ears  later  he  came 
to  tliis  count}'  and  purchased  the  land  which  he 
now  owns  and  operates,  this  embracing  one  hundred 
and  sixtj'  acres  on  section  11.  It  was  original!}' 
an  open  prairie  with  no  improvements,  but  by  the 
exercise  of  industry  Mr.  Strange  is  now  in  the 
possession  of  a  good  homestead,  with  his  land  all 
fenced,  i)rovided  with  substantial  buildings  and  in- 
dicating at  all  points  the  intelligence  and  progress 
of  the  proprietor.  The  most  of  the  land  is  devoted 
to  the  raising  of  wheat,  with  the  exception  of  ten 
acres  in  pasture. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  in  Adair 
County,  Ky.,  October  23,  1839,  and  is  the  son  of 
William  Strange,  likewise  a  native  of  the  Blue 
Grass  State  within  which  he  spent  his  entire  life. 
He  was  cut  down  in  his  prime,  however,  d3-ing  in 
1846,  at  the  earl}-  age  of  about  thirty-five  years. 
The  paternal  grandfather  was  Archelus  Strange,  a 
native  of  A'irginia.  and  who  was  married  there  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Coffee.  Soon  afterward  they  re- 
moved to  North  Carolina  and  from  tliere  to  Adair 
Count}',  Ky.,  where  they  spent  their  last  days. 
There  were  born  to  them  twelve  children,  viz.: 
Clayborne,  Louis,  Abram,  William,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  Archelus,  Levi,  Larkin,  Elizabeth, 
Betsey,  Polly.  Wenston  and  Ellen.  Elizabeth, 
Clayborne  and  Weuston  are  the  only  survivors, 
they  being  residents  of  Arkansas  and  Kentucky. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Damarius  Davis;  she  was  born  in  Adair 
County,  K)-..  and  with  her  family  of  five  children, 
after  her  husband's  death,  removed  to  AVarren 
County,  Ky.,  where  James  L.  M.  was  reared  on  a 
farm.     Our  subject  obtained  such  education  as  the 


common  schools  afforded  and  when  reaching  m:m's 
estate  was  wedded  to  Miss  Sarah  J.,  daughter  of 
Ransom  and  Lettie  (Bevil)  Conklin.  Mrs.  Strange 
was  likewise  a  native  of  the  Blue  Grass  State.  Of 
her  union  with  our  subject  there  were  horn  eight 
children,  the  eldest  of  whom,  a  daughter  Lillio,  is 
the  wife  of  W.  A.  Hiser  of  South  Haven  Township; 
Elmeta  V.  married  M.  H.  Elliott  and  lives  in  South 
Haven,  Kan.;  William  R.,  Molly  B.,  Tandy  W., 
Nannie  D.,  James  L.  W.,  and  Sally,  remain  at  home 
with  their  parents.  J\[r.  and  Mrs.  Strange  are  con- 
sistent members  of  the  Christian  Church  at  South 
Haven,  and  Mr.  Strange  belongs  to  Lodge  No.  336, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at  Smith's  Grove,  Ky. 

The  father  of  Mrs.  Strange  was  born  in  Tennes- 
see and  her  mother  in  Virginia.  They  came  to 
Kansas  in  the  fall  of  1881,  locating,  like  Mr. 
Strange,  in  Cowley  County  where  they  still  live. 
Grandfather  Howell  Bevil  a  native  of  Virginia, 
removed  to  Kentucky  at  an  early  day  and  there 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life. 


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JOHN  C.  THRAILKILL,  of  Wellington,  is 
successfully  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade, 
having  a  thriving  business  located  on  North 
Washington  Street.  He  is  one  of  the  old 
settlers,  having  come  to  this  region  in  March,  1872. 
when  the  present  flourishing  city  was  a  village  of 
probably  five  hundred  souls.  He  has  grown  with 
its  growth  and  contributed  materially  to  its  welfare 
and  advancement. 

The  sul)ject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Trenton, 
Grundy  County,  JIo.,  May  18,  1814.  and  when  a 
child' two  years  of  age,  was  taken  by  his  parents  to 
Andrew  County,  that  State,  where  he  grew  to  ma- 
turity. He  WIS  given  a  fair  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  wlien  starting  out  for  himself  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  at  East  Nebraska 
City,  Iowa,  where  he  sojourned  from  1867  to  1872. 
Then,  selling  out,  he  came  to  Kansas,  and  has  since 
been  a  resident  of  Wellington.  Prior  to  his  settle- 
meut  in  East  Nebraska,  however,  he  had  been  to 
this  locality  and  entered  a  claim  in  the  vicinity  of 


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Belle  Plaine,  which  he  proved  up,  obtaining  his 
clear  title.  He  establisherl  himself  in  the  grocery 
business  at  AVellinffton  in  1877,  prosecuting  this 
until  1883.  Then  selling  out,  he  embarked  in  the 
live  stock  business,  and  was  thus  occupied  until 
1881),  buying  and  feeding.  He  is  now  in  the  en- 
joyment of  a  lucrative  trade,  and  occupies  a  well- 
equipped  store,  keeping  a  full  line  of  all  the  goods 
pertaining  to  his  business.  Although  meddling 
very  little  with  politics,  he  usually  votes  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  and  he  belongs  to  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity. 

Mr.  Thrailkill  was  married  in  Nebraska  City, 
Neb.,  Aiiril  13tli,  1876,  to  Miss  Jonnie  Cockrill,  a 
native  of  Kentuck}-,  and  who  removed  with  her 
parents  to  AVestern  Iowa  when  a  child.  Her  father, 
J.  B.  Cockrill,  engaged  iu  the  mercantile  business, 
and  died  June  5,  1887,  in  AVellington,  Kan.  The 
mother  is  still  living,  making  her  home  in  Welling- 
ton. Our  subject  and  his  estimable  wife  are  the 
parents  of  ihree  children,  namel}',  Clyde,  Lee  and 
Ray. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  son  of  John 
Thrailkill,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  who  married 
Miss  Emih'  Moore.  They  first  removed  to  Mis- 
souri, where  the  father  engaged  in  mining,  and 
then  in  merchandising.  He  died  in  Missouri  in 
August,  1854.  The  mother  died  October  11,  1888, 
at  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 


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OBERT  J.  SMITH,  dealer  in  agricultural 
implements  and  also  engaged  in  the  real- 
(ii\V  estate  and  loan  business  at  Wellington, 
^^  came  to  the  city  in  1883  and  has  made  for 
himself  the  reputation  of  an  honest  man  and  a  good 
citizen.  His  native  place  was  Brown  County,  Ohio, 
and  the  date  of  bis  birth  February  18.  1839.  His 
boyhood  and  youth  were  spent  in  a  comparatively 
uneventful  manner  in  attendance  at  the  district 
school,  and  he  afterward  served  an  apprenticeship 
as  a  tanner,  harness-maker  and  in  the  saddlery  busi- 
ness. Upon  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he 
enlisted    as  a  Union   soldier   in    August,  1861,  in 


Company  A,  Seventieth  Ohio  Infantry.  His  regi- 
ment was  assigned  to  the  Arm}-  of  the  Tennessee 
under  the  command  of  Gen.  Sherman.  Mr.  Smith 
participated  with  his  comrades  in  the  battles  of  Shi- 
loh,  Corinth,  Vicksburg,  Jackson  and  Mission 
Ridge,  besides  other  minor  engagements.  At  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment  he  repaired  to 
Knoxville.  Tenn.,  but  immediately  returned  and 
re-enlisted,  in  Januar3%  1864,  in  the  same  company 
and  regiment. 

Soon  afterward  followed  the  siege  of  Atlanta  and 
the  Fifteenth  Army  Corps,  of  which  Mr.  Smith  was 
a  member,  started  for  Savannaii,  Ga.,  and  joined  in 
the  famous  march  to  the  sea.  During  this  trying 
journey  Mr.  Smith  did  not  ride  one  hour.  He  par- 
ticipated in  the  charge  of  Ft.  McAllister  under 
Gen.  Hazen,  and  thereafter  fought  at  Columbia,  and 
RoUa.  His  division  was  then  sent  to  Little  Rock, 
Ark.,  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  mvistered 
out  at  Camp  Denison,  Ohio.  He  was  never  too 
ill  to  report  for  duty,  never  in  the  guard  house  and 
never  captured  or  wounded,  although  experiencing 
some  hair-breadth  escapes.  He  likewise  never 
missed  a  battle  or  skirmish  in  which  his  regiment 
was  engaged. 

LTpon  returning  to  the  pursuits  of  civil  life  Mr. 
Smith  engaged  in  harness-making  at  his  father's  old 
stand  in  Decatur,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  until  com- 
ing to  Kansas.  On  January  1 1,  1869,  he  was  married, 
in  Adams  County,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Lina  McClung. 
This  lady  was  born  in  that  county  in  August,  1844, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  James  McClung,  an  Adams 
County  farmer,  who  is  now  deceased.  The  four 
children  born  of  this  union  are  still  living  and  at 
home  with  their  parents,  bearing  the  names,  re- 
spectively, of  Frederick  M.,  Herschel  B.,  Robert 
Charles  and  Nora.  They  are  being  carefully  trained 
and  will  be  given  good  educational  advantages. 
Mr.  Smith,  politicall}',  is  a  Republican,  and  in  his 
religious  views  sides  with  the  doctrines  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  being  connected  with  this 
church  at  Wellington.  He  also  belongs  to  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  John  S.  Smith,  who 
was  born  in  Washington  County,  Pa.,  in  1813.  He 
removed  to  Ohio  at  an  early  day  was  there  married 
to    iNIiss   Ruth   Simpson.     He   engaged   in  harness- 


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making  and  saddlery  at  Decatur,  that  State,  and 
will)  Ins  estimable  wife  is  still  living.  The  latter 
is  now  seventy  three  years  old  and  a  member  of 
the  United  Presbyterian  Church. 


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OllN  W.  CHAPilAN.  This  gentleman  is 
well  worthy  of  representation  in  this  vol- 
ume, not  simply  on  account  of  his  financial 
prosperity  and  as  the  owner  of  a  beautiful 
farm  in  ValVerde  Township,  but  as  a  loyal,  intelli- 
gent and  upright  citizen,  useful  in  his  daj- and  gen- 
eration, and  a  living  example  of  worth  of  character. 
Mr.  Chapman  is  of  Southern  parent.age  and  an- 
cestry, and  is  a  worth}'  descendant  of  an  honored 
line  in  America,  the  early  members  of  the  family- 
having  settled  in  Virginia  on  their  emigration  from 
t>ngland.  The  paternal  grandfather  was  one  Dan- 
iel Chapman,  of  North  Carolina,  and  in  that  St.ate 
Thomas  Chapman,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  1803.  Daniel  Chapman  removed  with  his 
family  to  Robertson  Count}-,  Tenn.,  w-hen  his  son 
Tliomas  was  but  a  lad,  and  there  the  bo}'  grew  to 
maturit}-,  making  that  his  home  until  1840.  He 
married  Miss  Rachael  Garrison,  who  was  born  in 
Tennessee  about  the  year  1802,  and  who  died  in 
Marion  County,  HI.,  in  1846,  about  six  years  after 
she  and  her  husband  took  up  their  residence  there. 
Thomas  Chapman  spent  his  life  in  the  pursuit  of 
agriculture,  and  was  in  easy  circumstances.  He 
served  in  the  Black  HawkWar  and  also  in  the  Florida 
War  of  1836.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church  for  many  3-ears  before  his  death, 
wliich  took  place  in  1874.  The  old  gentleman, father 
of  our  subject,  enlisted  during  the  War  of  the  Re- 
bellion, notwithstanding  his  advanced  age,  and  was 
discharged  on  account  of  his  inability  to  endure 
the  hardships.  The  parental  familj-  comprised  nine 
sons  and  daughters,  narael}^ :  Jane  E.,  Susan  E., 
Richard  M.,  Mary,  Nancy,  Sai-ah,  John  AV.,  Dan- 
iel W.  and  Louisa.     Susan  E.  is  now  deceased. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  was  born  in 
Robertson  County,  Tenn. .October  23,  1837,  and  was 
reared  on  his  father's  farm  in  Jlarion  County,  TIL, 


acquiring  an  excellent  common-school  education. 
He  had  been  taught  to  love  his  country  as  a  sister- 
hood which  should  be  unbroken,  and  upon  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  AVar  he  took  his  place  in 
the  ranks  of  the  Union  arm}-,  entering  the  service 
in  1861.  as  principal  musician  of  the  Fortieth  Illi- 
nois Infantry,  in  which  cap.acity  he  served  the  term 
of  his  enlistment,  three  j'ears.  He  not  only  was 
present  during  many  minor  engagements  ai-.d 
cheered  his  comrades  on  weary  marches,  and  in  the 
waiting  hours  in  camp,  but  participated  in  the 
noted  battles  of  Shiloh,  Corinth,  Vicksburg,  Jack- 
son, Chickamauga,  Lookout  Mountain,  Missionary 
Ridge,  Siege  of  Knoxville  and  all  of  the  hard- 
fought  conflicts  of  the  Georgia  campaign. 

At  Atlanta,  Ga.,  in  August,  1864,  Mr.  Cliapinan 
was  honorabl}'  discharged  and  he  then  returned  to 
Marion  Count}-,  III.,  making  that  his  home  until 
1882,  when  he  removed  to  Sumner  County,  Kan. 
He  purch.ased  land  and  entered  upon  the  life  of  a 
Kansas  farmer,  adding  to  his  acreage  and  improving 
the  estate  until  it  reached  its  present  state  of  high 
cultivation  and  development.  He  liow  owns  three 
hundred  and  twenty  acres,  lying  on  sections  5  and 
9,  ValVerde  Township,  on  which  is  an  excellent 
residence,  good  barns,  a  fine  orchard  of  several 
acres,  and  other  minor  improvements  which  every 
enterprising  and  progressive  farmer  makes.  Jlr. 
Chapm.an  is  giving  his  entire  attention  to  the  stock 
business  and  to  tilling  the  soil,  and  is  proving  sue 
cessful  in  his  enterprise. 

On  March  11,  1857,  the  marriage  ceremony  was 
performed  which  united  Mr.  Chapman  and  Jliss 
Margaret  Rogers,  of  ^I.arion  County,  111.  The 
young  and  charming  bride  was  born  in  Mississippi, 
January  18,  1840.  and  lived  to  make  a  happy  home 
until  April  18,  1870,  when  she  breathed  her  Last. 
The  union  resulted  in  the  birth  of  five  children: 
Wilbcr  C,  Fannie  G.,  Ruth  G.,  Laura  L.,  and  an  in- 
fant that  died  unnamed. 

Mr.  ('hapman  was  again  married  Se[)t':niber  1 1 . 
1870,  the  lady  with  whom  he  was  united  bcMng  Mrs. 
Abigail  Massey,  who  w.is  born  in  Cl.ay  County,  III., 
in  1837,  and  died  May  4,  1878.  Mrs.  Abigail 
Chapm.an  bore  her  husband  five  children — Aaron 
C,  Fred  M.,  Bertha  A.,  Merida  W.  and  Flora  M. 
I   Mr.  Chapman    contracted    a  third  matrimonial  al- 


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liancc  December  5,  1878,  his  companion  being  Miss 
Lida  A.  Songer,  of  Clay  Count}-,  III.,  who  was  born 
there  August  13,  1851.  This  union  has  been  blessed 
by  the  birth  of  six  children:  Pearl,  John  R.  For- 
est A.,  Bessie  J.,  Dais}'  F.  and  D wight  L.;  the  last 
two  are  twins. 

Mr.  Chapman  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  Alliance, 
and  to  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  gives  his  polit- 
ical support  to  the  Republican  party.  He  is  a 
member  in  good  standing  of  the  United  Brethren 
Church. 


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ANCELOT  JOHNSON.  The  pioneer  his- 
ij  tory  of  Sumner  County  and  the  men  who 
^  were  instrumental  in  its  early  growth  and 
development  forms  a  most  interesting  story  which 
will  not  part  with  an}'  of  its  imi)ortance  as  time 
rolls  on.  Among  tliosc  who  came  to  this  region 
nearly  a  score  of  years  ago  and  who  battled  with 
dangers  and  difflcnlties  was  Mr.  Johnson,  who  is 
now  looked  upon  as  one  of  its  most  honored  resi- 
dents. He  established  himself  on  section  6,  Ox- 
ford Township,  on  the  28th  of  May,  1871,  taking 
up  from  the  tiovernment  the  quarter  section  which 
he  now  owns.  He  put  his  stakes  in  front  of  his 
present  residence  at  a  time  when  the  now  flourish- 
ing town  of  Oxford  had  just  been  laid  out  and  con- 
tained one  small  store  conducted  by  Mr.  P. 
Binley.  The  latter  purchased  furs  from  the  In- 
dians and  made  a  precarious  living  as  best  he 
could.  There  were  no  improvements,  whatever, 
on  the  uplands  and  but  one  shanty  between  Oxford 
and  Mr.  Johnson's  claim. 

Soon  after  Mr.  Johnson  selected  his  location  he 
was  joined  by  two  neighbors;  in  fact,  fourteen 
claims  were  taken  in  one  day  by  a  delega- 
tion from  Iowa  In  those  days  there  was  a  com- 
munity of  feeling  among  the  pioneers  which  led 
them  to  take  an  interest  in  each  other's  welfare  and 
very  soon  all  were  not  only  acquaintances  but 
friends.  Mr.  Johnson  proceeded  with  the  im- 
provements of  his  property,  breaking  the  sod  and 
putting  in  a  full  crop  that  same  year.  He  filed  his 
claim  at  Augusta  and  obtained  bis  outfit  for  farm- 


ing at  Independence,  and  for  building  purposes 
made  his  lumber  from  cottonwood.  At  first  he  was 
obliged  to  haul  water  from  Oxford.  The  neighbors 
joined  together  in  obta'ning  water,  one  going  at 
one  lime  and  another  the  next.  The  only  ladies  in 
the  colony  was  Miss  Cordie,  the  daughter  of  Mr. 
Johnson,  and  Mrs.  Frank  Evans.  The  ladies  were 
sheltered  in  a  tent  while  the  men  lived  in  their 
wagons,  the  camp  being  on  the  present  farm  of  5Ir. 
Carpenter. 

The  first  shanty  of  the  colony,  a  structure  twelve 
feet  square,  was  put  up  by  Mr.  Johnson  ami  within 
it  Mr.  J(-hnson  and  family  lived  for  two  summers. 
In  the  winter  3Ir.  Johnson  and  his  daughter  re- 
paired to  Independence. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1872,  Mr.  Johnson  re- 
moved his  wife  and  family  to  this  place  and  then 
proceeded  vvith  the  improvement  of  his  property 
until  1879.  He  then  embarked  in  sheep-raising, 
transferring  the  scene  of  his  operations  to  Meagher 
County,  Mont.  In  that  region  he  took  another 
claim,  remaining  on  it  until  proving  up,  then  sold 
it  and  returned  to  Kansas  and  sojourned  upon  his 
his  farm  until  188-1.  Upon  the  latter  Mr.  Johnson 
had  planted  a  good  grove  and  set  out  quantities  of 
hedge  for  fencing.  After  prosecuting  general  agri- 
culture he  became  interested  in  stock-raising  and 
in  this,  as  with  the  other,  was  uniformly  successful. 

Liberal  and  public-spirited,  lie  was  ever  a  friend 
of  education  and  progress,  assisting  in  organizing 
the  school  district  and  officiating  as  Director. 

Mr.  Johnson,  about  1884,  put  up  a  more  modern 
dwelling  at  this  place  assisted  by  his  son.  The  lat- 
ter then  went  to  No  Man's  Land,  where  he  is  now 
engaged  in  stock-raising.  Air.  Johnson,  although 
making  no  pretentions  to  being  a  politician,  votes 
the  straight  Republican  ticket  and  keeps  himself 
posted  on  matters  of  general  interest.  He  is  a 
member  in  good  standing  of  the  Christian  Chiu'ch. 
Such  has  been  his  course  in  life,  his  honesty  and 
fair  dealing  with  his  fellow-men,  that  he  has  gained 
the  unqualified  respect  of  all  those  with  whom  he 
has  come  in  contact. 

A  native  of  Shelby  County,  Ky.,  Mr.  Johnson  was 
born  September  23,  1827,  and  when  a  child  of  two 
years  was  taken  by  his  parents  to  Orange  County, 
Ind.      Later    they    removed   to   Putnam    County, 


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that  State,  thence  to  Boone  County,  and  finally 
to  Benton  County,  Iowa,  where  j'oung  Johnson 
(levelojied  into  manhood.  He  left  the  [)arental 
roof  when  about  nineteen  years  old  and  commenced 
learning  the  carpenter's  trade,  then  going  to  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  he  sojourned  there  one  year.  Return- 
ing then  to  Iowa  he  prosecuted  his  trade  in  Benton 
County  and  finally  purcliased  land  five  miles  from 
Vinton,  the  county  seat  of  Bentcm  County,  wiiere 
he  made  his  home  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years. 
In  tlie  meantime  he  was  married,  March  5,  1850,  to 
Miss.  M.  J.  Forsythe. 

After  the  outbreaK  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  John- 
son enlisted  in  October,  18C2,  in  Company  K., 
Sixtli  Iowa  Cavalry,  aud  leaving  home  November 
3,  following,  was  sent  to  the  Northwest  to  light  the 
Indians.  His  duties  led  him  all  over  Dakota  Ter- 
ritory, and  lie  returned  home  November  3,  1865, 
after  a  service  of  three  years  and  nine  houis.  He 
had  now  a  family  of  five  children.  He  con- 
tinued a  resident  of  of  Benton  County,  Iowa,  until 
1870,  altliougii  in  the  meantime  he  had  sold  liis 
farm.  That  year  they  came  to  Kansas  and  pur- 
chased a  town  lot  in  Independence,  where  the}- 
lived  until  their  removal  to  Oxford  Township,  this 
county. 

Mrs.  Johnson  was  born  in  Decatur  County  Ind., 
February  5,  1830,  and  is  the  daughter  of  J.  .S.  and 
Jane  (McCoy)  Forsythe,  the  former  a  native  of 
Kentuckj'  and  the  latter  of  Indiana.  Mr.  Forsylhe 
lived  for  a  time  in  the  vicinity  of  Lebanon,  Boone 
County,  Ind.,  where  he  was  among  the  first  settlers. 
He  engaged  in  merchandising  and  for  some  years 
was  Sheriff  of  Boone  County.  In  1844  he  crossed 
the  Mississippi  into  Linn  Count}',  Iowa,  settling  at 
Marion,  but  two  years  later  changed  his  residence 
to  Benton  Count}'.  He  was  married  in  tiie  latter 
county  where  the  wife  and  raotlier  died  in  1849. 
In  Iowa,  !is  he  had  been  in  Indiana,  Mr.  Forsythe 
was  prominent  in  local  affairs,  serving  as  County 
J  udge  andTown.sliip  Supervisor  aiul  holding  other 
public  positions  until  quite  aged.  Finally,  lefiving 
the  Ilawkeye  Slate  in  1873  he  came  to  Kansas  and 
spent  his  last  years  in  Avon  Township,  dying  in 
1876  at  the  age  of  seventy-nine  years. 

Five  children  were  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John- 
son, of  whom  only  three  are  living.     Joiin  A.  mar- 


ried Miss  Lundy  King,  and  is  the  father  of  five 
children;  he  has  already  been  spoken  of  as  a  resi- 
dent of  No  Man's  Land.  Eva  is  the  wife  of  E. 
Platte,  and  the}'  live  on  a  farm  near  Greensburg, 
adjoining  the  county  seat.  Cordie  remains  at 
home;  Ida  married  James  Johnson,  wiio  died  in 
1884  and  she  died  in  1888,  botli  being  the  victims 
of  consumption.  Their  son,  Allen  W.,  died  when 
three  years  old. 

Alexander  Johnson,  the  fatlier  of  our  subject, 
was  born  in  Oiiio  and  married  Miss  Sarah  Allen,  of 
Kentucky.  The}'  made  their  home  in  Shelby 
County,  that  State,  until  coming  West,  as  already 
stated,  and  reared  a  family  of  ten  children  to  ma- 
ture years.  Mr.  Johnson  died  in  Iowa  April  13, 
1855,  at  tlie  age  of  sixty -six  years.  The  mother 
died  about  1875-76,  in  Iowa.  Siie  was  a  nieml)er 
in  good  standing  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr. 
Johnson  had  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Wai-  of 
1812. 


EACON  JAMES  T.  CHURCH.  Tiie  sub 
ll'  ject  of  this  sketch  is  particularly  well 
known  in  tlie  religious  circles  of  Welling- 
ton, being  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  Baji 
tist  Church,  in  which  he  has  olHciatod  as  Deacon 
for  many  years.  He  was  born  in  Lancaster.  Fair- 
field County,  Ohio,  November  19,  1828.  and  is  the 
son  of  Isaac  Church,  a  native  of  Cape  May.  .\.  J. 
The  latter  was  reared  in  his  native  State,  and  be- 
came an  architect  and  builder.  He  was  converted 
in  his  youth,  joining  the  Bai)tist  Church,  and  for 
many  years  ofliciated  as  a  minister  of  that  de- 
nomination. I'pon  leaving  New  Jersey  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  where  he 
continued  preaching.  -Vbout  1820  he  emigrated  to 
Ohio,  and  located  among  tlie  pioneers  of  Fairfield 
County. 

After  his  removal  to  Ohio,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject being  located  in  the  town  of  Lancaster,  en- 
gaged as  a  carpenter  and  builder,  while  he  also 
continued  his  labors  in  the  Master's  vineyard.  With 
the  exception  ol  a  short  time  spent  afterward  in 
New   Jersey,  he   remained  a  resilient  of   Lancaster 


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until  his  death,  which  occurrefl  about  1853-54.  He 
was  married  in  early  manhood  to  Mrs.  Susan  Dun- 
lap.  She  was  the  mother  of  our  subject  and  his 
twin  sister,  and  passed  away  about  1 832,  twenty 
years  prior  to  the  decease  of  her  liusband.  The 
Rev.  Isaac  Church  was  four  times  married. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  attended  the  primitive 
schools  of  Lancaster,  Ohio,  and  after  reaching  raan- 
hoo<l  completed  a  business  course  in  the  Commer- 
cial School  at  Ottawa,  111.  He  was  only  four  years 
old  at  the  time  of  his  mother's  death,  and  when  a 
b'ly  of  eight  years  went  to  live  witii  an  uncle  in 
the  same  count}',  where  he  was  reared  on  a  farm 
and  remained  until  reaching  his  majority.  He  was 
then  given  §100,  with  a  horse  and  saddle,  and 
started  out  to  seek  his  fortune.  Locating  in  Fair- 
field County  he  engaged  with  a  firm  of  contractors 
six  months,  then  secured  a  position  as  clerk  and 
book-keeper  in  tlie  employ  of  Maiilon  Ashbrook,  in 
Pickaway  County.  This  gentleman  also  conducted 
a  sawmill,  distillery,  etc.  Young  Church  remained 
witii  him  one  year,  then  returned  to  his  old  home 
in  Fairfield  County  and  engaged  in  sheep  raising, 
and  also  dealt  in  sheep  in  company  with  his  uncle, 
John  M.  Ashbrook.  He  was  thus  occupied  two 
years,  then  engaged  in  farming.  He  purchased  land 
in  Fairfield  Count}',  and  continued  there  until 
1857.  Then  selling  out  he  went  to  Ottawa,  111., 
and  engaged  in  the  grocery  trade  and  the  manufac- 
ture of  vinegar.  In  1866  he  sold  out  once  more, 
and  engaged  in  the  lumber  and  grocery  trade  until 
1877.  He  now  met  with  reverses,  losing  all  of  his 
property,  and  we  next  find  him  in  Chicago,  111.,  as 
a  dealer  in  groceries.  Latar  he  embarked  in  the 
lumber  business,  on  the  Lumber  Exchange,  until 
1880. 

In  the  above-mentioned  year  Mr.  Church  came 
to  Kansas,  locating  first  at  Humboldt,  and  engaging 
in  the  lumber  trade  one  year.  In  1882  he  sold  out 
and  removed  to  Lincoln,  Neb.,  where  lie  [irosecuted 
the  lumber  business  a  few  months,  and  then,  in 
1883,  came  to  Wellington.  Here  he  opened  a  lum- 
ber yard  and  instituted  a  branch  yard  at  Caldwell, 
conducting  these  until  January,  1889.  His  next 
move  was  to  form  a  partnership  with  J.  L  Wood, 
and  they  opened  an  office  for  the  practice  of  law, 
also  attending  to  collections  and  insurance. 


Mr.  Church  was  married,  October  9,  1853,  in 
Fairfield  County,  Ohio,  to  Miss  Laura  C.  Kagy. 
This  lady  was  born  in  Fairfield  County,  Ohio, 
March  19,  1832,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Lewis  B. 
and  Francina  P.  (Ashbrook)  Kagy,  who  were  na- 
tives of  Virginia,  and  pioneers  of  Ohio.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Church  there  were  born  two  children — 
Francina  and  Mary.  The  first  mentioned  was  mar- 
ried to  Ricardo  Miner,  and  they  live  in  Phoenix, 
Arizona;  they  have  one  child,  George  E.  Mary  is 
the  wife  of  C.  A.  Foss,  of  San  Diego,  Cal.,  and  they 
have  three  children  — C.  Stanford,  James  C.  and 
Laura  C.  Politically,  Mr.  Church  is  a  stanch  Re- 
publican. 


"^OHN  P.  NICE  is  one  of  the  most  practical 
and  prosperous  farmers  in  ValVcrde  Town- 
ship and  an  exponent  of  the  excellent  traits 

which  are  to  be  met  with  among  the  Teutonic 

races:.  His  residence  and  barn  are  the  finest  in  the 
township,  and  taken  all  in  all,  his  farm,  although 
not  so  large  as  many,  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
in  the  entire  county.  Hard  work,  a  wise  economy, 
and  a  determination  to  succeed,  have  been  the  levers 
by  which  he  has  won  success  since  he  came  to 
Kansas  a  poor  man. 

The  birth  of  our  subject  took  place  in  Prussia, 
April  15.  1816,  and  he  is  the  youngest  of  three 
children  born  to  Mathew.  and  Gertrude  Nice.  The 
mother  died  in  German}-,  and  in  1853  the  father 
emigrated  to  America,  settling  in  Grant  County, 
Wis.,  where  he  lived  until  1887,  when  he  too.  de- 
parted this  life.  Three  years  after  his  own  passage 
across  the  Atlantic,  his  children — Gertrude,  Nicho- 
las and  John  P. — followed  him  to  America,  and 
our  subject  grew  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm 
in  Wisconsin.  He  remained  in  that  .State  until 
1871,  and  then  became  a  citizen  of  this  county, 
making  Oxford  his  first  abiding  place.  There  he 
carried  on  a  mercantile  business  for  a  time,  but  in 
1883,  moved  to  his  present  home  on  section  16, 
ValVerde  Township,  where  he  owns  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land.  The  estate  is  not  only 
furnished  with  the  fine  residence  and  barn  before 


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mentioned,  but  with  all  other  buildings  neco.ssary 
for  the  c'.irryini^  on  of  the  work  of  the  farm,  and 
with  sucli  fences,  trees,  and  sliriibs  as  make  it  beau- 
tiful and  add  largely  to  its  value. 

The  lady  to  whose  housewifely  skill  and  amiable 
character.  Mr.  Nice  owes  the  comforts  and  pleasure 
of  his  home  life,  was  born  in  Austria,  in  1855,  and 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  MoUie  Potucek.  At  the 
time  of  their  marriage  in  1875,  she  was  a  resident 
of  this  county.  Their  happj'  union  has  resulted  in 
the  birtli  of  four  children,  William,  Avice,  Lena, 
and  an  infant  who  died  unnamed.  BIr.  Nice  has 
held  some  minor  offices,  exercises  the  elective  fran- 
chise in  behalf  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  is  a 
member  of  tiie  Farmers'  Alliance.  He  does  not 
belong  toanj'  religious  organization  but  is  a  Catho- 
lic in  belief. 


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,SCAR  .J.  HACKNEY.  In  1871  this  gentle- 
man left  Logan  County,  111.,  for  the  Kansag 
frontier,  coming  by  rail  to  Newton,  which 
was  then  the  western  terminus  of  the  road,  and 
ihenee  by  stage  to  Wichita,  then  an  unpretentious 
village,  where  he  was  met  b}^  a  brother  and  driven 
to  this  countj-,  his  arrival  being  in  the  month  of 
September.  Wellington  had  just  been  platted  and 
contained  but  few  houses,  and  in  the  western  part 
of  the  county  deer  and  buffaloes  abounded,  while 
the  surrounding  country-  was  still  in  the  possession 
of  the  United  States  (Jovernment.  Mr.  Hackney 
took  up  the  southeast  quarter  of  section  25,  in 
what  is  now  Wellington  Township,  and  at  once 
erected  a  house  and  began  a  successful  career  as  a 
Kansas  pioneer  farmer.  He  has  added  to  his 
landed  estate,  and  now  owns  five  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  fine  land,  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  being  in  .\yon  and  the  rest  in  Wellington 
Township. 

Mr.  Hacknej-  was  horn  in  Jefferson  County, 
Iowa,  April  26,  1847,  and  was  a  child  of  about  five 
years  when  his  parents  removed  to  Logan  County, 
III.,  where  he  was  reared  and  educated  until  about 
sixteen    years    old.      In    the    meantime    the    Civil 


War  had  broken  out,  and  all  over  the  Northern 
States  the  tidal  wave  of  patriotic  enthusi.'ism  had 
rolled,  carrying  with  it  to  the  front  many  a  lad 
who.  though  young  in  years,  was  old  in  devotion 
to  Ills  country;  while  many  a  lad  was  coni|)elk'd  to 
remain  at  liome  on  account  of  his  3-outli  or  insulli- 
cient  strength,  whose  heart  was  with  the  forces  and 
who  waited  longingly  for  the  day  to  come  when  he 
couki  enter  the  arm}-. 

In  1863  young  Ilackne}-  enlisted  in  Company 
II,  Seventh  Illinois  Infantry,  and  soon  after  his 
enrollment  was  taking  his  part  in  campaign  life  in 
Alabama.  From  that  State  the  following  year  he 
went  to  Georgia,  joining  Sherman's  forces  at  the 
famous  field  of  Resaca,  and  subsequenti}'  partici- 
pating in  the  battles,  skirmishes  and  weary  inarches 
from  that  point  to  Atlanta,  being  present  during 
the  siege  and  at  the  capture  of  that  city,  and  in 
the  battle  of  Altona  Pass.  During  the  latter  en- 
gagement he  was  seriously  wounded,  and  was  laid 
up  for  two  months,  after  which  lie  rejoined  his 
comrades  and  marched  with  the  victorious  army  to 
Washington,  via  Petersburg  and  Richmond,  where 
after  participating  in  the  Grand  Review  he  was  hon- 
orabl}'  discharged  and  mustered  out  of  the  service. 
Returning  to  his  home  he  rented  land,  and  devoted 
himself  to  the  peaceful  occupation  of  farming, 
quitting  Logan  County  only  to  become  a  citizen 
of  Kans.TS. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  Hackney  is  a  native  of  Logan 
Count}',  111.,  and  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Lsna 
Clark.  She  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Eliza  Clark, 
and  with  the  educational  advantages  afforded  in 
her  childhood  and  the  careful  training  of  her  wor- 
thy parents,  w.as  well  fitted  to  discharge  all  her 
duties  in  life  upon  reaching  womanhood.  Her 
union  with  ^Ir.  Hackney  was  celebrated  January 
28,  1868,  and  six  children  have  come  to  bless  their 
fireside — Edward,  John,  Frank.  William,  Mamie 
and  Kate, 

Mr.  Hackney  belongs  to  James  Shields  Post.  No. 
57,  G.  A.  R.  Until  the  \'ear  1872  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican, but  since  that  time  his  suffr.age  has  been 
given  to  the  Democratic  party.  During  Gen. 
Grant's  presidential  term  he  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  Postmaster  at  AVellington  and  served  two 
years    in    that   capacity.     He    is  enterprising  and 


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prudent  in  his  agricultural  work,  keeps  himself 
well  informed  regarding  current  events  and  general 
topics  of  information,  and  is  regarded  as  a  good 
citizen  and   honorable  man. 

Tiie  father  of  our  subject  is  now  living  at  Wiii- 
field,  Kan.,  to  which  place  heienioved  in  1880. 
He  was  born  in  Ohio,  anti  is  the  son  of  a  farmer 
who  removed  from  the  Buckeye  State  to  Illinois, 
thence  to  Iowa,  returning  subsequently  to  the 
Prairie  State  and  spending  his  last  years  in  Logan 
County.  Jacob  T.  Hackney  accompanied  his 
father  to  Illinois,  and  thence  to  tlie  Territory  of 
Iowa,  and  was  a  pioneer  settler  tn  Jetferson  County. 
In  1852  he  purchased  a  farm  three  miles  from 
Mount  Pulaski,  in  Logan  County,  III.,  upon  which 
he  made  his  home  until  his  removal  to  this  State. 
His  wife,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  bore  the  mai- 
den name  of  Lucy  Chapman,  and  was  a  native  of 
Lexington,  K}'.  Shedeparteil  tliis  life  at  her  home 
in  Logan  County,  111.,  some  years  since. 


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GEORGE  A.  SOMMERVILLK.  The  name  of 
this  hardy  pioneer,  whose  portrait  is   pre- 


sented on  the  opposite  page,  has  been  fa- 
miliar to  the  peoi)le  of  Oxford  Townshijj  since 
1873,  when  he  took  up  his  abode  in  a  then  thinly 
settled  region,  selecting  land  on  section  36,  to  the 
extent  of  Ihree  hundred  acres.  He  comes  of  sturdy 
ancestry  and  was  born  in  Harrison  County,  W.  Vn., 
Januarv  '24,  1812.  His  fatlicr,  Alexander  Sommer- 
ville,  was  born  in  Scotland  and  emigrated  to  the 
I'nited  Slates  a  single  man.  He  married  JMiss  Grace 
Miller  and  they  made  their  home  in  tlje  Old  Do- 
minion thereafter  until  the  death  of  the  father. 

The  father  of  our  subject  engaged  in  various 
pursuits  and  was  looked  upon  as  a  man  of  more 
than  ordinary  ability.  He  was  elected  Sheriff  of 
Harrison  County  when  his  son,  George  A.,  was  a 
mere  boy,  and  retained  the  office  for  many  j'ears. 
In  the  meantime  the  home  of  the  famiij'  was  in 
Clarksburg,  the  county  seal,  where  (!eorge  A.  de- 
veloped into  manhood.     The  elder    Somraerville, 


■  also  followed  the  profession  of  a  teacher  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  The  parental  household  included 
eleven  children,  all  of  whom  grew  to  mature  3'ears 
and  of  whom  (4eorge  A.  was  the  seventh  in  order 
of  birth.  Alexander  Sommerville  departed  this 
life  at  the  old  homestead  in  Virginia  in  183',).  The 
mother  survived  hcriiusband  forapjeriod  of  twenty 
years  and  in  the  meantime  removed  to  Indiana 
where  her  death  took  place  in  1859. 

Upon  leaving  his  native  State  Mr.  Sommerville 
repaired  to  Elkhart  County,  Ind.,  where  he  so- 
journed three  years  and  then  took  up  his  abode  in 
Kosciusko  County.  In  the  meantims  he  was  occu- 
pied in  agricultural  pursuits  and  on  the  6th  of 
December,  1840,  was  married  in  Kosciusko  County, 
to  Miss  Delilah  Firestone.  Mrs.  Somraerville 
was  born  in  Logan  County,  Ohio,  in  1822  and  was 
the  daughter  of  Samuel  Firestone.  When  she  was 
a  joung  lady  the  parents  removed  to  Indiana  where 
they  lived  until  called  home  to  a  better  land.  Six 
children  svere  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sommerville  of 
whom  two  only  lived  to  mature  years,  both  sons — 
Marion,  a  resident  of  Harper,  Kan.,  and  Jasper, 
who  lives  one  and  one-half  miles  north  in  Oxford 
Township. 

The  land  which  Mr.  Sommerville  first  took  up 
h,ad  undergone  but  very  slight  improvement,  al- 
though there  was  a  frame  building  on  the  ])lace. 
He  thus  practically  commenced  at  first  principles 
in  the  construction  of  a  home,  breaking  the  land, 
making  fences  and  setting  out  fruit  and  sluade  trees. 
He  was  prospered  in  his  labors  and  in  due  time 
found  hiniself  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  competence. 
He  retired  from  active  labor  in  1881,  renting  the 
farm,  biit  still  makes  his  home  there.  Mr.  Som- 
merville has  given  to  each  of  bis  sons  eighty  acres 
of  land  and  has  sufticient  left  to  yield  him  a  com- 
fortable income.  The  first  schoolhouse  in  his  dis- 
trict was  put  up  the  first  summer  he  located  there. 
He  has  been  Treasurer  four  years  and  School  Di- 
rector for  two  years.  He  gives  his  unqualified  sup- 
port to  the  Ke|)ublican  party.  He  has  been  for 
some  time  a  member  of  the  Missionary  Baptist 
Church  and  is  looked  upon  as  a  representative  man 
whose  career  has  been  such  as  to  gain  him  the  es- 
teem and  confidence  of  his  fellow-citizens.  ]Mrs. 
Delilah  Sommerville  departed  this  life  at  her  home 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


in  Oxford  Townsliip,  August  14,  1881.  She  was 
ii  member  of  the  same  elnii'ch  as  her  husband  ami 
an  active  Christian. 


^  ft.ARREX  WOLLAM,  one  of  tiie  entcrpris- 
\/iJi  ing  and  progressive  farmers  of  Greene 
\y\»  Township,  was  l)()rn  in  Coiumliiana  County, 
Ohio,  Novembci'  1»,  ISol,  and  is  a  son  of  Alfred 
Wollani,  a  tiller  of  the  soil  in  the  Bueke\e  State. 
In  l.s(J3,  Alfred  WoUam.  with  his  family,  which 
consisted  of  a  wife,  seven  sons  and  two  daughters, 
removed  to  Mercer  County,  where  he  and  his  wife 
still  reside,  and  where  our  subject  grew  to  man- 
hood. 

Mr.  Wollam,  of  whom  we  write,  acquired  an 
excellent  education,  and  early  in  life  adopted  the 
profession  of  a  teacher,  spending  the  winters  in 
professional  work,  and  during  the  summers  working 
upon  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  twenty-two 
years  old.  He  taught  sixteen  terras  of  school  in 
fiercer  County,  sevi'n  of  them  being  successive  m 
his  home  district,  and  since  coming  to  Kansas  has 
s|)ent  one  term  in  similar  em|)loynient. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Mercer  County, 
Ohio,  August  IG,  187.'!,  Mr.  Wollam  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Miss  Elscina,  daughter  of  Wesley 
Copeland.  The  bride  was  (kh'u  in  Auglaize  County, 
Ohio,.lune  15.  18.")1,  ami  has  been  an  able  assistant 
and  loving  companion  since  their  marriage.  After 
that  event  the  yimng  couple  continued  to  reside  in 
Mercer  County  until  the  spring  of  1883,  when  they 
removed  to  Kansas,  locating  on  section  2!).  Greene 
Township,  where  they  have  ever  since  resided. 
'I  here  Mr.  Wollam  now  owns  one  hunilrcd  and 
sixty  acres  of  fertile  and  productive  land  on  which 
excellent  buildings  have  been  erected  and  other 
good  im|irovemcnts  made.  Since  coming  to  this 
State  he  has  devoted  considerable  time  to  carpen- 
tering and  has  built  several  houses  in  Green  Town- 
ship. He  is  a  good  workman  at  the  trade,  as  well 
as  a  successful  farnici-.  The  family  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.     Wollam     comprises    four    living    children: 


Nellie,  Alfred,  Oma,  and  Carl,  and  two  infant 
daughters.  Kva  and  Gertie,  were  removed  from 
them  by  the  reaper — IJeath. 

Mr.  Wollam  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Farmers' 
Alliance,  and  has  been  business  agent  since  the 
organization  of  the  society  here.  He  lias  held  the 
ollice  of  Trustee  of  Greene  Township  for  three  suc- 
cessive terms.  He  takes  an  active  part  in  jjolilical 
matters,  laboring  earnestly  for  the  advancement  of 
the  Republican  party.  In  July.  1888,  he  was  sent 
as  a  Delegate  to  the  State  Republican  Convention. 
In  the  fall  of  1  88U  he  was  the  Republican  eandi 
date  for  County  Clerk,  but  was  defeated  by  William 
H.  Carnes.  Few  men  of  his  years  within  the 
bounds  of  Kansas  possess  a  wider  fund  of  informa- 
tion, a  more  agreealtle  manner,  or  a  more  energetic 
nature  than  does  he.  .and  his  reputation  among  his 
associates  is  that  of  an  upright  man  and  reliable 
citizen. 


f^m" 


^fLEXAN'DFI!  BARNES,  a  homesteader  of 
187fi,  established  himself  that  3' ear  in  Lon- 
U'  don  Township,  taking  up  one  hundred  and 
^^/  sixty  .acres  of  land   on   section   32.     The 

country  around  him  was  then  mostly  in  a  wild  con- 
dition, where  few  pcoi)lc  had  settled,  presenting 
thus  not  a  very  cheerful  outlook.  l\Ir.  Barnes, 
however,  had  abundant  faith  in  the  future  of  his 
adopted  State,  and  held  his  ground,  while  others, 
to  a  certain  extent,  were  coming  and  going.  He 
carried  on  the  cultivation  of  his  land  as  rapidl3'  as 
l)ossible,  erected  the  necessary  buildings,  planted 
fruit  and  sh.aile  ti'ees,  and  in  due  time  found  him- 
self the  possessor  of  a  snug  homestead.  He  prose- 
cutes gencnd  agricuUurc,  and  makes  a  specialty  of 
attending  strictly  to  his  own  concerns,  meddling 
very  little  with  public  affairs,  otherwise  than  lo 
maintain  his  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party. 

A  native  of  what  is  now  West  Virginia,  Mr. 
Barnes  was  born  in  Brook  County,  November  I, 
183.'),  and  lived  there  until  a  young  man  of  twenty 
years.  He  then  emigrated  to  Illinois,  accompanied 
bj'  his  brother,  and  subsequentl}-   moved    to    Iowa, 


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349 


of  which  he  was  a  resident  until  coming  to  this 
county.  After  leaving  his  native  State,  he  was 
married  February  4,  1858,  to  Miss  Harriet  Biirker. 
Tliis  lady  was  born  in  Fulton  County.  111.,  on  the 
Itth  of  August,  1841,  and  is  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Rachel  (Harris)  Barker,  who  were  natives  of 
Ohio.  Mr.  Barker  followed  farming  as  his  chosen 
vocation,  and  is  now  deceased.  Ten  children  have 
been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barnes,  whom  they 
named  respectively:  John  W.,  Warren  A.,  Elmer, 
Carrie.  Mattie,  Melvin,  Walter,  Clyde,  Dollie,  and 
Cora.  They  are  all  living,  making  an  exceedingly 
bright  and  interesting  group.  Carrie  married  Da- 
vid E.  Rogers,  and  lives  in  this  township. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Alexander  Barnes, 
Sr.,  a  native  of  Maryland,  who  emigrated  to  the 
western  part  of  the  Ohl  Dominion  when  a  young 
man.  Later  we  find  him  in  Wasliiugton  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  followed  his  trade  of  carpenter,  and 
spent  his  last  days.  The  parental  household  con- 
sisted of  ten  children.  The  mother  is  long  since 
deceased,  having  died  in  Ohio  at  the  advanced  age 
of  eight_v  years. 


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^w?  AMES  II.  WILLIAMS.  The  subjuet  of  this 
I  notice  lives  quietly  and  unostentaliousl3- at ■ 
a  snug  homestead  in  Harmon  Township, 
where  he  has  three  hundred  and  twenty  .acres 
of  choice  land,  occupying  a  part  of  section  11).  He 
came  to  this  conntj'  in  the  fall  of  1881  from  San- 
gamon County,  III.,  where  he  was  born  August  8, 
1842.  He  spent  the  first  twenty  years  of  his  life 
on  his  father's  farm,  little  occurring  to  disturb  the 
even  tenor  of  his  way  until  the  outbreak  of  the 
Civil  War.  He  celebrated  his  twentieth  birthday 
by  enlisting  as  a  soldier  in  the  ITnion  Army  in 
Company  E,  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  Illinois 
Infantry,  and  rendered  a  faithful  service  of  three 
years  or  until  the  close  of  the  war.  The  regiment 
was  assigned  to  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  and  he 
endured  the  various  hardships  inseparable  from  life 
in  the  .army,  but  |ireserved  his  health  and  strength 


in  a  remarkable  degree,  escaping  caiiture  and 
wounds  from  the  enemy.  He  was  present  at  the 
battles  of  Jackson,  Vicksburg,  Brandon,  Nashville, 
Mobile,  Ft.  Blakely  and  numerous  other  engage- 
ments. 

After  receiving  his  honorable  discharge  from  the 
service  of  Uncle  Sam,  Mr.  Williams  returned  to  the 
place  of  his  birth  and  sojourned  there  until  1^G8. 
In  the  meantime  he  was  married  March  1  .\  1868, 
to  Miss  Caroline  F.  Hedrick.  The  newly  wedded 
jjair  settled  in  Christian  County,  III.,  whore  Mr. 
Williams  engaged  in  farming  and  wliere  they  lived 
until  the  spring  of  1881.  Then  returning  to  Sanga- 
mon Count}-  they  resided  there  until  the  fall  of  that 
year  and  then  set  their  faces  toward  the  country 
west  of  the  Mississipjn.  Mrs.  Williams,  like  her 
husband,  is  a  native  of  Sangamon  County,  III.,  and 
was  born  August  11,  1851.  Her  parents  were  Al- 
fred and  Nancy  Hedrick,  natives  of  Tennessee  and 
Ohio.  The  father  resides  in  Taylorville,  111.,  the 
mother  is  deceased. 

To  our  subject  and  his  estimable  wife  there  have 
been  born  five  children,  viz.:  Herbert  I.,  Frederick, 
Emma,  Ilattie,  and  Rosa.  Hattie  died  when  an  in- 
teresting child  of  twelve  years;  the  other  children 
are  at  home  with  their  [jarents.  It  is  hardly  neces- 
sary to  state  that  Mr.  Williams  thoroughly  believes 
in  the  principles  of  the  Republican  party  to  which 
he  has  given  his  support  since  becoming  a  voting 
citizen.  He  was  elected  Township  Trustee  in  the 
fall  of  1885,  serving  two  terms  and  was  re-elected 
in  the  fall  of  1889.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
school  board  of  his  district  and  occupied  other 
positions  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  and  his 
wife,  with  their  son  Frederick  and  daughter  Emma, 
are  members  in  good  standing  of  the  Christian 
Church. 

The  home  surroundings  of  Mr.  Williams  and  his 
family  present  a  picture  of  plenty  and  content 
which  is  delightful  to  contemplate.  The  dwelling 
is  a  comfortable  structure  and  adjacent  is  a  goodly 
.assortment  of  fruit  and  shade  trees,  together  with 
the  various  other  .a|)purtenances  usuall}'  belonging 
to  a  rural  home.  Mr.  Williams  keeps  a  fair  assort- 
ment of  live  stock  and  realizes  each  year  from  his 
well-cultivated  fields  a  snfHcient  income  to  supply 
his  w.ants  and  enable  him  to  lay  by  something  for 


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PORTIIAIT  AND  RIoaHAPIIlCAT-  ALBUM. 


a  rainy  daj'.  Isaiah  B..  and  Plielie  Williain;;,  ilio 
|)aients  of  our  subject,  were  natives  of  Vermont 
anil  Kentucky  and  came  to  Illinois  when  small, 
wliere  the}-  have  since  resided.  They  live  in 
Custer,  111. 


-eaci?/©^-  ■^^-»-3fa'^'2"»-i 


NDREAV  S.  OMO.  Among  the  honored 
veterans  of  Jackson  Township  none  are 
held  in  greater  respect  than  Mr.  Omo  and 
his  estimable  wife.  Thej'  commenced  the 
journey  of  life  together  over  fiftv  years  ago,  a 
journey  in  \Thich  their  interests  have  been  mutual, 
and  which  has  been  singularly  blest  by  affection 
and  contentment.  Both  are  remarkably  well  pre- 
served, and  from  choice  still  continue  the  perform- 
ance of  their  daily  duties,  finding  in  them  a  solace 
far  more  comfortable  than  idleness.  Mr.  Omo  has 
passed  his  seventy-seventh  birthday,  having  been 
born  in  1813,  and  his  native  place  was  at  Little 
York,  York  County,  Pa. 

In  reverting  to  the  antecedents  of  the  subject  of 
this  notice,  we  find  that  he  is  the  son  of  Simon 
Omo,  who  was  born  in  Paris.  France,  and  entered 
the  army  when  a  lad  of  fifteen}' ears,  serving  under 
Napoleon.  He  thus  spent  seveji  years  of  his  life, 
and  at  the  expiration  of  this  time  was  detailed  to 
cross  the  Atlantic  with  three  vessels  for  provisions. 
The  vessels  laid  at  the  port  of  Philadelphia  nearly 
three  months,  and  in  the  meantime  .Simon  Omo  and 
three  of  his  comrades  deserted.  Tboy  had  but 
fifty  cents  between  them,  and  were  unable  to  speak 
the  English  language.  They  struck  out  for  the 
country,  and  luckily  found  a  well-to-do  French- 
man on  a  farm,  who  gave  them  a  square  meal  be- 
sides provisions  to  take  with  them  and  §2  in  cash. 
Thus  equipped,  the  father  of  our  subject  and 
his  comrades  proceeded  to  Lancaster,  l*a..  and 
j'oung  Omo  engaged  with  a  blacksmith  to  learn 
the  trade.  He  served  an  apprenticeship  of  four  years, 
and  continued  witli  his  employer  a  number  of 
years  longer.  Then,  being  married,  he  located  .at 
Little  York,  wliere    he  continued   to  sojourn  until 


\!^2[i.  Ihat  year  he  removed  to  I  nion  County, 
and  was  a  resident  of  Lewisburg  one  year.  Sub- 
sequently he  rented  a  tract  of  hind  four  miles  south 
of  New  Berlin,  where  he  lived  two  years.  Next 
he  removed  into  the  town,  where  he  resumed  work 
at  his  trade  and  resided  many  years. 

Finall}%  selling  out,  Simon  Omo  left  the  Key- 
stone State,  emigrating  to  Allen  Count}',  Ind., 
where  he  spent  his  last  days  with  his  children.  His 
death  took  place  in  1871,  after  he  had  reached  the 
advanced  age  of  ninety-three  years.  His  wife,  the 
mother  of  our  subject,  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Mary  ^losher.  She  was  born  in  Lancaster,  Pa., 
and  descended  from  German  and  Swiss  ancestry. 
She  departed  this  life  in  New  Berlin.  Pa.,  about 
\S~)9.  There  were  born  to  her  and  her  husband 
eight  children. 

Mr.  Omo,  of  this  notice,  remained  a  resident  of 
Union  County,  Pa.,  until  1852.  In  addition  to 
blacksmilhing,  his  father  also  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  brick,  and  Andrew  learned  the  trade, 
which  he  followed  in  Union  County  until  the  date 
above  mentioned.  Then,  removing  to  Lycoming 
County,  he  officiated  as  Superintendent  of  a  brick- 
yard there  three  years.  In  the  f.all  of  1855  he  set 
out  for  Iowa,  making  his  way  by  railroad  to  Rock 
Island,  III.,  which  was  then  the  western  terminus 
of  the  Great  Western  Railroad.  Thence  he  took  a 
stage  to  Tipton,  Iowa,  crossing  the  Mississippi  on 
a  steamboat  at  Rock  Island.  He  purchased  land  in 
Cedar  County  to  the  extent  of  a  half-section  ten 
miles  northeast  of  tbe  town  and  one  and  one-half 
miles  east  of  the  present  site  of  Clarence.  lie  put 
up  a  frame  house  and  then  returned  to  Pennsyl- 
vania for  his  family.  The  nearest  markets  to  his 
l;u?d  were  at  Davenport  and  Muscatine,  forty  miles 
away.  ^Ir.  Omo  settled  upon  his  land,  wiiich  he 
brought  to  a  good  state  of  cultivation,  and  whereon 
he  erected  comfortable  buildings. 

Sojourning  in  the  Hawkeye  State  until  187G, 
Mr.  Omo  then  sold  out  and  came  to  Kansas,  locat- 
ing in  Pawnee  County  and  taking  u|)  a  timber 
claim  as  a  homestead.  In  common  with  his  neigh- 
bors, he  suffered  from  drouth.  grasshoi)i)ors  and 
other  ills,  but  lived  there  until  1883.  Then,  sell- 
ing out  at  a  sacrifice,  he  came  to  Sumner  County 
and   purchased    one    hundred  and    sixty  acres  of 


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hiiiil  on  section  2.'5,  in  wiiiit  is  now  Jackson  Town- 
t-hip.  His  house  is  now  but  a  few  rods  from  Rome 
station — -a  roomy  and  convenient  structure,  where 
Mr.  Omo  and  liis  excellent  wife  entertain  travelers 
ill  that  home-like  manner  more  like  a  private  fam- 
ily than  an  InHel.  At  the  time  Mr.  Omo  took  pos- 
session of  his  land  only  sixty  acres  had  been 
broken,  and  the  only  improvement  was  a  small 
"box"  house.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that 
the  [ucmiscs  presented  a  widely-  different  appear- 
ance from  that  of  to-day.  Mr.  Omo  in  due  time 
put  up  a  more  modern  residence  and  planted  about 
fourteen  hundred  fruit  trees,  which  are  now  in  a 
good  bearing  condition,  including  a  large  and 
choice  variety.  As  time  passed  on,  he  gathered 
around  himself  and  his  family  the  other  com- 
forts and  conveniences  of  modern  life.  His  course 
has  been  signalized  by  industry  and  perseverance, 
while  as  a  man  and  a  citizen  Mr.  Omo  has  con- 
ducted himself  in  such  a  manner  as  to  gain  the 
confidence  and  esteem  of  all  who  know  him. 

The  marriage  of  Andrew  S.  Omo  and  Miss  Sarah 
Rudy  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home,  in  New 
ISerlin,  Pa.,  August  10,  1839.  Mrs.  Omo  was  born 
in  Union  County,  Pa.,  May  6,  1821,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Sarah  (Overmoyer)  Rudy, 
who  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  and  spent  their 
last  days  in  that  Slate.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Omo 
there  was  born  a  family  of  sixteen  children,  of  whom 
the  following  were  reared  to  mature 3'ears.  Agnes, 
the  eldest  living,  is  the  wife  of  Harvey  Lowrey  and 
the  mother  of  four  children ;  her  husband  is  de- 
ceased, and  the  widow  resides  in  AVellington,  Kan. 
A.  Percival  during  the  Civil  War  served  as  a 
Union  soldier  in  an  Iowa  regiment;  he  is  married 
and  the  father  of  eight  children,  making  his  home 
in  Pratt  County,  Kan.  Simon  A.  is  married,  and 
has  two  children;  Surah  J.  is  the  wife  of  Robert 
Laporte  and  the  mother  of  two  children;  Laura 
married  Edwin  Olive,  and  also  has  two  children; 
Henrietta,  Mrs.  Donald  Cory,  is  the  mother  of 
eight  children;  George  Ira  is  married,  and  has  four 
children;  Alice,  Mrs.  James  Hagerty,  is  the  mother 
of  four  children;  Cyrus  died  when  thirt}- years  old; 
Jerome  is  married,  and  lives  in  Jlontana;  Freder- 
ick is  niarricd,  and  has  two  children;  Lizzie  re- 
mains at   home  with    her   iiarents;    Maggie    is    the 


wife  of  William  Newton.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Omo  pride 
themselves  on  the  possession  of  thirty-two  grand- 
children and  six  great-grandchildren.  They  form 
a  large  and  pleasant  family,  and  are  recognized 
as  among  the  most  respectable  elements  of  Sumner 
County.  Mrs.  Omo,  a  kind,  niothcrl)'  woman,  is  a 
memlicr  in  go  id  standing  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 


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\f/ONATHAN  D.  I5ILLITER  is  a  typical 
Southern  gentleman,  brave  and  high  spir- 
ited, enthusiastic  in  his  support  of  any 
measure  to  which  he  gives  adherence,  the 
soul  of  hos[)itality,  and  generous  and  whole-souled 
to  those  in  need.  Tlie  paternal  ancestry  were 
Scotch,  and  North  Carolina  was  the  home  of  both 
the  parental  lines  for  more  than  one  generation. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  Malhew  and  Sarah 
J.  (Yates)  Billiter  were  born,  reared  and  married 
in  the  State  above  mentioned,  and  there  the  father 
carried  on  his  occupations  of  a  mechanic  and  a 
farmer  until  his  death  in  1847.  The  widow  sub- 
sequently married  Richard  Ransom  of  the  same 
State,  who  has  since  died,  and  she  still  lives  there 
at  the  age  of  seventy-two  j-ears. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  was  the  young- 
est of  three  children  born  to  his  parents,  and  is  the 
only  one  who  now  survives.  His  natal  day  was 
Septemlier  17,  1846,  and  the  place  of  his  birth, 
Forsythe  Count}',  N.  C.  He  received  a  common- 
school  education  and  an  excellent  home  training, 
and  began  life  for  himself  at  the  age  of  twenty 
years  without  financial  assistance  and  in  possession 
of  only  the  clothes  he  wore.  He  adoi>ted  the  oc- 
cupation of  a  farmer,  has  made  it  his  life  work  and 
successfully  prosecuted  it  for  nearly  a  (juarter  of  a 
century. 

Mr.  Billiter  was  in  his  teens  when  the  Civil  War 
broke  out  but,  young  as  he  was,  was  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  internicine  strife  and  at  the  age  of 
eighteen  >ears  he  took  up  arms  in  behalf  uf  the 
Confederacy.  He  enlisted  in  Ccimi)any  1!.  Third 
North  Carolina  Infantrj',  and  took  part  in  the  bat- 


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ties  at  lY'teishiiig,  Fi.  FIsIkt,  Kingston,  Goklsboro 
and  Sniitlifielrl,  bearing  iiimself  gallantly  in  every 
conflict,  and  enduring  clieerfiilly  the  toils  incidental 
to  a  soldier's  life  wliich  proved  so  monotonous  «licn 
unmixed  with  the  excitement  of  battle.  lie  was 
attached  to  the  arm^-  of  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston 
and  was  present  at  the  surrender  of  Goldsboro,  N.C. 
Whatever  may  be  our  opinion  regarding  the  rights 
and  wrongs  of  the  Civil  W.'\i-,  honor  belongs  to  all 
wlio  abandoned  home  and  friends  for  the  field  ofbat- 
tle  and  who  <lisplayed  in  the  thick  of  the  fight  their 
bravei-yand  devotion  to  the  principles  in  which  Ihey 
believed,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to  the  biographer,  while 
deeply'  regretting  the  losses  of  the  great  struggle, to 
note  the  worthy  conduct  of  American  citizens  from 
the  North  and  the  South  during  those  sad  years. 
Both  the  brothers  of  our  subject  served  in  the 
Twenty-first  North  Carolina  Regiment — John,  the 
second  son.  dying  in  the  service,  and  Phillip  L., 
going  through  the  war  and  surviving  until    1874. 

In  1866,  Mr.  Billiter  went  to  Missouri  and  settled 
in  Jackson  County,  where  he  remained  twelve 
years.  While  there,  November  17,  1869,  he  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Margaret  E.  Benton, 
a  most  estimable  lady,  who  has  shared  his  fortunes 
since  that  day,  adding  to  his  joys  and  endeavoring 
to  assist  and  encourage  him  in  every  good  work. 
Mrs.  Billiter  is  the  fourth  of  twelve  children  born 
to  her  parents,  is  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  her 
natal  dii}-  was  August  11.  1844.  She  received  a 
eoninion-school  education,  and  by  reading  and  ob- 
servation has  added  to  the  knowledge  thus  obtained 
an  excellent  fund  of  information. 

The  i)arents  of  JIis.  Billiter  are  C.  L.  and  Mar3' 
(Gentrj)  Benton,  natives  of  North  Carolina  and 
Kentucky,  respectively.  They  were  wedded  in  In- 
diana, lived  in  that  State  two  years,  thence  removed 
to  I'ennessee  and  nine  3'ears  later  returned  to  the 
Hoosier  State  where  they  sojourned  four  years.  In 
185G  thej'  removed  to  Missouri,  settling  in  Harrison 
County,  where  they  resided  four  years,  removing 
thence  to  Decatur  County,  Iowa.  After  a  sojourn 
of  four  years  in  the  Ilawkcye  State  they  went 
again  to  Missouri,  spent  a  year  in  Clay  County, 
and  then  took  up  their  abode  in  Jackson  County. 
There  Mrs.  Benton  died  in  1869.  After  living  in 
Jackson  County  five  years  Mr.  Benton  removed  to 


Cass  County,  where  he  now  resides  with  his  second 
wife,  his  age  being  sixtj'-nlne  years.  He  served  in 
the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  War  as  a  member 
of  Company  A,  Thirty-fourth  Missouri  Infantry. 
Of  the  children  borne  by  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Billiter 
eight  are  now  living. 

In  1878  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Billiter  removed  from 
Jackson  Count\',  Mo.,  to  Kansas,  locating  upon 
a  farm  in  R^'au  Township,  Sumner  County,  where 
they  have  since  resided.  When  they  began  their 
occupancy  of  the  fane  it  was  all  raw  laud,  but  it  is 
now  in  an  excellent  condition  of  cultivation  and 
improvement,  with  one  hundred  and  thirty-five 
acres  of  the  quarter  section  which  comprises  it  un- 
der plow.  Cattle,  horses  and  hogs  are  raised  in  the 
numbers  usually  to  be  found  on  a  quarter-section 
of  Kansas  land. 

The  family  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Billiter  comprised 
four  sons  and  daughters — John  C,  Edgar  P.,  Sarah 
Lutitia  and  James  Dawson.  John  C.  died  in  1879. 
Mr.  Billiter  is  a  member  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance, 
is  activeh'  interested  in  politics  and  votes  the  Dem- 
ocratic ticket.  He  served  two  terms  as  Township 
Treasurer  and  one  term  as  Township  Trustee.  He 
is  Elder  in  the  Christian  Church  and  Superintend- 
ent of  the  Sunday-school,  and  his  wife  also  is  a 
member  of  the  same  religious  organization.  Both 
are  prominent  in  the  community  in  which  they  live, 
arc  well  known  and  held  in  high  reinite  by  their 
fellow-citizens. 


'ji?  ESLIE  COO.MBS.  The  subject  of  this  notice 
ll  (?§)  is  numbered  among  the  prominent  and  well- 
/l^^  to-do  farmers  of  Downs  Township,  being 
the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  si.xty  broad  acres 
of  land  and  having  his  residence  on  section  15,  A 
part  of  his  land  lies  on  this  section  and  the  balance 
on  sections  11  and  16.  He  came  to  this  county  in 
1884  and  has  ))roved  a  valuable  acquisition  to  its 
agricultural  interests,  having  had  a  life-long  ex- 
perience as  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  live  stock  and 
prosecuting  his  labors  in  that  thorough  and  sysle- 


PORTRAIT  AND  lilOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


3J3 


raatic  mnr.iier  wliicli  forms  nn  excellent  example  for 
(jllicrs  to  imitate.  He  was  boni  in  LaRue  Count}', 
Ky..  P'ebruary  21,  l.So'2,  and  is  the  son  of  Walter 
\V.  and  Sarah  K.  (C'luircliill)  Coombs,  who  were 
liicewise  natives  of  the  IMiie  Grass  State. 

Walter  AV.  Coombs  was  born  July  8.  1829,  and 
spent  his  entire  life  in  his  native  State,  l>eing,  how- 
ever, cut  down  in  his  |irimi'  when  only  thirty-three 
_ye:irs  of  aije.  His  fatlier.  Samuel  Coombs,  likewise 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  was  born  in  1791>  and  died  in 
that  State.  The  mother  of  our  subject  is  still  living 
in  Kentucky,  being  about  sixty  years  old,  having 
been  boin  February  4.  1830.  Her  parents  were  Arm- 
slead  anil  Mary  (Brown)  Churchill,  natives  of  \\r- 
giniaaud  members  of  well-known  Virginia  families. 
To  Waller  W.  Coombs  and  his  estimable  wife  were 
boin  a  family  of  five  children,  viz.  Churchill,  Les- 
lie, Susan,  John  A.  and  Ida.  Three  are  living,  two 
residing  in  Kentucky  with  their  mother  and  our  sub- 
ject. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  spent  the  days  of  his 
boyhood  and  youth  amid  the  peaceful  i)ur&uits  of 
farm  life  in  his  native  county  and  at  an  early  age 
gained  a  good  insight  into  the  arts  of  plowing,  sow- 
ing and  reaping.  After  coming  to  this  county  he 
was  married  April  2,  1885,  to  Miss  Fanny  Rasdall. 
JMrs.  Coombs  is  likewise  a  native  of  Kentucky  and 
was  born  in  Warren  C'onnty,  March  21,  186G,  thus 
being  twenty  years  old  at  the  time  of  her  marriage. 
Her  parents  were  Clay  and  Belle  (Clayton)  Rasdall 
natives  of  Kentucky  who  came  to  this  count}'  in 
1880  and  are  still  residing  here  in  DownsTownship. 


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UBEN  ISEAL.  This  model  farmer  and  stock- 
raiser  of  Falls  Township,  is  considered  one 
'41  w  of  the  most  liberal  and  public-spirited  men 
\^  in  his  community,  and  who,  by  his  genial 
an;l  com [lanionable  disposition  and  courteous  treat- 
ment of  all  around  him,  finds  friends  wherever  he 
goes.  He  h.as  been  no  unimportant  factor  in  ad- 
v.ancing  the  agricultural  interests  of  this  section, 
his  own  example  of  thrift  and  industry  furnishing 


an  incentive  to  those  around  him  to  do  likewise  as 
far  as  in  them  lay.  He  has  one  of  the  most  attrac- 
tive homesteads  in  tlie  township,  comprising  three 
hundred  and  twenly  acres  of  higldy-improved  land, 
embellished  with  tasteful  and  convenient  modern 
buildings.  He  has  found  stock-raising  extreniel}- 
profitable,  and  to  this  industry  gives  the  most  of 
his  attention. 

The  native  place  of  Mr.  Xeal  was  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Atlantic  in  Lincolnshire,  England,  where 
his  birtii  took  place  February  I'J,  1851.  He  comes 
of  stanch  English  ancestry,  lieing  the  son  of  Rev. 
William  H.  and  Fhebe  (Dudley)  Neal,  who  were 
both  descended  from  good  families  and  who  emi- 
grated to  America  during'  the  same  year  in  which 
their  son  Ruben  was  liorn.  They  settled  in  the  city 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  the  fatber  for  many  years 
officiated  as  a  minister  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  serving  with  distinction,  being  posseesed 
of  marked  ability  and  a  good  education.  He  re- 
mained connected  with  this  denomination  until 
1878.  then  went  over  to  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  later,  coming  West,  is  now  installed  as  pastor 
of  a  (Quaker  Church  in  Emi)oria,  this  .State.  He  is 
now  aged  al)out  sixty-si.x  years,  having  been  born  in 
1824,  while  his  estimable  wife  is  two  years  younger. 
They  are  the  parents  of  three  sons — Ruben,  Wil- 
liam H.and  John  T.  The  tvvo  younger  are  residents 
of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  and  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Mr.  Neal  was  reared  in  the  city  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
where  he  attended  the  cit}'  schools  and  upon  be- 
coming his  own  man,  chose  farming  for  his  voca- 
tion. He  followed  this  in  Erie  County,  N.  Y.,  un- 
til 1876,  then  determined  to  seek  his  fortunes  in 
the  far  West.  Coming  to  this  county  he  pre-empted 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  section  30, 
Falls  Township,  where  he  settled  and  has  since  re- 
sided. Subsequently  he  purchased  another  quarter 
section,  these  lying  on  sections  19  and  30,  so  that 
he  now  has  in  all  three  hundred  and  twenty  well- 
tilled  acres,  comprising  as  fine  a  farm  as  is  to  be 
found  within  the  limits  of  this  county.  When  com- 
ing to  this  region  he  was  entirely  without  means, 
having  even  to  borrow  the  money  to  pay  for  enter- 
ing his  land. 

The  first  dwelling  of  Mr.  Neal  in  Kansas  was  a 
sod  house,  which  he  constructed  at  a  cost  of  $6,  and 


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I'OUTRAIT  AND  BIOC  UAPIIICAL  ALBUM. 


which  ho  occupied  vvith  his  fiunily  for  two  year?. 
He  is  )K)w  domiciled  in  a  fine  two  storj'  fninie  resi- 
dence, (iiiislied  !uid  fnrnislied  in  modern  st^'le,  nnd 
h.is  ;in  equally  line  liarn  and  conveniently  arranged 
outbuildings.  Providence  smiled  u|on  his  efforts 
from  the  beginning,  and  he  is  in  the  enjc)yment  of 
this  line  property,  free  from  incumbrance,  and  with 
the  prospect  of  a  suflicieney  for  his  old  age.  He 
oiierates  almost  altogether  in  high-grade  stock  of 
all  kinds  and  has  contributed  in  no  small  degree  to 
the  live  stock  interests  of  this  county,  assisting  in 
raising  the  standard  and  laboring  with  his  brotlier 
farmers  in  eliminating  the  poorer  grades,  so  that 
eacli  year  there  is  noticeable  an  improvement 
througliout  Sumner  County  in  this  respect. 

l^olitically,  Mr.  Neal  is  a  sound  Republican.  He 
and  his  excellent  wife  are  active  members  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Caldwell,  contribu- 
ting a  liberal  supi)ort  thereto  and  being  among  its 
chief  i)illars.  Mrs.  Neal  was  in  lier  girlhood  Jliss 
Clara  Broughton, daughter  of  William  ami  Adelaide 
(Palmer)  Broughton,  and  was  married  to  C)ur  sul)- 
ject  at  Bufi'alo,  N.  Y.,  .January  1,  1875.  Her  native 
place  was  Covington.  Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,aiid 
the  date  of  her  biith  September  6,  1856.  Eight  chil- 
dren came  to  bless  this  union,  four  of  whom  arc  liv- 
ing, viz:  .lolin  F.,  George  II.,  William  R..  and 
Howard.  Jessie,  I'licelje  and  two  infants  unnamed 
are  deceased. 


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a 


CD^xORMAN  CiRIST,  an  early  settler  of  Sum- 
ner County,  Kan.,  resides  on  section  4, 
Belle  Plaine  Township.  He  was  ushered 
into  this  world  May  27.  1842,  in  Bradford  County, 
Pa.  His  parents,  Lyman  and  Caroline  (Ellis) 
Grist  were  also  born  in  that  State,  and  their  an- 
cestors are  supposed  to  bo  natives  of  New  England 
of  English  stock.  Lyman  and  Carfiline  Grist  were 
the  parents  of  nine  children,  named,  respectively: 
Savannah,  who  is  the  wife  of  Morris  Wilcox  and 
lives  in  Bradford  County,  Pa.;  Mary,  the  wife  of 
George  Burgess,  resides   in  Barber  County,  Kan.; 


Thomas  IL  makes  his  home  in  Wisconsin;  Salina  is 
the  w'ife  of  Amlrew  Melville,  of  Bradford  County, 
Pa.;  Xorman,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  Ann.  .lohn 
and   Sanih  arc  at  home,  and  one  is  deceased. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  reared  on  a  farm 
in  his  native  State,  where  he  secured  a  fine  physical 
development  and  a  fair  elementary  education  in 
the  common  English  branches  taught  in  the  country 
schools  of  that  State.  Although  the  means  of  ob- 
taining a  good  education  were  far  more  limited  in 
tliose  days  than  in  the  [irosent  time,  yet  our  subject 
was  undismayed  at  the  prospect  antl  kept  "ijegging 
away,"  learning  a  little  here  and  a  little  there  iintil 
he  has  managed  to  obtain  a  large  fund  of  useful 
and  interesting  knowledge  embracing  all  the  essen- 
tials of  a  liberal  education. 

"When  the  dark  cloud  of  Civil  \\;u-  liursl  upon 
the  devoted  head  of  the  nation,  our  suliject  was 
onlv  a  lioy  of  eighteen  years  but,  in  response  to  the 
call  f(n-  troops  to  defend  the  old  Hag  from  mis- 
guided zealots  who  would  have  trailed  the  starry 
banner  in  the  dust,  he  enlisted  April  21,  1801,  in 
Company  1,  Sixth  Pennsylvania  Reserves  and  was 
assigned  to  duty  in  the  Army  of  the  Potonjac.  He 
remained  with  that  portion  of  the  Fedeial  troops 
during  the  entire  war,  a  period  of  over  four  j-ears. 
He  made  an  honcjrable  record  as  a  gallant  soldier 
and  was  faithful  to  his  dutj'  during  all  the  vicissi- 
tudes througli  which  that  famous  armv  pnsscd.  He 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Manassas  and  ilnring  the 
Peninsular  campaign  his  regiment  was  engaged  in 
guarding  railroads  leading  from  Wiiitehouse  Land- 
ing on  the  I'amunky  River  to  the  main  body  of  the 
army.  He  was  also  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull 
Run  when  the  boys  in  blue  were  a  second  time  put 
to  flight  by  the  lads  in  gray,  and  in  the  battles  of 
South  Mountain  and  Antietam  where  the '-blues  ' 
cleverly  turned  the  tables  on  their  exultant  foes 
and  drove  them  ;u'ross  the  Potomac. 

Mr.  Grist  w%as  in  the  fiercely  fought  battle  of 
Eredricksburg  where  he  was  wounded  in  the  left 
shoulder.  This  necessitated  his  removal  to  the 
hosiiital  where  he  was  detained  some  three  months, 
and  during  that  time  the  battle  of  Chancellorsville 
was  fought.  As  soon  as  his  wound  was  healed  our 
subject  rejoined  his  command  and  partici|)ated  in 
the  contlicl  at  Gettysburg  when  the  tide  of  victory 


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turned  in  favor  of  the  Northern  arms.  He  was 
afterward  in  the  three  days'  fight  in  the  Wilder- 
ness; at  the  siege  of  Petersburg  where,  while  as- 
sisting to  capture  the  Eidon  Railroad,  lie  was 
wounded  in  the  right  side,  which  sent  hiiu  to  tiie 
hospital  once  again,  but  ho  recovered  in  time  to  be 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Lee  at  Appomattox. 
When  the  latter  event  took  place  our  subject  was  a 
member  of  the  Fifth  Corps  under  Sheridan.  He 
was  finally  discharged,  Juh"  1,  1865,  and  returned 
to  his  home  in  Pennsylvania.  While  in  Washington 
he  participated  in  the  grand  review  of  the  troops 
which  took  place  in  the  presence  of  the  President 
and  all  the  high  officials  in  addition  to  the  prin- 
cipal generals.  It  was  a  grand  sight  and  one  not 
easily  forgotten. 

Upon  returning  to  Penns3lvania  our  subject  took 
up  his  life  again  at  the  old  home,  but  soon  wearied 
of  the  place  and  resolved  to  try  the  West  to  make  a 
fortune.  He  went  to  Fayette  County,  Iowa,  where 
i:e  resided  several  years.  February  24,  1869,  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Libbie  Davis,  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Ann  (Fox)  Davis,  who  were  both  natives  of 
Wales.  Eight  children  have  come  to  their  home 
to  share  tiieir  love  and  claim  their  care,  named, 
rcspectivel3':  Harry  B.,  Carrie  A.,  Maggie  M.,  Earl 
J;  Hattie,  who  is  deceased;  Kate,  Lura  and  Fay. 

In  the  spring  of  1871  our  subject  emigrated  to 
Sumner  County,  Kan.,  and  preempted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  of  land,  upon  which  he  now  resides. 
It  was  all  new,  unimproved  land  and  our  subject 
turned  the  first  furrow  on  the  section.  By  energy 
and  persevering  industry  he  has  brought  it  up  to 
its  present  state  of  high  cultivation  and  productive- 
ness. The  usual  hardships  of  a  pioneer  life  have 
fallen  to  his  lot  but  cheerful  cour.age  has  enabled 
him  and  his  excellent  wife  to  surmount  them  all, 
and  they  are  now  rewarded  for  their  faith  in  the 
possibilities  of  the  country  which  they  found  in 
such  an  undeveloped  state,  by  its  present  fine  con- 
dition as  regards  education,  morals  and  refinement. 

For  some  years  Mr.  Grist  has  not  enjoj'ed  good 
health,  rheumatism  and  other  ailments  have  con- 
tributed to  undermine  his  physical  well-being,  but 
he  is  a  patient  sufferer  and  keeps  ui)  good  heart 
not  wishing  to  dampen  the  pleasure  of  his  family  by 
useless  repining,     lie  is  a  member  of  the  Old  Set- 


tlers Society  and  finds  himself  regraded  as  a  repre- 
sentative farmer  and  veteran  soldier.  No  one  is 
more  deserving  of  tlie  respect  and  esteem  which  he 
receives  than  the  subject  of  this  biograph3^  He  has 
seen  the  growth  of  the  county  from  nothing,  as  it 
were,  to  its  present  thriving  condition  and  rejoices 
in  tiie  progress  which  has  been  made.  He  is  a  Re- 
|)ubliean  in  polities  and  favors  whatever  will  help 
to  build  up  the  community  in  material  or  intellect- 
ual prosperitj'.  Mr.  Grist^is  now  Clerk  of  the  School 
Board  and  has  served  one  term  as  Director,  in  which 
position  he  gave  good  satisfaction. 


i.SIi-! 


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tEV.  ROLLIN  H.  SEYMOUR,  proprietor  of 
'<■'      the  Waldon  House  at  South  Haven,  is  well- 
known  to  the   people  of  this  vicinity,  ar.d 


city.  He  located  at  this  point  in  1886,  putting  up 
the  present  structure,  which  has  become  an  almost 
indispensable  institution  to  the  traveling  public. 
It  is  conducted  upon  first-class  principles,  and 
"mine  host"  is  not  only  a  favorite  with  his  guests, 
but  among  the  people  of  the  entire  communit3^ 

Of  Eastern  antecedents,  the  subject  of  this  notice 
was  born  in  New  Haven  County,  Conn.,  August 
24,  1834.  He  lived  there  on  a  farm  until  a  lad  of 
fourteen  years.  His  father,  Stephen  Se3'U)our,  was 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ives,  Kendrick  &  Co., 
brass  manufacturers  at  Waterville,  where  he  lived 
until  about  sixt3'-eight  years  old.  Then,  retiring 
from  active  labor,  he  removed  to  Waterbury,  Conn., 
where  he  spent  his  last  da3-s,  d3ang  at  the  age  of 
about  sevent3'-one  years.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Episcopal  Church,  to  which  the  various  ether 
members  of  the  family  belonged. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  Flora  Harrison,  She  was  the  daughter  of 
Aai'on  Harrison,  and  was  born  in  Wolcott,  Conn., 
of  which  her  parents  were  residents  many  j'ears. 
Grandfather  Harrison  was  a  musician  of  considera- 
ble talent,  and  officiated  as  Drum-Major  in  the 
War    of    1812.     He    died   in    Camp  at   Brantford, 


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Conn.  The  parents  of  our  subject  botli  dieil  at 
the  old  homestead.  Grandfatlicr  .Seymour  was  a 
native  of  Wales,  whence  he  crossed  the  Atlantic 
witli  tiuee  brothers  and  their  families  and  located 
on  the  Connecticut  River,  where  they  all  .spent 
the  remainder  of  their  lives.  They  were  promi- 
nent members  of  tlie  old  Welsh  colony  which  made 
for  itself  a  name  during  the  early  settlement  of 
Connecticut,  and  were  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  Tlie  Harrisons  traced  their  ancestry  to 
Iiin  gland. 

After  reaching  his  fovirteenth  year  young  .Sey- 
mour began  to  assist  his  father  in  the  ottice  at  the 
factory,  and  two  years  later  he  entered  a  good 
school  in  the  city  of  New  Haven,  where  he  took 
a  four  years'  course,  in  the  meantime  assisting  his 
father  during  vacations.  After  completing  his 
studies  he  worked  in  the  factory  for  a  time,  and 
later  entered  the  Middlcton  Theological  Methodist 
Episcopal  College,  having  identified  himself  with 
this  religious  denomination  at  the  age  of  twent3'- 
one  years.  He  soon  exhibited  uncommon  talent 
as  a  pulpit  orator,  was  ordained,  and  preached  until 
about  1881. 

The  elder  Seymour  at  one  time  entered  upon  the 
hazardous  undertaking  of  going  to  England  for 
the  purpose  of  bringing  two  English  mechanics  to 
the  I'nited  States,  these  being  Samuel  Forest  and 
Israel  Holmes,  the  plan  being  to  convey  them  from 
the  Old  Country  in  a  water  cask,  as  there  was  a 
severe  penalty  for  importing  such  service  to  this 
country.  The  enterprise,  however,  proved  suc- 
cessful, they  being  placed  in  the  cask  and  fed 
through  the  bung-hole  until  they  were  out  of 
English  waters.  They  worked  in  the  factory  many 
ye.irs,  and  died  in  Waterburj',  Conn,  at  a  ripe  old 
age. 

To  the  parents  of  our  subject  there  was  born  a 
family  of  eight  .sons,  all  of  whom  lived  to  mature 
years — the  eldest,  Slason  S.  S.,  has  for  thirty  years 
been  practicing  medicine  successfully  on  Long 
Island;  Charles  II.  was  graduated  from  Trinity 
College  at  Hartford,  and  is  now  a  prominent 
clergyman  of  the  Episcopal  Church;  Rollin  H., 
our  subject,  was  the  third  in  ordor  of  birth;  Will- 
iam O.,  who  won  considerable  distinction  as  an 
artist,  died    at  the  age  of   twenty-eight  years,  in 


Haverhill.  Mass.;  Harry  A.  is  living  on  a  farm 
near  Watertown,  Conn.,  and  is  a  large  grower  of 
fine-wool  sheep;  .lohn  O.  died  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen years;  Ralph  died  when  two  years  old;  Benja- 
min F.  was  graduated  from  Trinity  College,  and 
from  Krancova  Eva,  at  Montreal,  Canada,  after 
studying  in  the  latter  seven  years,  and  was  an 
E[)iscopal  clergyman,  also  professor  of  French  and 
German  in  a  college  at  Puget  .Sound.  I'rior  to  his 
removal  to  the  West  he  held  a  Professor's  Chair  in 
a  school  in  Pennsylvania. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  in  Sep- 
tember, 18.57,  at  Norfolk,  Conn.,  to  .Aliss  Ellen  L. 
Brown,  of  that  city.  About  that  time  he  asso- 
ciated himself  in  partnership  with  one  Samuel 
Ives,  in  New  Haven,  engaging  in  the  mercantile 
business.  In  the  spring  of  18G3  he  disposed  of  his 
interest  in  the  concern  to  his  partner,  and  Ids 
home  was  broken  up  by  the  death  of  his  wife, 
which  occurred  that  same  year.  In  18G.5  he  con- 
tracted a  second  marriage  with  Mrs.  Agnes  S. 
(Murph3)Bunce,  of  Salsbury.  He  continued  to 
reside  in  New  Haven  until  October,  18(18,  then 
coming  to  Kansas,  located  at  .lunction  City,  and 
became  a  contractor  for  the  erection  of  brick  build- 
ings. In  the  spring  of  1870  he  removed  to  Ottawa 
County,  where  he  engaged  in  the  livestock  busi- 
ness, and  also  ke|)t  supplies  for  stockmen. 

Five  years  later  Mr.  Seymour  removed  to  Norton 
County,  and  now  turned  his  attention  more  closely 
to  religious  matters,  entering  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  h.ad 
oificiated  on  Sundays  for  many  \cars.  As  time 
passed  on  he  organized  a  number  of  churches  in 
the  Northwestern  District  of  Kansas,  but  was 
finally  compelled  to  resign  his  labors  on  account 
of  ill-health.  We  next  find  him  a  resident  of 
South  Haven,  in  which  he  put  up  the  first  hotel. 
At  Norton  be  also  erected  the  fust  hotel,  the  first 
store  and  the  first  residence,  having  taken  uj)  land 
as  a  homestead  claim.  He  was  for  some  time 
President  of  the  Town  Site  Company  there.  He 
was  a  third  time  married  at  Alma.  Neb.,  in  1886, 
to  Mrs.  Mary  A.  (Ramsey)  Simpson, and  they  have 
one  child  living,  a  daughter,  Bessie  M. 

Soon  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr. 
Sevmour,  in  June,   1861,  enlisted  as  .i  Union  sol- 


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dier  in  Companj'  II,  Forty-third  New  York  In- 
fantry, as  a  private.  On  the  21st  of  September 
followinij  he  was  comniissionetl  Second-Lieutenant 
of  iii.s  regiment,  in  Hancock's  Brigade,  and  served 
in  tliat  ca|iacit3'  until  wounded  by  a  gunsliot,  May 
5,  18C2,  at  the  battle  of  Williamsburg.  He  was 
struck  tliree  times,  once  in  tlie  knee,  once  on  tlie 
foot  and  once  in  his  side.  He  carried  the  latter 
ball  until  January,  1877,  when  it  was  removed. 
As  may  naturally  be  supposed  he  has  been  a 
great  sufferer  from  this,  and  for  two  years  his  side 
was  wholly  paralyzed,  and  is  only  now  partially 
restored  to  its  natnral  condition.  He  was  hon- 
orably discharged  on  account  of  wounds  received 
wliile  in  line  of  duty. 


^-—  M"-^-^- 


^  L  E  X  A  N  I)  K  R  K.  CULT?EKTSON,  the 
lig/ur  founder  of  Drury,  which  he  laid  out  in 
1877,  on  his  farm,  has  his  residence  in 
South  Haven  Township,  on  section  G, 
whoie  he  has  erected  a  fine  dwelling  and  gives  bis 
attention  to  agri(uiltural  pursuits.  He  is  the  owner 
of  five  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  land,  heing  thus 
well-to-do,  financiallj',  and  is  a  self-made  man,  the 
architect  of  liis  own  fortune,  indebted  simply  to 
his  own  energ3'  and  industry  for  his  possessions. 
A  native  of  Ohio,  he  was  born  near  Zanesville, 
Aluskingum  County,  March  18,  1844,  and  is  thus 
in  the  prime  of  life,  and  the  midst  of  his  useful- 
ness. His  career  since  coming  to  the  Sunflower 
State  has  furnished  an  admirable  example  of  per- 
severing industiy,  and  should  be  a  source  of  encour- 
agement to  the  young  man  beginning  at  the  foot 
of  the  ladder  in  life,  and  having  only  his  own  re- 
sources to  depend  upon. 

Mr.  Cnlliertsou  is  descended  from  substantial 
Pennsylvania  stock  on  his  father's  side,  being  the 
son  of  William  B.  and  Louisa  P.  (Moody)  Cnl- 
berlson,  the  former  of  whom  was  born  in  Chambers- 
burg,  Pa.,  about  1808.  William  B.  Culbertson,when 
an  infant,  was  taken  by  his  parents  to- Muskingum 
County,  Ohio,  where  he  w;is  reared  to  man's  estate. 


j  and  chose  farming  for  his  life  vocation.  At  this  he 
I  was  very  successful,  liecoming  the  possessor  of  a  fine 
propcrt3'.  He  did  not  live  to  be  aged,  departing 
I  this  life  in  March,  18Gl.when  about  lifty-three 
j'ears  old.  His  father  was  Samuel  Culbertson,  like- 
wise a  native  of  the  Keystone  State,  and  of  Irish 
extraction. 

Tlie  mother  of  Mr.  Culbertson  was  born  in  the 
city  of  Portland,  Me.,  November  12,  1809,  and  de 
parted  this  life  January  22,  1890,  at  Muncie^  lud. 
The  ten  children  of  the  parental  family  are  re- 
corded as  follows:  William  M.  is  engaged  as  a  conl 
and  lumber  dealer  at  Lawrence,  this  State;  C4ran- 
ville  M.,  died  in  infancy;  Harriet  A.  is  the  widow 
of  A.  E.  Eiilmore,  of  Zanesville  Ohio;  Sidney  E. 
is  the  wife  of  Jefferson  Van  Home,  a  banker  of 
Zanesville;  Louisa  and  Stillman  are  deceased;  Ida 
L.  is  the  wife  of  A.  E.  Lyman,  a  boot  and  shoe 
dealer  of  Muncie.  Ind.;  George  Y.  died  when 
a  promising  young  man,  about  twenty-four  years 
old;  Samuel  W.  died  when  about  twenty-seven 
3'earsold;  and  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Samu°l 
W.  was  the  eldest. 

The  subject  <>f  this  sketch  was  the  sixth  child  of 
!iis  parents,  with  whom  he  spent  the  years  of  his 
boyhood  and  youth,  residing  on  the  home  farm 
near  Zanesville,  Ohio,  and  acquiring  a  practical  ed- 
ucation in  the  district  schools,  also  attending  school 
in  Zanesville.  Lie  lived  in  the  Buckeye  State  un- 
til a  man  of  twenty-seven  years,  then  in  INIarch, 
1871,  turned  his  steps  toward  the  farther  West, 
coming  to  this  county  and  pre-empting  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  the  Chikaskia 
River.  This  embraced  the  northeast  quarter  of  sec- 
tion 1,  Falls  Township,  where  he  put  up  a  log  cabin 
and  lived  six  years.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time 
he  changed  his  residence  to  his  present  homestead, 
and  is  now  the  owner  of  five  hundred  and  ten 
broad  acres.  II(!  deals  largely  in  sheep  and  cattle, 
and  has  been  no  unimportant  factor  in  developing 
the  agricultural  interesls  of  Sumner  County.  He  is 
a  sound  Republican,  politically,  and  belongs  to  the 
Farmers'  Alliance,  and  has  held  some  of  the  minor 
offices. 

On  the  8th  of  March,  1877,  Mr.  Culbertson  was 
wedded  at  the  bride's  home  in  South  Haven  Town- 
shii),  to  i\Iiss  Drurv  Davis,     This  lady  was  horn  in 


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I'OHTRAir   AM)  DIOGUAIUIICAI.   AI.IUM. 


No(hnv;iy    Coiinly.  Mo..  .Iiine  12,  18,'j5,  aiul    is  the    ! 
dniiglilcr  of  Hiram   aiul    Mary  .1.  (Ui'oyles)  Davis,    j 
Her  ijaroiits  were  natives  of  \'irginia,  and  are  now    | 
residing'  in   Okialioraa.     There  liave   lieen    liorn  of   \ 
this  congenial  union  three  children,  all  sons;  Will- 
iam B.,  Sidney  15.  and    lierryinan    K.      In  addition 
to  being  a  thorough    and  skillfid    farmer,  Mr.  C'ul- 
bertson  is  considered   one  of  the  most  liberal  and 
l)ublic-s|)ii  ited    men    in    his  community,  encourag- 
ing the  projects  calculated  to  advance  the  interests 
of  the  people,  socially,  morally  and  financially. 


■^1^5*1'*^- 


i.ELSON  II.  SNOWDEX  has  for  several  years 
been  Superintendent  of  the  Sumner  County 
oor  Farm,  and  so  successful  and  satisfac- 
tory lias  been  his  management  that  he  is  re-engaged 
for  the  years  1890-91.  He  is  a  native  of  the  Hoo- 
sier  State  to  which  his  grandfather,  James  Snow- 
den,  moved  from  Ohio,  settling  among  the  early 
inhabitants  of  Union  County  and  entering  a  tract 
of  Government  larid,  located  partly  in  Harmony 
and  partly  in  Lil>erty  Townships,  building  a  log 
house  in  the  latter.  At  that  time  and  in  that  section 
timber  was  valueless,  and  in  clearing  the  land  large 
logs  were  rolled  together  and  burned.  The  grand- 
father cleared  and  cultivated  his  farra  and  lived 
upon  it  until  his  death.  His  son  Jacob,  the  father 
of  our  subject,  w'as  born  in  Ohio,  but  was  a  mere 
child  when  his  [larents  moved  to  the  Hoosier  State 
where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Having 
grown  to  manhooil.  he  nianied  Miss  Eliza  A.  Lang- 
ston,  and  purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  Harmonv 
Township,  upon  which  he  built  the  log  house  in 
which  our  subject  was  born.  There  were  no  railroads 
in  that  section  for  many  j'ears.  and  the  nearest  mar- 
ket was  Cincinnati,  forty-five  miles  distant.  Like 
his  father  before  him,  Jacob  Snowden  cleared  his 
farm,  and  there  ten  children  were  born  to  him.  nine 
of  whom  lived  to  mature  years.  His  death  took  jdace 
IJecember  15,  1869,  and  his  wife  survived  until 
August,  1878,  both  passing  away  on  the  home  farm. 
The    natal  day  of    our  subject  was  January   1, 


1852.  In  his  youth  he  attended  school  as  regularly 
as  was  possible,  and  as  his  strength  would  admit  as- 
sisted in  the  work  upon  the  farm,  of  which  he  look 
charge  at  the  death  of  his  father  and  upon  which  he 
continued  to  reside  luitil  1875,  He  then  entered  the 
cnii)loy  of  the  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  ik  St.  Louis 
Kailroad,  and  after  four  j'ears  spent  in  railroading, 
again  took  up  his  labors  on  the  home  farm  which 
he  rented  until  1884,  at  which  date  he  became  a 
resident  of  this  county. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents,  G.  W.  and 
Ellen  Mills,  in  Houston  County,  Minri.,  July  11, 
1877,  Mr.  Snowden  was  luiited  in  marri.age  with 
Miss  Emma  Mills,  a  native  of  Henry  Countj',  Ind,, 
and  a  young  lady  whose  character  and  acquirements 
promised  well  for  the  fntine  hapi)iness  of  tl.e  home. 
Mr.  and  Jlrs.  Snowden  are  the  pnrent:s  of  two  chil- 
dien — Cora  and  Louis.  In  politics  Mr.  Snowden  is 
a  sound  Repul)lican.  He  belongs  to  the  Christian 
Church  and  endeavors  in  hi.-  daily  life  to  carry  out 
the  Golden  Rule  and  fiillill  all  the  duties  which  de- 
volve upon  him  ;is  man  and  citizen,  in  a  worthy 
manner. 


^[OHN  C.  LAMBDIN.  This  gentleman  h.as  a 
large  circle  of  acquaintances  throughout  the 
Stale  of  which  he  is  a  pioneer,  and  is  held  in 
high  esteem  by  all  who  know  his  life  and 
character.  He  was  the  first  Probate  Judge  of  Bnller 
County,  which  he  assisted  in  organizing  in  1858, 
and  the  title  which  was  then  bestowed  upon  him,  is 
the  one  by  which  he  is  familiarly  known  to  this 
day.  In  1859,  be  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Ter- 
ritorial Council,  and  served  in  the  sessions  of 
1859-60,  Although  capable  of  serving  a  constitu- 
ency in  any  department  of  public  life,  he  declines 
to  be  a  candidate  for  oflice,  i)referring  to  serve  his 
fellow-men  in  a  private  capacity. 

Judge  Lambdin  was  boru  in  Pittsburg,  P.-i,, 
October  15,  1819,  and  is  the  only  survivor  of  a 
family  of  six  children.  His  boyhood  was  passed  in 
Cincinnati,  (Jhio,  and  he  received  only  a  common- 
scliool  education.    When  about  seventeen  years  of 


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a2;e,  he  went  on  to  liis  fiitlier's  farm  in  Clornionl 
County  and  remained  tliere  until  18;37,  when  he  re 
moved  to  Johnson  Count}',  Ind.,  and  engaged  in  a 
manufacturing  business.  He  moved  the  business  to 
Paris,  111.,  in  1851,  and  to  Point  Commerce,  Ind., 
al)out  two  years  later,  remaining  in  the  latter  place 
until  May,  1857,  wlien  he  started  for  Kansas.  A 
few  months  later  we  find  Mr.  Lambdin  located  in 
Butler  C'ounty,  at  Chelsea,  and  soon  after  filling  the 
positions  of  public  responsibility  before  noted,  and 
in  the  intervals  of  public  life,  devoting  his  time  to 
farming  and  stock-raising. 

When  the  Civil  War  broke  out,  Kansas  was  not 
behind  her  older  sisters  in  her  desire  toupiiold  the 
Union  and  it  was  not  long  until  almost  every  able 
bodied  man  living  in  the  section  with  .Tudge  Lamb- 
din  had  joined  tiie  array,  even  his  two  sons  having 
left  their  home  for  a  life  on  the  tented  field.  He  de- 
termined to  send  the  remainder  of  his  family  back 
to  Illinois,  and  he  too  joined  the  Union  forces  as 
stock  Quartermaster  of  Lane's  brigade.  He  subse- 
quently left  that  command,  assisted  in  the  organi- 
zation of  the  Indian  brigade  of  five  regiments  and 
re-entered  the  service  as 'iuartermaster  of  the  Fifth 
regiment  of  Indian  troojis,  serving  in  that  capacity 
until  the  fall  of  18G3,  when  lie  was  called  to  Leav- 
enworth and  put  on  Provost  Marshal  duty  in  the 
Southwest.  In  that  capacity  he  served  until  the 
close  of  the  war,  when  he  returned  to  Butler  C'ounty, 
and  resumed  the  arts  of  peace. 

.ludgc  Lambdin  again  took  up  his  former  occu- 
pations of  farming  and  the  stock  business,  and  he 
also  conducted  a  mercantile  business  at  Eldorado 
for  more  than  fifteen  years.  In  1884  he  moved  to 
Caldwell,  but  has  been  engaged  in  no  regular  busi- 
ness since  except  that  of  looking  after  his  real 
estate  business.  He  was  Superintendent  of  the  Water 
Works,  the  first  year  the  system  was  put  in,  and  al- 
though he  declines  oftice  is  one  of  the  most  libei'al 
and  public-spirited  citizens  of  the  town,  manifest- 
ing a  <leep  interest  in  every  scheme  which  is  pro- 
mulgated for  the  public  good  and  contributing 
generously  to  all  in  which  his  judgment  concurs. 
Being  possessed  of  mental  abilities  of  no  mean  or- 
der, and  desirous  of  adding  to  the  knowledge  ob- 
tained in  his  early  years,  he  has  taken  advantage  of 
every  opportunity  which  reading   and  observation 


would  afford  and  has  bi-come  well  informed  on  cur- 
rent toi)ics  and  in  various  lines  of  thought.  He  be- 
longs to  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  to  the  Knights 
of   Pythias. 

Judge  Lambdin  has  been  twice  married.  His  first 
matrimonial  alliance  was  contracted  in  1839  and  he 
became  the  husband  of  Miss  Caroline  Beachbard  of 
Madison,  Ind.,  who  was  spared  to  him  and  her  fam- 
ily until  1853.  She  was  the  mother  of  three  sons, 
William  11.,  Joshua  T,  and  John  W.  The  first  two 
served  iluring  the  late  war;  John  W.  is  now  de- 
ceased. After  having  remained  a  widower  until  1855, 
Judge  Lambdin  became  the  husband  of  Mary  V. 
Vauglit,  of  Paris,  III.,  who  has  borne  him  one  son 
—Robert  M. 

In  the  paternal  line.  Judge  Lambdin  is  of  Welsh 
descent,  his  grandfather,  Robert  Lambdin,  having 
emigrated  from  Wales  to  America  i)rior  to  the  Rev- 
olutionary War  and  settled  in  Maryland.  John 
Lambdin,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was  born  in 
that  State  about  the' year  1776,  grew  to  maturity 
there  and  married  Miss  Mary  Roberts,  a  lady  of 
Irish  extraction.  The}'  removed  to  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
whence,  in  18'21,  they  departed  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
where  Mrs.  Lambdin  died  in  1857.  A  portion  of 
their  time  was  spent  on  a  farm  in  Clermont  County. 
Mr.  Lambdin  was  a  cnrpenter  and  one  of  the  most 
skilled  workmen  of  his  day;  his  financial  circum- 
stances were  easy.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Metho- 
dist Church,  and  his  death,  which  occurreil  in  1852, 
found  him  pre[)are(l  for  the  scenes  of  futurity. 


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iilTOMAS  DUNBAR,  a  Guccessful  general 
farmer  of  South  Haven,  may  usually  be 
found  at  his  headquarters  on  section  16, 
where  he  has  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  makes  a  specialty 
of  stock-raising,  mostly  good  grades  of  cattle  and 
horses.  He  came  to  this  county  in  1876  when  the 
greater  part  of  the  land  in  this  region  was  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Government  and  when  wild  animals 
were  plentiful,  including  deer,  antelope,  turkeys  and 


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wolves.  The  nearest  market  was  at  Wieliila  to 
which  the  produce  of  the  few  farmers  who  had  set- 
tled in  this  region  was  hauled  laboriously  overland 
with  teams,  across  the  prairie,  in  many  places  un- 
marked save  b}'  an  Indian  trail. 

Ipon  first  coming  to  this  region  i\Ir.  Dunbar 
took  up  his  abode  in  a  little  frameliou.se,  14x20 
feet  in  dimensions,  which  be  occu{)ied  for  three 
years  and  in  the  meantime  proceeded  with  the  im- 
l)rovement  of  this  property.  He  sold  this  farm  in 
1879.  purchasing'  that  which  he  now  owns.  His  ca- 
reer has  been  marked  by  close  application  to  his 
calling  and  straightforward  dealings  with  his  fellow- 
citizens  by  which  he  ha.-<  established  himself  in  their 
confidence  and  esteem. 

A  native  of  New  York  .State,  Mr.  Dunbar  was 
born  in  the  romantic  regions  around  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  Februar3'  4,  1844.  Two  years  later  his  par- 
ents, .lohn  and  Mary  ^  Linton)  Dunbar,  removed  to 
Canads,  locating  at  Ormston.  whore  the  father  oc- 
cupied himself  as  a  carpenter.  About  1853  the^' 
changed  their  residence  to  Lashute,  en  the  North 
River,  and  there  the  father  died  in  1867,  aged  sixty- 
five  years.  He  was  a  native  of  Northern  Scotland, 
where  he  was  reared  in  the  doctrines  of  the  Presby- 
terian Church  and  where  he  was  married  to  his  first 
wife,  who  died  there.  IL's  second  wife,  jMary  Lin- 
ton, the  mother  of  our  subject,  likewise  a  native  of 
Scotland,  was  born  in  the  city  of  Edinburg  and 
when  a  mere  child  was  brought  by  her  parents  to 
Canada;  they  settled  in  Montreal  where  the  parents 
died  in  the  faith  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Mrs.  Dunbar  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  re- 
moved with  her  family  of  eight  sons  to  Livingston 
County.  111.,  and  later  came  to  this  State  of  which 
she  is  still  a  resident,  making  her  home  witli  three 
of  her  sons  in  Gunnison  County.  Thomas,  our  sub- 
ject, on  the  25tli  of  February,  1888,  was  wedded 
at  the  bride's  home  in  South  Haven  Township,  this 
county,  to  Miss  Jenny  F^.,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Melissa  (Jouidan)  Clayton,  a  native  of  Byron 
County,  Ky.  Mrs.  Dunbar  came  to  Kansas  with  her 
mother  in  1883,  her  father  having  died  in  Ken- 
tucky. Mrs.  Clayton  was  subserpieiitl}-  married  to 
Stephen  Riggs  and  is  now  a  resident  of  South 
Haven  Township.  INIr.  and  Mrs.  Dunbar  have  had 
one  child,  a  son.  Bruce,  who  died  when  five  months 


old.  ^Irs.  Dunbar  is  a  member  in  good  standing 
of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Dunbar  was  reared  in 
Presbj'teriau  doctrines  but  is  not  at  present  identi- 
fied with  an}'  religious  organization.  Politically,  he 
votes  independently. 


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^^HOMAS  J.  MYERS  has  been  a  resident  of 
iW^^  "Wellington  for  nearly  a  decade,  and  has 
^^^  been  engaged  in  buying  and  shipping  live- 
stock. He  is  the  third  son  of  Abram  and  Margaret 
Myers,  and  the  parental  history'  will  be  found  in 
the  biography  of  L.  K.  Myers,  in  this  book.  Our 
subject  was  born  in  Knox  Township,  Jefferson 
County,  Ohio,  on  the  4th  of  Deeeiuber,  1830,  and 
during  his  boyhood  attended  the  pioneer  schools  of 
the  count}',  which  were  taught  in  the  log  house 
where  the  benches  were  made  of  hewn  logs,  with 
wooden  pins  for  legs.  He  was  a  lad  of  ten  years 
when  his  parents  moved  to  Carroll  Count}-,  where 
he  attended  school  during  the  winter  months,  and 
and  the  rest  of  the  year  assisted  his  father  in  clear- 
ing land  and  tilling  the  soil.  There  were  no  lail- 
roads  in  that  section  for  a  number  of  years,  and  all 
their  transportation  was  done  on  the  Sandy  and 
Beaver  Rivers,  and  the  Ohio  Canal. 

In  18')3  Mr.  ]Myers,  with  a  brother  and  tliree 
sisters,  made  the  journey  to  Indiana  with  teams, 
and  spent  the  winter  in  Whitley  County,  wlieiice 
the  family  went  to  Iowa.  Soon  after  their  arrival 
in  the  Iloosier  State  our  subject  and  his  brother 
took  a  contiact  to  build  a  mile  of  railroad,  a  short 
distance  west  of  Columbia  City.  Work  on  that 
part  of  the  road  ceased  in  the  spring  of  18.>1.  ami 
Mr.  Myers  secured  a  situation  as  fireman  on  an- 
other part  of  the  road,  whic^h  he  resigned  after  a 
short  time  to  follow  tlic  rest  of  the  family  to  the 
Hawkeye  State.  He  traveled  by  stage  to  Goshen, 
Ind..  thence  by  rail  to  Rock  Island,  111.,  where  he 
again  boarded  a  stage  which  landed  him  in  Wash- 
ington, Washington  County,  Iowa.  He  there  se- 
cured a  ride  in  a  carriage  to  Winterset,  nearly  one 
hundred  and  fifty  miles  distant,  and  then  continued 


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bis  journey  on  foot.     He  walked   hard  all  daj',  and 
made  a  distance  of  fifteen  miles. 

Coming  upon  a  log  cabin  after  dark  Mr.  Mj'ers 
asked  tbe  privilege  of  remaining  during  the  nigbt. 
Tbe  bouse  consisted  of  one  room,  and  tbe  two 
bedsteads  in  it  we4e  made  by  boring  holes  in  tbe 
wall  and  inserting  poles,  tbe  other  ends  of  wbicb 
were  supported  by  posts.  There  was  not  a  chair 
in  the  house,  and  neither  lamp  nor  candle.  Corn 
bread  and  fat  meat  constituted  tbe  supper,  which 
ISIr.  Myers  ate  from  tbe  top  of  a  chest  while  sitting 
on  a  small  trunk.  Tbe  inmates  of  the  cabin  con- 
sisted of  a  man  and  wife  and  seven  cliildren,  but 
notwithstanding  tbe  meager  accommodations,  a 
kindly  welcome  was  accorded  to  tbe  stranger.  Be- 
ing very  tired  he  passed  a  very  comfortable  night, 
but  arose  in  the  morning  not  feeling  well,  with 
twelve  miles  j'et  to  w^alk.  He  bad  heard  of  the 
town  of  Pisgab,  and  expected  to  see  something  of 
a  place,  but  on  reaching  its  site  found  it  consisted 
of  one  log  cabin,  occupied  by  a  Mr.  Locke,  who 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Union  County.  Jlr. 
Myers  was  quite  exhausted  when  he  reached  this 
place,  but  succeeded  in  hiring  a  horse  from  Mr. 
Locke,  and  made  tlie  rest  of  the  journe}-  more 
speedily  and  with  a  little  more  comfort. 

Tbe  father  of  our  subject  had  entered  a  tract  of 
Government  land,  upon  which  the  family  lived,  and 
during  the  winter  our  subject  and  bis  brother 
L.  K.,  entered  and  sold  several  tracts  of  land  in 
Union  Count}',  and  in  the  spring  of  1855,  began  to 
imi)rove  the  land  the  father  had  taken,  continuing 
together  there  until  1859.  Our  subject  then  re- 
moved to  Aftou,  and  engaged  in  mercantile  busi- 
ness. The  nearest  railroad  station  was  at  Otturawa, 
one  hundred  miles  distant,  and  the  greater  part  of 
bis  goods  were  teamed  from  there.  In  connection 
with  iiis  mercantile  emploj'  Mr.  Mj'ers  had  bought 
and  shipped  live  stock,  and  some  three  j'ears  after 
becoming  a  resident  of  Afton  he  abandoned  tbe 
former  business  and  devoted  bis  attention  entirely 
to  tbe  latter,  remaining  in  that  citj-  until  1880, 
when  he  came  to  this  place,,  bought  a  home,  and 
enrered  upon  tbe  same  pursuits,  shipping  his  stock 
to  Kansas  City  and  Wi(  hita. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  jMyers  bore  tbe  maiden  name  of 
Elizabeth   Roberts,  and   the   rites  of  wedlock  were 


celebrated  between  them  in  1864.  Siie  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  J.  F.  and  Tamar  (Smith)  Roberts,  the 
latter  of  whom  died  when"she'was,'an  infant.  The 
father  was  born  in  Culpcper  County,  Va.,  and  it 
is  probable  that  _his;  father,  Benjamin  Roberts,  was 
also  born  in  that  State.  In  1822  tbe  grandfather 
moved  to  Ohio,  and  having  purchased  land  in 
Athens  County,  tilled  tbe  soil  there  for  a  number 
of  years.  His  wife,  Mary  Delaney,  died  in  Perry 
County  after  having  lived  to  a  good  old  age.  Mr. 
Roberts  departerl  this  life  also  ripe  in  years,  in 
Athens  County.  His  son,  J.  F.,  received  a  liberal 
education,  and  took  up  tbe  study  of  medicine  in  his 
early  manhood,  being  graduated  from  the  Medical 
College  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  successfully  prac- 
ticing his  profession  for  many  years.  His  skill  was 
displayed  in  Meigs  and  Vinton  Counties,  Ohio,  un- 
til 1859,  anti  be  then  removed  to  Afton,  Iowa, 
where  be  continued  his  professional  labors  for  two 
years.  He  next  opened  an  office  in  Brookfield,  Mo., 
and  some  time  later  went  to  Centralia,  III.,  where 
his  death  took  place  in  April,  1889,  at  tbe  age  of 
sixty-five  years.  His  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Myers, 
received  an  excellent  education,  and  is  a  worthy 
and  efficient  companion.  She  has  borne  her  hus- 
band two  cbihiren — Frank  L.  and  Harry  ^Y. 

In  politics  Mr.  Myers  .advocates  the  principles  of 
the  Democratic  party.  His  wife  and  two  sons  are 
members  in  good  standing  of  tbe  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  botli  have  many  friends  in  tbe  com- 
munity, where  their  uprightness,  intelligence  and 
friondlv  natures  are  well  known. 


^^^^■'ARON  KING,  Late  of  Oxford  Township 
ILM,  and  who  owned  one  of  the  most  valuable 
1)  quarter  sections  of  land  in  Sumner  County, 
departed  this  life  March  31,  1889,  leaving 
behind  him  tbe  record  of  an  honest  man  and  a  good 
citizen.  He  pitched  bis  tent  at  bis  late  homestead 
on  section  6,  June  1,  1871.  and  maintained  his  po- 
sition through  tbe  scourges  of  grasshoppers,  drouth 
and  chinch  bugs,  and  was  one  of  the  three  men  who, 


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with  llicir  families,  spent  tlie  winter  following  in 
one  sniiill  dwelling.  Ipon  coming  to  this  region 
Mr.  King  drove  overland  from  Vinton.  Iowa,  look- 
ing out  for  .a  location  as  he  traveled  and  being  one 
of  the  first  men  to  cross  the  Arkansas  River.  He 
dug  a  cellar  and  while  on  a  trip  to  Thaj'er,  one 
hundr(Hl  and  twent_y  miles  a\vn3  ,  Mrs.  King  arrived 
August  "25,  1H71,  and  put  up  with  the  family  of  a 
Mr.  Carpenter,  remaining  there  until  Mr.  King  had 
completed  a  roof  to  shelter  his  family-. 

The  Carpenter  domicile  comprised  one  room 
only  lGx21  feet  in  dimensions  and  into  it  three 
families  moved  and  lived  there  until  Mr.  King  had 
his  own  home  ready.  This  domicile  sheltered 
tliirteen  ])ersons,  including  two  children,  but  the3- 
had  all  come  to  this  region  with  a  mutual  purpose 
in  view  and  assisted  each  other.  They  bought 
their  sni)plies  from  peddlers  in  the  eastern  part  of 
the  State  and  paid  $2. .50  per  bushel  for  seed  corn 
of  a  very  poor  quality.  Wichita  at  that  lime  was 
a  hamlet  of  a  few  houses  and  one  saloon.  Mr. 
King  i)roceeded  with  the  improvement  of  his  land, 
setting  out  fruit  trees,  hedge  and  forest  trees,  from 
the  latter  of  which  the}'  still  obtain  all  the  fuel 
needed. 

Mr.  King  was  elected  the  first  Director  in  his 
school  district  and  Mrs.  King  was  Chairman  of  the 
first  meeting  and  administered  the  oath  of  office  to 
him.  They  voted  upon  the  question  of  building  a 
,  schoolhouse  and  l^y  the  aid  of  the  women  present, 
carried  it  in  the  allirmative.  Mr.  King  served  as 
Director  a  number  of  terms  and  Mrs.  King  was  the 
one  who  invited  the  minister  to  preach  first  in  that 
vicinity,  the  services  being  held  at  Mr.  Carpenter's 
house,  and  there  a  Methodist  Episcopal  church  was 
organized.  After  the  schoolhouse  was  erected  the 
services  and  Sunda3'-school  were  conducted  in  it 
and  M)'s.  King  was  Superintendent  of  the  latter  for 
several  years.  She  has  been  connected  with  this 
church  for  the  long  period  of  fifty  years. 

The  sid)ject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Cuyahoga 
County,  t)hio,  July  30,  1812,  and  was  the  son  of 
AVilliam  King  who  spent  his  last  days  in  Ohio.  He 
grew  to  mature?  years  in  his  native  Slate  and  then 
removed  to  Indiana  where  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Lydia  Hoover.  Of  tiiis  union  there  were  born 
seven  children,  all  of  whom  arc  living. 


Mis.  King  was  born  near  Balavia,  Ohio, 
March  14,  1822.  and  is  the  daughter  of  Richard 
and  Margaret  Allison,  the  former  of  whom  was 
born  in  Cayuga  Count}-,  N.  Y.  His  wife  was  for- 
merly a  Miss  Patton.  Mr.  Allison  died  in  Ohio. 
The  mother  subsequently  removed  to  Indiana  and 
made  her  home  with  her  daughter  until  her  death. 
Miss  Allison  was  first  married  to  David  Craig,  Octo- 
ber 12,  1842,  and  they  settled  in  Rush  County, 
Ind.  There  were  born  to  them  four  cliildren,  only 
two  of  whom  are  living:  Demetrius,  in  the  Choc- 
taw Nation,  and  Huldah  M.,  the  wife  of  Knoch 
Piatt.  Mr.  Craig  died  in  X'inton,  Iowa,  (to  which 
place  he  had  removed  with  his  family)  January  C, 
1857. 


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#># 


C^=5^  OLOMON  MILLER.     This  poaceal)lc  and 
^^^   law-abiding    citizen    of    Ealls    Township. 
|(l£_Ji|  came  to  Sunnier  County  in  1877,  and   pre- 
empted eight}-  acres    of  land  on  section  2, 
to    which  he  subsequentl}^    added  another   eighty 
acres,  and  is  now  in   the    possession  of  a  well-im- 
proved farm  provided  w^th  convenient  and  suitalile 
buildings.     Upon   his  arrival    here  he  was  without 
capital,  and  has  not  onl}-  evolved    from  the  soil  of 
tlie  Sunllower  State  a  comfortable  living,  'nit  man- 
aged to  lay  by  something  for  a  rainy  da}'. 

A  native  of  Tuscarawas  County,  Ohio.  Mr.  Mil- 
ler was  burn  JNIay  29,  18^7,  ainl  lived  tliere  with 
his  parents  until  184G.  The  family  then  emigrated 
to  (J rant  County,  Ind.,  where  tliey  spent  their  last 
days.  Tiie  parents  were.Iolm  and  Susan  (Peiirod) 
Miller,  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  .lohn  Miller  was 
an  enterprising  and  industrious  farmer,  becoming 
well-to  do,  and  was  a  leading  iiieniber  of  tlie  Pres- 
byterian Cliyrch.  Possessing  decided  views,  he 
was  not  easily  turned  from  his  convictions,  and 
from  the  time  of  liecoming  a  voting  citizen,  gave 
his  unqualified  allegiance  to  the  Democratic  party. 
The  parental  household  included  nine  children,  viz : 
Poll}',  Daniel,  Lizzie,  Henry,  Jlary  A.,  Solonu)n, 
liachel,  .lohn  and  Susan.  Three  of  these  are  living. 
i\Ir.  Miller  was  the  sixth  child  of  his  parents  and 


Res.  or  Solomon  M!LLER,oec.S.SouthHalf  FallsTrSumner  Coui^tx  Kans. 


Residence  of  Andrew  Czapunski,Sec.B£,CaldwellTr,  Sumner  Co.  Kans. 


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was  reared  on  a  farm  In  Grant  County,  Ind.,  ae- 
quiring  his  education  mostly  in  the  district  school. 
Me  worked  with  his  father  until  after  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  War,  then,  in  1862,  joined  the  Union 
army  as  a  private  in  Company  K,  One  Hundred 
and  Eighteenth  Indiana  Infantry.  He  repaired 
witli  liis  regiment  to  Cumberland  Gap,  and  shortly 
afterward  was  injured  in  a  railroad  accident,  whicli 
so  disabled  him  that,  being  unfit  for  further  mili- 
tary duties,  he  was  obliged  to  accept  his  honorable 
discharge.  Returning  then  to  the  farm  in  his  na- 
tive county,  he  remained  there  until  coming  to  this 
State,  in  18T7.  Mr.  Miller  finds  his  religious  home 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber in  good  standing  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic.  He  keei)S  himself  posted  upon  current 
events,  and  is  identified  with  tlie  Farmers'  Alliance. 

Miss  Maiy  E.  Kirkendall  of  St.  Joseph  County, 
Ind.,  became  the  wife  of  Solomon  Miller,  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1S64.  The  young  people  commenced  the 
journey  of  life  together  in  Grant  County,  Ind., 
where  Mr.  Miller  prosecuted  farming  on  his  own 
account  until  removing  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
To  him  and  his  excellent  wife  there  were  born  three 
children,  viz.:  Rachel  A.,  Sarah  C.  and  Mary  .1. 
Mrs.  Mary  E.  Miller  depaited  this  life  at  the  home- 
stead iu  Falls  Township,  October  15,  1873.  In 
1875  Mr.  Miller  contracted  a  second  marriage  with 
Miss  Margaret  Clevingcr,  of  Howard  Countj',  Iml. 
There  have  been  born  of  this  \inion  tvvo  sons — 
Henry  and  William — bright  and  intelligent  lads, 
who  remain  at  home  with  their  parents. 

A  lithographic  engraving  of  the  residence 
wherein  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are  so  comfortably 
domiciled  is  presented  in  connection  witli  this 
sketch. 


^.^NDREW  CZAPLINSKI.  A  well-improved 
@/lJ||  farm  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres  in- 
dicates the  perseverance  and  industry  of 
this  well  lo-do  resident  of  Caldwell  Town- 
ship, who  came  to  this  region  |)oor  in  puise.  and 
who  has  by  his  own  exertions  and  perseverance,  sur- 


rouuded  himself  with  all  the  comforts  of  life.  He 
was  born  in  the  Province  of  Posen,  Prussia,  No- 
vember 30,  1835,  and  comes  of  substantial  Ger- 
man ancestry.  His  parents,  Toney  and  Josephine 
Czaplinski.  were  natives  of  the  same  Province  as 
their  son,  and  there  spent  their  entire  lives.  The 
father  was  a  distiller  of  liquors.  There  was  born 
to  them  one  child  only — Andrew,  of  whom  we  now 
write. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  w.as  reared  in  his  na- 
tive Province,  and  received  a  common-school  edu- 
cation. He  was  trained  to  habits  of  industry,  and 
at  an  e:irl\'  age  went  to  work  at  the  manufacture  of 
fur  goods.  AVhen  reaching  his  majoritj',  he  deter- 
mined to  seek  his  fortune  in  America,  and  accord- 
uigly  crossed  the  Alantic,  settling  first  at  Toledo, 
Ohio.  He  worked  there  at  his  trade  until  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War  and  soon  after  the  call  for 
troops,  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Thirty- 
seventh  Ohio  Infantr}-,  which  was  assigned  to  the 
Army  of  the  Cumberland,  and  to  the  Fifteenth 
Army  Corps,  under  the  command  of  Grant  and 
Sheiman.  Mr.  Czaplinski  participated  in  many  of 
the  important  battles  of  the  war,  being  at  Vieks- 
burg,  Jlissionar}'  Ridge,  and  upon  other  hard- 
fought  fields.  At  Vicksburg,  on  the  22d  of  May, 
1863,  he  was  wounded  by  a  gunshot;  from  this, 
however,  he  recovered  in  due  time,  rejoining 
his  regiment,  and  on  the  25th  of  November,  fol- 
lovving,  at  the  b.attle  of  Missionary  Ridge,  received 
a  second  wound  which  disabled  him  for  further 
service.  He  received  his  honorable  discharge  at  the 
cit_\-  of  Washington,  September  9,  1864. 

Returning  now  to  his  native  haunts  in  Toledo, 
Ohio,  Mr.  Czaplinski  estaljlished  himself  in  the 
mercantile  business,  at  which  he  continued  until 
1871.  The  following  year,  resolving  upon  a  change 
of  loc'atiou  and  occupation,  he  pre-empted  one  hun- 
dred and  sixt}'  acres  of  land  on  sections  32  and  33, 
Caldwell  Townshii),  this  county.  He  proceeded  in 
true  i)ioneer  style  to  cultivate  and  improve  his  land 
and  here  he  has  since  made  his  home.  He  added 
to  his  first  possessions  by  the  pnrch.ase  of  eighty 
acres  on  section  28.  and  has  brought  the  whole  to  a 
productive  condition,  ci'ecting  thereon  suitable 
buildings,  and  gathering  about  himself  and  family 
the  comforts  and  conveniences  of  modern  life. 


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The  subject  of  this  sketcli  was  married  in  Tolcilo. 
November  7,  1865,  to  Miss  Elviiia  Deinlii.  This 
hvly  is  a  native  of  tlie  same  Province  as  her  hus- 
band, and  was  born  January  12,  1845.  She  came 
to  America  with  her  parents  in  1864,  setllins'  in 
Archibald,  f)liio.  Eight  children  iiave  been  born 
of  this  union,  viz.:  Hugo,  Laura,  Oscar,  Charles, 
Hammond.  Ada.  Annie  and  L^dia.  Laura  and  Os- 
car died  at  the  ages  of  ten  and  seven  years,  re- 
spectiv  ely. 

Mr.  Cza|)linsl<i  has  gathered  around  iiiinself  and 
his  family  the  comforts  and  conveniences  of  life, 
and  a  lithograi)hic  view  of  his  pleasant  homestead, 
with  its  princii)al  buildings,  is  a  valuable  addition 
to  the  Ai.ra  M. 


E  WITT  S.  15LACKM0N.  A  well-regu- 
j)  lated  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
indicates  the  industry  and  perseverance 
which  have  signalized  the  operations  of 
Mr.  Blackmon  since  the  year  1877,  during  which 
he  settled  on  section  14,  Walton  Township.  Aside 
from  dealing  somewhat  in  farm  lands,  he  has  given 
his  attention  strictly  to  agricultural  pursuits,  mak- 
ing aspecialty  of  stock-raising.  A  native  of  Lewis 
County,  N.  Y.,  he  was  born  November  24,  1829, 
and  is  a  son  of  Sylvester  and  Clarissa  (Peek) 
Blackmon,  who  were  natives,  respectively,  of  Con- 
necticut ,and  \'crmont. 

Sylvester  Blackmon  eniigratcil  at  an  early  date 
to  Lewis  County,  N.  Y..  whence  he  removed,  about 
1839,  to  Defiance  County,  Ohio.  lie  followed 
farming  successfully  in  the  Bucke_ye  State  and  died 
at  the  homesteaii  wliere  he  first  settled,  in  18C4,  at 
I  In  age  of  about  eighty -two  years,  lie  became 
well-to-do,  leaving  an  estate  worth  about  !ii!l(),UOC. 
He  was  one  of  the  early  members  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  in  that  Slate  and,  polilically,  was  first  a 
Whig  and  then  a  Republican.  The  wife  and  mother 
died  at  the  homeste.ad  in  Defiance  County,  Ohio, 
during  the  l)oyhoo(l  of  her  son,  DeWilt  S.  The 
parental   family   included    six    children,  viz:    I'er- 


melia.  Delia,  Maria,  Mary,  DeWitt  S.  and  Fannj-. 
(Jur  subject  and  his  sister  Permclia  are  the  only 
survivors,  and  the  latter  is  a  resident  of  West  Vir- 
ginia. 

A  boy  of  ten  years  when  going  with  his  parents 
from  his  native  State  to  Ohio,  Mr.  Blackmon  was 
reared  in  Defiance  County  on  the  home  farm,  liv- 
ing there,  with  the  exception  of  the  tinie  spent  in 
army,  until  1877.  That  year,  coming  to  Kansas, 
he  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land 
on  s(?clion  14,  Walton  Township,  of  which  he  has 
since  been  a  resident.  While  a  resident  of  Ohio, 
he.  in  1862,  during  the  progress  of  the  Civil  War, 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  Company  B,  Forty-Seventh 
Ohio  Infantry,  and  served  until  June,  1865,  when, 
the  conflict  being  ended,  he  repaired  to  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  and  received  his  honorable  discharge. 
His  duties  as  a  soldier  were  [)erformed  in  that 
faithful  and  uncomplaining  manner  which  gained 
him  the  respect  of  his  comrades  and  the  approval 
of  his  superior  oflicers.  He  served  in  the  Army 
of  the  Tennessee  \inder  Gen.  Logan  and  was  in 
all  of  the  principal  engagements  of  his  regiment 
from  the  taking  of  Atlanta  to  the  surrender  of  Lee. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Blackmon 
served  in  the  War  of  1812,  while  his  p:iternal 
great-grandfather  shouldered  his  musket  and  fought 
with  the  Colonists  during  their  struggle  for  inde- 
[lendence.  He  attained  to  the  ripe  old  age  of  nine- 
ty-nine years  and  nine  months,  spending  his  last 
ye:u'S  in  New  York.  Mr.  Blackmon  is  a  member 
in  good  standing  of  llie  Masonic  fraternity  and 
also  belongs  to  the  Farmers'  .\lliance.  In  politics 
he  is  independent. 

Nearly  thirty-eight  years  ago,  on  the  14th  of 
July,  1852,  Mr.  Blackmon  was  married  to  Miss 
Elizabeth  Butler.  The  bride  was  born  in  Coshoc- 
ton County,  Ohio.  December  31,  1 834,  to  John 
and  Sarah  (  Devalh  Butler,  who  were  natives  of 
Ohio,  and  spent  their  last  years  theie.  This  union 
resulted  in  the  birth  of  ten  children,  viz:  Clara, 
Vinal.  .lolm,  DcWilt  S.,  Jr..  Elizabeth.  .Mary.  Al- 
len, Albert,  Mattie  and  iSIaude.  John,  Allen  and 
Albert  are  dece;ised.  The  Bl.aekmon  homestead 
invarialily  attracts  the  eye  of  the  passing  traveller 
as  presenting  a  liicture  of  one  of  the  most  elegant 
homes    in   Sumner  County.     The   fine  residence  in 


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all  its  appointments  is  indicative  c>f  cultivated  tastes 
and  aiii|ile  means,  and  its  surroundings  retlect  great 
credit  upon  the  intelligence  and  enterprise  of  the 
proprietor.  The  family  occupies  no  secondary- 
position  among  the  best  residents  of   the  township. 


(|;^  EWELL  S.  COZAD.  There  is  prohal)ly  not 
within  the  limits  of  Falls  Township  a  more 
prosperous  or  enterprising  citizen  than  he 
with  whose  name  we  introduce  this  sketch.  He  is 
descended  from  an  ancestry  possessing  marked  pe- 
culiarities and  who  were  noted  almost  uniformly 
for  their  wealth  and  influence  in  the  communities 
where  they  lesided.  The  landed  possessions  of  Mr. 
Cozad  embrace  one  thousand  broad  acres  in  Sum- 
nei'  and  Kingman  Counties,  this  State,  including 
one  of  tlie  finest  farms  on  section  15.  Falls  Town- 
ship, where  he  settled  in  the  spring  of  1880.  He 
also  owus  three  hundred  and  forty  town  lots  in 
Caldwell  and  valuable  real  estate  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  where  he  spends  the  greater  part  of  his  time. 
In  addition  to  the  prosecution  of  farming  extens- 
ively, he  is  also  largely  interested  in  live  stock,  of 
which  he  (lossesses  a  thorough  knowledge  and  which 
yields  him  large  returns. 

Tlic  snliject  of  this  sketch  was  horn  in  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  .Tul}-  23,  1831,  and  is  the  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Condit)  Cozad,  the  former  of  whom  was  a 
native  of  New  .Tersey.  The  parents  of  Samuel 
Cozad  ui)On  leaving  that  State  settled  in  Washiiig- 
ington  County,  I'a.,  when  their  son  was  a  child  of 
two  years.  Ten  years  later  they  removed  to  Cleve- 
land, ( )hio,  where  the  father  dejiarled  this  life  in 
18711.  He  was  a  successful  fanner  and  a  man  of 
large  means  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  '^300,0(10. 
His  farm  occupied  ground  now  included  in  Wade 
Park,  whichis  one  of  the  most  popular  resorts  of  the 
people  of  the  Forest  City.  Samuel  Cozad  in  early 
life  was  a  Presbyterian  in  his  religious  views,  but 
afterward,  in  comi)any  with  fifteen  others,  organ- 
ized the  Euclid  Avenue  Congregational  Churcli  in 
Cleveland,  and    was    largely    instrumental    in    the 


erection  of  the  church  edifice.  He  contributed 
liberally  to  the  support  of  the  society  until  his 
death.  In  eiirly  manhood  he  had  served  as  a  sol- 
dier in  the  War  of  1812.  His  father,  likewise  named 
Samuel,  was  a  native  of  New  Jersey  and  of  French 
descent. 

The  mother  of  Mr.  Cozad  was  likewise  a  native 
of  New  Jersey,  where  she  vvas  reared  to  woman- 
hood. When  she  was  nineteen  years  old  her  par- 
ents removed  to  Ohio,  they  likewise  settling  in  the 
city  of  Cleveland  where  JNIiss  Mary  met  her  future 
husband  antl  where  they  were  married.  She  died 
in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  September  5,  1871.  Grand- 
father Abner  Condit  was  likewise  a  native  of  New 
Jersey.  To  Samuel,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Cozad  there 
was  born  a  family  of  six  children,  viz;  Silas  H., 
Hettie  A.,  Mary  C,  William,  Newell  S.  and  Martha 
J.  Hettie  and  Newell  are  the  only  surviving  mem- 
bers of  the  family;  the  former  is  the  wife  of  J.  D. 
Ik'iinett  and  is  living  in  Kingston,  N.  Y. 

Mr.  Cozad  was  reared  at  the  oUl  homestead  in 
the  vicinity  of  Cleveland  and  attended  the  city 
schools  until  sulliciently  advanced  to  enter  an 
academy.  Later  he  was  in  college  two  years.  He 
then  took  up  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  Cleveland  about  1855.  He  i)racticed  two 
years  only  but,  being  inclined  to  a  more  active  life, 
then  abandoned  the  profession  and  turned  his  at- 
tention to  farming  and  gardening  near  the  cit^', 
which  vocation  he  [n'osecuted  successfully  until 
1876.  T'hat  year,  coming  to  Kansas,  he  purchased 
land  and  began  dealing  in  cattle  with  such  suc- 
cess that  he  has  since  prosecuted  the  business  and 
become  independent,  financially.  In  the  mean- 
time his  son  Charles,  under  the  able  tuition  of  his 
father,  has  also  developed  fine  business  qualifica- 
tions, and  the  two  together  are  members  of  the 
Cherokee  Stri))  Live  Stock  Association,  having 
large  pastures  in  the  Territory  and  operating  under 
the  firm  name  of  Cozad  &  Son.  Mr.  Cozad  is  a 
devout  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  to 
which  he  gives  a  liberal  support,  and  in  politics  he 
is  a  scnind  Republican,  strongly  advocating  prohi- 
bition doctiines. 

Soon  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr. 
Cozad,  in  1861,  joined  the  army  with  the  •■Squirrel 
Hunters'"  from  Cleveland,  a  body  of  men  organized 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


to  (irotcct  the  soutlicrii  border  of  Ohio.  In  1S64 
lie  joined  the  regular  army,  enlisting'  in  Company 
1).  One-linndred  and  Fiftieth  ( )liio  Infantry,  serving 
one  hundred  days.  His  services  being  then  no 
longer  required,  he  received  his  honorable  dis- 
charge and  retui-ned  to  the  pursuits  of  civil  life. 

The  marriage  of  Newell  8.  Cozad  and  Miss  Sa- 
rah J.  Goe,  of  Cortland,  Ohio,  was  celcbrtited  at  the 
bride's  home  June  IG,  1858.  Blrs.  Cozad  was  born 
in  Cortland.  May  7.  1835,  and  is  a  daughter  of 
John  and  Mar}'  (Meek)  Goe,  who  were  natives,  re- 
spectivel}'.  of  Ireland  and  Penns3'lvania.  The  lat- 
ter spent  their  last  years  at  Cortland,  Ohio.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Cozad  there  have  been  born  a  son  and 
(hiughter,  the  latter  named  ^Mary  A.  and  now  the 
wife  of  George  W.  Bradford,  of  Caldwell.  Charles 
N.  is  unmarried  and  remains  at  home  with  liis  par- 
ents. The  home  farm  h.as  been  brought  to  a  high 
slate  of  cultivation  and  embellished  with  modern 
buildings.  Everything  which  cultivated  tastes  and 
ample  means  can  afford  has  been  brought  together 
in  the  improvement  of  the  |)remises,  and  it  is  not 
only  a  matter  of  pride  to  the  people  of  the  neigh- 
borhood, but  is  the  means  of  enriching  the  county 
treasury  each  year  bv  a  handsome  sum  in  the  way 
of  taxes.  Mr.  Cozad  occupies  no  secondary  posi- 
liun  among  the  ])rominent  men  of  this  county  and 
has  contributed  his  full  rpiota  toward  ad vancing 
its  material  interests. 


'^I'OHN  STIGKR  was  born  in  Dale  Town- 
I  I  ship,  McLean  County,  111.,  on  the  9th  of  No- 
^.^1  :  vember,  1845.  His  father,  William  Stiger, 
(^^/  is  a  native  of  Bedford  County,  I'a..  and  his 
grandfather  was  also  a  native  of  the  same  State. 
Abram  Stiger,  the  grandfather  of  our  subject,  was 
icaied  in  his  native  State,  and  continued  t(j  reside 
there  for  some  years  after  his  marriage.  His  wife 
was  a  native  of  the  old  Keystone  State,  and  their 
marriage  was  celebrated  at  lir-r  home  in  the  usual 
style  of  those  times.  Hearing  the  marvelous  tales 
that  were   related   of  the    iinsur|)assed   richness    of 


the  soil  of  Illinois,  Abram  Stiger  packed  his  house- 
hold goods  and  family  in  wagons,  and  in  that  man- 
ner they  were  drawn  to  their  new  home  in  McLean 
County,  111.  They  were  among  the  early  settlers 
of  that  eount3',and  as  there  were  no  railroads  built, 
or  even  thought  of.  they  were  obliged  to  travel 
slowly  across  the  country,  in  order  that  the  cattle 
and  teams  should  not  be  too  much  fatigued  with 
the  long  journe\'. 

'l"he  father  of  our  subject  w.as  but  a  hoy  when  his 
parents  located  in  Illinois.  He  grew  to  manhood 
on  his  father's  farm,  receiving  such  education  as 
the  schools  of  the  time  afforded,  and  has  a  vivid 
recollection  of  the  times,  when,  for  want  of  a  nearer 
market  and  better  facilities  for  transportation,  they 
were  obliged  to  haul  their  produce  to  Chicago  in 
wagons  drawn  by  horses  or  oxen.  He  has  lived  to 
see  the  wonderful  transformation  wrought  by  the 
advent  of  railroads  in  the  State  of  his  adoption. 
He  is  still  a  resident  of  the  place  where  his  child- 
hood and  youth  were  jjas.sed.  and  has  no  desire  to 
remove  until  he  receives  the  summons  to  go  up 
higher.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Miss  Mai'\- 
Beeler.  She  wis  a  native  of  Dale  Townshii),  Mc- 
Lean County,  111.,  and  a  daughter  of  William  and 
I5etsy  Beeler,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio,  and  pio- 
neers of  Dale  Township. 

John  Stiger  was  reared  in  Dale  Township, 
where  he  attended  school  during  the  earl}'  j'ears  of 
his  life,  but  as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  work,  was 
obliged  to  do  what  he  could  to  help  his  father 
carry  on  the  farm.  He  remained  with  his  parents 
until  his  twentieth  year,  when  he  started  out  for 
himself.  For  a  time  he  worked  by  the  month  for 
his  grandfather  Beeler,  and  resided  in  his  house, 
then  rented  a  farm  and  operated  it  by  himself.  Be- 
ing industrious  and  economical,  he  [ircspered  in  his 
undertaking,  ancl  was  able  to  lay  up  a  fair  share  of 
wcidth  besides  furnishing  himself  and  fiinily  with 
the  comforts  and  conveniences  <^f  modern  rural 
life. 

I\L'.  Stiger  was  a  resident  of  Dale  Township.  Mc- 
Lean County,  until  the  year  1888.  In  the  fall  of 
that  year  he  removed  to  Sumner  County,  Kan.,  and 
located  on  section  31,  southwest  quarter_of  .lackson 
Township,  vvhere  he  liought  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land.     He  now  has  an  excellent  farm,  well 


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369 


improved,  having  fniit  and  shade  trees,  and  good 
luiihlings,  and  neiliier  himself  nor  family  have  ever 
regretted  leaving  their  old  home  in  Illinois. 

September  5,  1865,  Mr.  Sliger  and  Miss  Mary- 
Banner  were  united  in  the  bonds  of  matrimony, 
and  tlie  union  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
eight  children,  namely:  William,  Kdward,  Amy, 
Julia,  Alice,  Ora,  Burtie,  and  Eflie.  Mrs.  Stiger  is 
an  estimable  lady,  and  commands  the  respect  and 
esteem  of  all  who  know  her.  She  is  a  native  of 
Forsythe  County,  N.  C,  and  daughter  of  Joshua 
Banner,  a  native  of  the  same  State.  The  grand- 
father of  Mrs.  Stiger,  Joshua  Banner,as  far  as  known, 
spent  his  entire  life  in  North  Carolina.  The  father 
of  JMr.  Stiger  grew  to  manhood,  and  v.as  married 
in  his  native  State,  and  resided  there  until  the  year 
1865,  when  he  removed  to  Illinois,  and  settled  in 
Dale  Township,  ]\IcLean  County.  The  entiie  jour- 
ney was  made  in  wagons  drawn  by  horses,  and  con- 
sumed a  great  deal  of  time.  The3'  camped  by  the 
wajf,  and  during  the  trip  Mr.  Banner  caught  a  cold 
which  terminated  fatall}^,  about  two  weeks  after 
their  arrival  in  Illinois.  Mrs.  Banner  was  thus  left 
a  widow  with  seven  children  to  support.  She  was 
a  woman  of  energy  and  s|)irit,  and  succeeded  in 
keeping  her  family  together  until  they  were  grown 
and  able  to  do  for  themselves.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Amy  Ogburn,  and  she  is  a  native  of  North 
Carolina.  She  is  now  living  \vith  a  daughter  in 
Colorado.  The  family  of  Mr.  Stiger  attend  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Cluirch,  of  which  Mrs.  Stiger 
is  a  worthy  member,  she  having  united  with  that 
denomination  in  Illinois. 


, 3^j..|>^_. 


«  l^JLLIAM  ALLEN  McDONALD.  There 
WjJn  '*  probably  not  a  more  taleiited  lawyer  in 
W^i  Sumner  County,  or  one  understanding  the 
intricacies  of  his  profession  more  thoroughly  tliim 
Mr.  McDonald,  who  established  him.self  in  the  cit)' 
of  Wellington,  in  January  1,  1875.  He  was  born 
in  Cireleville,  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  December 


1,  1816,  and  is  the  son  of  Patrick  McDonald,  a  na- 
tive of  County  Donegal,  Ireland,  and  of  Scotch  an- 
cestry. 

lie  emigrated  to  America  early  in  life  and  loca- 
ted in  Cireleville,  Ohio,  where  his  death  took  place 
in  1849,  when  his  son,  William  A.  was  a  child  of 
three  years.  lie  had  been  married  in  Cireleville 
to  Miss  Rebecca  Loofi)orrow,  a  native  of  Fairfield 
County,  Ohio,  and  the  daughter  of  Maj.  Wade 
Loof  borrow,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  War  of  1812, 
whom  it  is  believed  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  of  German  ancestry.  The  latter  settled  in 
Fairfield  County,  Ohio,  during  its  pioneer  days, 
and  followed  farming  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  To  Patrick  McDonald  and  his  wife  there  was 
born  two  children.  The  brother  of  our  subject, 
John  Wade  McDonald,  now  practicing  law  at  .San 
Diego,  Cal.,  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Sumner 
County,  and  ^eld  the  offices  of  Probate  Judge  and 
County  Attorney,  respective!}',  during  his  residencie 
in  the  count}'.  The  mother  died  in  1849;  the  same 
date  of  the  death  of  her  husband,  both  dying  with 
the  cholera. 

Young  McDonald  was  thus  left  an  orphan  early 
in  life,  and  was  taken  into  the  home  of  his  mater- 
nal uncle,  B.  F.  Loofborrow  of  Delaware  County, 
Ohio,  where  he  attended  the  common  school,  ob- 
taining a  very  good  education.  In  18G1,  when  a 
youth  of  not  quite  fifteen  3'ears,  the  Civil  War  hay- 
ing broken  out,  he  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier,  No- 
vember 26,  1861.  in  Company  I,  Eighty-second 
Ohio  Infantry ,and  i)articipated  in  many  hard-fought 
battles,  among  them  the  second  battle  of  Manassas 
or  Bull  Run,  besides  minor  engagements.  At  Bull 
Run  he  was  severely  wounded  and  sent  to  a  hos- 
pital, but  before  being  full}'  recovered,  rejoined  his 
regiment.  Later  he  participated  in  the  battles  of 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg,  and  was  slightly 
wounded  at  both  places.  He  fought  at  Chatta- 
nooga and  Mission  Ridge,  and  went  with  his  corps 
to  the  relief  of  Bnrnsidcs  at  Knoxville.  He  re- 
turned to  Chattanooga,  and  on  the  1st  day  of  Jan- 
uary, 1864,  his  term  of  enlistment  having  expired, 
he  veteranized,  and  was  granted  a  furlough  of 
thirty  days.  At  the  expiration  of  tliis  time  he  re- 
joined his  regiment  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  soon 
afterward  they  were   ordered  to   Bridgeport.  Ala, 


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Two  v.ceks  later  Mr.  McDonald  was  i)]ac-erl  on  de- 
tached duty,  and  rel\irned  to  Columbus  to  assist  in 
collecting,  drilling  and  forwarding  recruits,  drafted 
men.  and  substitutes  to  the  front.  He  was  thus  oc- 
cupied until  the  close  of  the  war.  and  received  his 
honorable  discharge  July  12,  18C5. 

Upon  retiring  from  the  army,  Mr.  McDonald, 
desirous  of  increasing  his  store  of  book  knowledge, 
attended  school  until  March,  1866,  at  the  Ohio 
Weslcyaii  I'niversity  at  Delaware.  He  entered  upon 
his  business  career  as  •>  dealer  in  live-stock,  espe- 
ciallj'  horses,  making  his  headquarters  at  Huntsville, 
Ala.  He  had  all  these  years  improved  his  oppor- 
tunities for  reading  and  observation,  and  in  due 
time  became  an  important  factor  in  politics  in  Ala- 
bam.a.  On  the  29th  of  April,  1869,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Register  of  the  Land  Office  at  Huntsville, 
which  office  he  hehl  for  a  period  of  five  years.  In 
the  meantime  he  improved  his  leisure  hours  b^' 
studying  law.  fn  December,  1874.  he  started  West- 
ward, and  in  .lanuary,  1875,  arrived  in  Wellington, 
tills  State,  where  he  entered  in  earnest  upon  his  law 
studies,  devoting  to  them  his  whole  time.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  b-ir  in  Wellington,  in  1876.  Judge 
W.  P.  Caniphcll  presiding,  and  at  once  opened  an 
office,  and  since  that  time  has  engaged  in  a  continu- 
ous and  successful  practice.  He  is  considered  one 
of  the  leading  members  of  the  profession  in  this 
part  of  Kansas. 

i\Ir.  McDonfild  was  married  July  4,  187G,  at  the 
biide's  home  in  Wellington,  to  Miss  Sarah  M.  Bates. 
This  lad}'  was  bt)ru  in  Yates  County,  i\.  Y.,  in  April, 
1847,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary 
(Payne)  Bates.  Her  father  died  December  3, 
1872.  The  mother  is  still  living,  and  resides 
in  San  Diego,  Cal.  Mrs.  Bates  was  the  first 
woman  to  reside  in  Wellington.  The  only  child 
born  of  this  union,  a  daughter,  Mary  Delia,  died 
when  three  months  old.  Mr.  McDonald  cast  his 
first  Presidential  vote  for  Gen.  Grant,  but  from 
1876  to  1888,  affiliated  with  the  Democratic  part}'. 
During  the  Presidential  election  of  the  latter  year, 
he  gave  his  support  to  (ien.  Harrison.  He  has 
served  two  terms  as  City  Attorne}',  and  as  an  ex- 
soldier,  belongs  to  James  Shields  Post,  No.  57,  G. 
A.  R.,  of  which  he  is  Past  Post  Commander,  and 
also  Post  Judge  Advocate  of  the  Department  of 


Kansas.  Socially,  he  belongs  to  Wellington  Loilge. 
No.  24.  A.  O.  U.  AV.,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  Lodge  at  Wellington. 

He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Twentieth  and 
Twenty-second  National  Encampment  at  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal..  and  Columbus,  Ohio,  1886  and  1S8H. 
respectively.  Mrs.  McDonald  is  a  inenibcr  of  the 
Methodist  Churcli. 


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i^KORGE  II.  WINSOR.  One  of  the  finest 
farms  in  Oxford  Township  is  that  owned 
and  occu-pied  by  the  above-named  gentle- 
man, who  came  to  this  section'before  either'countv 
or  township  ^were  organized,  and  who  assisted  in 
forming  school  district  No.  1,  which  extended  to 
the  Tcrritor}'.  and  in  other  pioneer  work  of  this 
vicinity,  besides  making  for  himself  a  beautiful 
home.  His  estate  com[)rises  a  quarter  of  section 
31,  and  was  staked  out  by  him  in  the  early  part  of 
April,  1871,  before  the  section  survey  had  been 
made.  He  was  looking  for  a  location  wiiJi  living 
water,  and  finding  a  spring  an<i  branch,  and  a  dry 
building  spot  above  the  spring,  he  put  up  a  log 
house  and  a  Kansas  barn — i.  e.,  a  board  frame  cov- 
ered with  straw  or  willow  withes  twisted  in  closel}'. 
Mr.  Winston  used  the  former.  He  now  has  a  fine 
grove  of  five  acres  on  the  branch,  which  will  fur- 
nish wood  enough  to  keep  his  fires  going  for  years, 
and  an  excellent  orchard,  together  with  all  the  usual 
improvements  of  a  progressive  farmer.  The  resi- 
dence is  of  a  [ileasing  design  and  first-class  con- 
struction, and  two  stories  in  height,  and  both  main 
jjortion  and  L  are  26x24  feet.  It  was  erected  in 
1883. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Winsor  took  place  at  Dart- 
mouth, Devonshire,  England,  October,  3,  1822,  and 
the  parental  home  was  at  the  mouth  of  the  Dart 
River  till  our  subject  had  reached  the  age  of  twelve 
years,  when  a  removal  was  made  to  Upper  Canada. 
The  mother.  Mary  (Couch)  Win'- or.  departed  this 
life  in  the  fall  of  1860.     The  father.  George  Win- 


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371 


sor.  Sr..  having  inoveil  to  Marion,  Iowa,  died  there 
ill  October,  1878,  at  the  age  of  seventy  eight  years. 

Tiie  gentleman  of  whom  ne  write  grew  to  matu- 
rity in  Canada,  and  on  October  21,  1845,  near 
Simcoe,  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Marj' 
Wiltse.  Tiie  bride  was  a  native  of  Vienna,  Chau- 
tauqua Count}',  N.  Y.,  and  a  daughter  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Natlianiel  Wiltse,  natives  of  Dutelicss  County, 
N.  V.  During  her  early  oliildhood  her  parents  re- 
moved to  Canada,  where  she  was  educated  and 
married. 

Mr.  Winsor  learned  the  boot  and  siioe  business 
at  Siincoe,  and  engaged  in  the  same  in  that  placie, 
nnd  later  in  St.  Charle.s,  Kane  County,  111.,  whence 
he  removed  to  Marion,  Iowa,  after  a  sojourn  of  a 
year.  Sc>me  time  after  taking  up  his  abode  in  the 
latter  |)laee.  he  changed  his  line  of  business,  and 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  agricultural  implements, 
which  he  continued  until  1866,  when  he  located  in 
Jlinmi  County,  and  bought  an  Indian  Head  IJigiit, 
whicli  he  sold  four  ycais  later  to  become  a  resident 
of  Kansas. 

Seven  children  are  now  living  of  the  ten  born  to 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winsor.  Edward  W.  is  prosecuting 
the  ice  business  in  Chicago;  Frank  is  on  a  farm  in 
Avon  Township;  Jennie,  wife  of  James  Holhday, 
lives  in  this  county;  George  G.  is  now  living  in 
Avon  Township;  Ilnrry  and  A.  D.  are  graduates  of 
the  Kansas  Normal  School,  and  are  engaged  in 
teaching;  Lizzie  is  also  a  teacher.  All  have  been 
given  excellent  educational  advantages,  Mr.  Win- 
sor having  resided  in  Oxford  for  two  years  before 
there  was  a  school  here,  in  order  that  they  might 
not  lack  school  privileges. 

After  his  return  to  his  farm  and  the  organiza- 
tion of  a  new  school  district,  Mr.  Winsor  was  made 
Director  and  fdled  that  otlice  during  a  period  of 
ten  years.  He  has  voted  the  Republican  ticket  un- 
til within  the  last  four  or  fiveyears,since  which  time 
his  allegiance  has  been  given  to  the  Union  Labor 
party.  While  ever  interested  in  good  government, 
he  has  never  aspired  to  political  honors,  but  has 
endeavored  to  serve  his  country  in  a  more  quiet 
way,  as  one  of  the  cool-headed  and  reliable  citizens. 
He  is  of  a  social  and  benevolent  nature,  and  be- 
longs to  the  M.asonic  order,  the  Independent  Order 
of  Odd   Fellows    and  xUe  Farmers"    .\lliance,     He 


possesses  excellent  judgment,  not  only  in  business 
matters  but  in  affairs  which  relate  to  the  welfare  of 
the  coramunity,  and  is  highl}'  respected  by  his  fel- 
low-citizens as  one  of  the  most  upright  and  reliable 
of  tlieir  associates. 


^  fell.LIAM  C.  F.  CUMMINGS,  one  of  the 
\/yJ//  early  pioneers  of  this  county,  made  his 
V7\y  first  appearance  in  South  Haven  Township, 
in  1873,  and  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  laud  on  section  26.  He  put  up  a  plank 
house  16x28  feet  in  dimensions,  and  occupied  this 
several  years  while  he  proceeded  with  the  iin))rove- 
ment  of  his  property.  His  nearest  market  for  some 
time  was  at  Wichita,  to  which  his  grain  and  pro- 
duce was  transported  laboriously  overland  with 
teams.  The  country  was  in  its  wild  and  unculti- 
vated state,  with  not  even  a  w.agon  road,  and  noth- 
ing to  mark  a  path  to  any  point  except  an  Indian 
trail.  The  red  man  still  prowled  around,  while 
buffalo  and  other  wild  animals  were  plentiful,  deer, 
antelopes,  and  a  great  many  wolves.  The  present 
site  of  South  Haven  was  marked  by  a  solitary  store. 

Notwithstanding  the  disadvantages  under  which 
he  was  obliged  to  labor,  Mr.  Cummings  w.as  pros- 
pered, and  in  due  time  added  eight}-  acres  to  his 
original  purchase.  He  iJaced  one  hundred  and 
eiglity  ,'icres  under  the  plow,  reserving  the  balance 
for  pasture  and  meadow.  He  planted  an  orchard 
of  apple  trees,  and  set  out  two  hundred  peach  trees, 
besides  trees  of  the  smaller  fruits.  The  necessary 
buildings  were  also  erected,  the  plank  house  giv- 
ing place  to  a  modern  and  comfortable  residence. 
JMr.  Cummings  resided  there  until  the  fall  of  1881, 
when  he  removed  to  South  Haven,  where  he  has  a 
pleasant  home,  including  a  neat  frame  dwelling 
with  the  other  neces.«ary  structures,  and  Ave  lots. 
He  stiil  retains  possession  of  his  farm  property,  and 
has  the  management  of  its  operations. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Erie 
County,  Pa.,  June  7,  18z3,  and  was  reared  as  a 
farmer's  boy.     The  father,  John  Cummings,  was  a 


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native  of  Slrasburg,  Pa.,  where  lie  lived  until  reaeli- 
ing  manliood,  and  then  went  to  Erie  Countj',  that 
State.  Tiieie  in  due  time  lie  was  married  to  Miss 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Michael  McKelvy.  Grand- 
father MuKoIvy  vvasa  nativeof  Virginia,  whence  he 
removed  with  liis  family  to  Erie  County,  P.t.,  dur- 
ing its  pioneer  days.  John  Cummings.  died  in  that 
county  in  1829.  The  paternal  grandfather,  .lohn 
Cummings,  Sr.,  was  a  nativeof  Germany,  and  emi- 
grated to  America  when  a  young  man,  settling  near 
Strasburg,  Pa.,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  life. 

When  a  youth  of  sixteen  years,  William  Cum- 
mings migrated  to  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  where  he  learned 
blaeksmithing  with  his  brother  .John,  and  where  he 
lived  five  years.  Then  starting  out  again,  he  com- 
menced traveling  over  different  parts  of  the  United 
States  and  Canada,  working  at  his  trade  as  oppor- 
tunity afforded,  lie  likewise  spent  three  years  on 
the  lakes  as  fireman  on  steamers  running  from  Buf- 
falo to  Chicago.  Finally  he  located  in  Kendall 
Countj-,  111.,  where  he  took  unto  himself  a  wife  and 
helpmate,  being  married  in  185G,  to  Miss  Anna  E., 
daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Wilson)  JMack. 
Mrs.  Cummings  was  born  in  Glasgow,  Scotland, 
and  came  to  America  with  her  parents  in  1846, 
when  a  child  of  six  j'cars.  They  lived  for  a  time 
in  New  York  City,  then  removed  to  Uliiiois,  and 
from  there  to  Wright  County.  Iowa.  In  the  latter 
county  the  parents  si>ent  their  last  dnys.  The 
father  was  a  native  of  I'aisley,  and  the  mother  of 
Glasgow,  Scotland.  They  were  married  in  the  lat- 
ter city,  where  for  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Mack 
occupied  himself  as  a  weaver.  In  their  own  coun- 
try they  were  members  in  good  standing  of  the 
Baptist  Church. 

After  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cummings  re- 
moved to  Wright  County,  Iowa,  where  Mr.  Cum- 
mings worked  at  his  trade,  and  also  prosecuted 
farming  about  nine  years.  We  next  find  him  in 
Davis  County,  Mo.,  where  he  sojourned  about 
seven  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Iowa.  From 
there,  in  1873,  he  came  to  this  county. 

There  have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cum- 
mings. eleven  children,  six  of  whom  are  living, 
viz:  .\ddie,  Mrs.  James  Clark,  of  South  Haven; 
Anna,   Mrs.   William  Noble,    of   Sumner  Countj'; 


Wilson;  Mattie,  the  wife  of  Albert  Moss,  of  South 
Haven;  Charles,  and  Daisj\  The  five  deceased  are 
Marion,  who  died  at  the  age  of  six  years;  Rosanna, 
who  died  when  four  years  old;  William  who  died 
aged  sixteen  months;  Andrew,  and  Allen,  twins, 
who  closed  their  infant  eyes  at  the  ages  of  two  and 
three  months.  Mrs.  Cummings  is  a  member  in 
good  standing  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  Cum- 
mings, politically,  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  but 
otherwise  than  serving  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
one  term,  has  had  very  little  to  do  with  public 
affairs. 

John  Cummings,  the  father  of  our  subject,  went 
to  Canada  during  the  AYar  of  1812,  and  being  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  was  arrested  as  a  spj', 
convicted  and  sentenced  to  be  shot.  He,  however, 
succeeded  in  elt'ecting  his  escape  before  the  day  ap- 
pointed for  execution,  receiving,  it  is  believed,  as- 
sistance from  the  IM.asonic  lodge,  of  which  he  was 
a  member. 


eHARLES  W.  SMITH,  the  leadii 
ural  dealer  of  Wellington,  was 
Fulton,  Oswego  County,  N.  Y. 


HARLES  W.  SMITH,  the  leading  .agricull- 

as  born  near 
mtj',  N.  Y.,  September 
29,  1859.  His  fatlier,  James  Smith,  was  born  in 
Ireland,  and  tlie  paternal  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject was  also,  as  far  as  known,  a  native  of  the  Em- 
erald Isle,  in  which  he  spent  his  last  years.  He 
vvasa  member  of  the  Methodist  Cluirch  and  reared 
his  familj'  in  that  faith.  Janes  Smith  remained  a 
resident  of  his  native  land  until  sixteen  years  of 
age,  when  he  accompanied  his  brothers,  George 
and  Samuel,  to  America  and  all  settled  in  Oswego 
Countj-.  The  father  of  our  subject  had  been  reared 
to  agricultural  pursuits,  and  after  living  in  Oswego 
Countj'  a  few  years  he  bought  a  tract  of  timber 
land  three  miles  from  Fulton  and  cleared  a  farm 
from  the  wilderness,  residing  there  until  186.T.  He 
then  sold  out  and  removed  to  Fulton,  where  he  en- 
gaged ill  the  butchering  business  and  where  he  is  still 
living.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Elizabeth 
Jane  Mason  and  she  is  also  a  native  of   Ireland, 


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373 


Her  fnllier,  James  Mason,  came  to  America  with 
Ills  family  and  spent  bis  last  years  near  Fulton, 
where  he  had  purchased  a  farm.  James  and  Elizabeth 
Smith  reared  four  children — George  L,,  Emma  J., 
R.  .1.,  and  our  subject. 

Tlie  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  attended 
school  quite  steadily  until  fifteen  years  of  age  and 
then  commenced  working  in  a  grocery  store,  con- 
tinuing in  the  emplo}-  of  one  man  for  four  j-ears, 
when  with  a  friend  be  started  out  to  seek  his  for- 
tune in  the  West.  Young  Smith  was  the  fortunate 
possessor  of  $30  in  cash  as  a  capital  with  which  to 
begin  his  life.  The  two  boys  visited  different 
places  in  New  York  and  Ohio,  and  finally  reached 
Rryan,  in  the  latter  State,  out  of  funds.  They 
started  on  foot  from  there  and  walked  one  hundred 
and  twenty  miles  to  Lenawee  County,  Mich.,  where 
they  found  employment  in  a  siwmill  at  Ottawa 
Lake.  After  working  a  few  weeks  and  so  replen- 
ishing their  pocket  books,  they  went  to  Adrian  and 
there  made  a  contract  with  the  city  council  to 
number  the  houses,  stores,  etc.,  in  that  cit}-.  After 
com|)leting  that  job  they  went  to  Hudson  and,  their 
money  being  soon  spent,  they  sought  work  on  a 
farm. 

The  lads  sjient  but  a  few  days  in  agricultural 
labor  wlie)i  the\'  started  out  in  the  interest  of  a 
Detroit  firm  to  sell  Harper's  Circulating  Librar\', 
and  ti'aveled  in  Southern  Michigan  from  April  un- 
til July  when  they  went  to  the  City  of  the  Straits. 
There  our  subject  met  a  merchant  from  Augusta, 
Kalamazoo  Count}',  and  returned  with  him  to  his 
home,  where  be  clerked  in  a  general  store  sbout  six 
months.  He  was  then  offered  a  better  position 
with  a  farm-implement  bouse  and  accepted  the 
offer,  becoming  very  successful  in  thfit  line  of  mer- 
cantile work  and  making  large  sales.  After  a  few 
months  a  Kalamazoo  firm  made  him  a  very  flatter- 
ing offer,  but  liis  emplo3'crs,  rather  than  lose  his 
services,  took  him  into  partnership.  This  connection 
continued  about  two  3'ears  when  it  was  terminated 
In-  the  death  of  one  of  the  partners  and  Mr.  Smith 
went  to  Kalamazoo,  where  be  entered  the  service 
of  C.  A.  Crosby  &  Co.,  a  firm  which  was  afterward 
incorporated  into  the  Kalamazoo  Wagon  Company, 
and  traveled  in  their  interest  until  1883. 

Mr.  Smith  then  resigned  his  position   and   came 


to  this  place,  where  he  engaged  as  salesman  for 
C.  G.Larned  &  Co.,  implement  and  hardware  deal- 
ers, with  whom  h(!  remained  two  years.  He  then 
engaged  in  business  for  himself  and  is  now  carry- 
ing a  full  line  of  farm  implements  of  tiie  best 
quality,  barbed  wire,  wagons,  carriages,  etc.  His 
building,  which  is  known  as  the  Wigwam  Imple- 
ment House,  is  a  commodious  and  substantial 
structure  50x120  feet,  and  the  business  which  is 
carried  on  within  it  is  conducted  according  to  the 
highest  principles  of  business  integritj-  and  honor- 
able dealing. 

In  1883  the  rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated 
between  Mr.  Smith  and  Miss  Kate  S.,  daughter  of 
John  G.  and  Martha  M.  Schmucker.  Tiie  bride  was 
born  in  Pennsylvania  and  is  one  of  those  intelligent 
and  noble-hearted  women  who  are  well  fitted  to 
make  a  happy  home.  The  happy  union  of  Mr. 
and  ]\Irs.  Smith  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of 
two  children — Ruby  L.  and  Mildred  M. 

Mr.  Smith  is  a  member  of  Anchor  Lodge  No.  0, 
K.  of  P..  and  of  Wellington  Lodge  No.  133, 
I.  O.  O.  F.  In  politics  be  is  a  stanch  Republican, 
and  bis  first  vote  for  President  was  cast  for  James  A. 
Garfield.  Few  young  men  can  look  back  over  a 
more  successful  career  than  has  been  that  of  our 
subject  and  be  may  justly  be  pleased  with  the  rep- 
utation bestowsd  upon  him  lij'  his  fellow-citizens. 
Both  be  and  bis  wife  belong  to  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 


i^  LIJAH  M.  ADAM.S.     Few  of  the  prominent 


residents  of   Bluff   Township  are  unfamiliar 

^ '  with  the  personalit}'  of   the  gentleman  who 

bears  this  name,  and  who,  although  only  coming 
here  in  1882,  has  made  for  himself  a  record  emi- 
nently creditable,  pursuing  the  even  tenor  of  bis 
way  at  a  well-regulated  farm  of  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  on  section  33.  Besides  this  property  he 
has  twenty  acres  on  section  4.  He  is  a  self-made 
man  in  the  strictest  sense  of  the  term,  having  com- 
menced  life  at  the   foot  of  the  ladder,  and  has  by 


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liis  own  efforts  climbed  up  to  a  good  position,  so- 
(■i:illy  and  financinll}'.  He  is  proininentlj-  connected 
with  liie  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  has  ofliciated 
as  Township  Clerk,  and  uniformly'  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket. 

A  native  of  Johnson  County,  Mo.,  INIr.  Adams 
was  born  May  3,  1848,  and  was  the  sixth  in  a  fam- 
ily of  twelve  children,  the  offspring  of  Daniel  and 
Susan  (McC'rar^-)  Adams.  lie  spent  his  boyhood 
days  at  the  homestead  in  his  native  county,  attend- 
ing first  the  common  schools  and  later  the  academy. 
He  completed  his  education  in  the  Missouri  State 
Normal  School,  at  W.arrensburg,  and  remained  a 
resident  of  his  native  county  until  1883,  coming 
then  to  Kansas,  and  settling  upon  a  claim  which  he 
had  taken  in  1876.  On  the  21st  of  M.arcli,  the 
first-mentioned  year,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Louie 
A.  Smith,  of  Johnson  County,  Mo.  This  lady  was 
born  in  Wisconsin.  February  '25,  1866,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  LaFayette  and  Sarah  (Custard)  Smith, 
natives  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adams  be- 
cime  the  parents  of  four  children,  viz.:  Ida,  Al- 
fred, Eva  and  Lotta.  In  the  sketch  of  W.  P. 
Adams,  which  will  be  found  on  another  page  of 
this  work*,  thei'e  is  furnished  a  more  extended  no- 
tice'of  the  Adams  family.  Elijah  M.  has  given  con- 
siderable attention  to  fruit  culture,  having  a  large 
orchard  of  apple  trees,  and  numerous  varieties  of 
the  smaller  fruits.  He  is  a  thorough  and  skillful 
farmer,  and  lias  done  his  share  in  furthering  the 
agricultural  interests  of  this  county. 


-t^H-M-fKsJi^ljf^-KH-  «*- 


^r  MOS    CANN. 
{^/UV     farm   in   Wellington    Township  is   owned 


A    pleasant   and    valuable 


an'd  occupied  by  the  above  named  gentle- 
man, whose  citizenship  of  this  county  dates 
from  the  fall  of  1873,  when  he  purchased  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  acres  of  prairie  land,  twenty  acres 
of  which  had  been  broken,  and  upon  which  there 
was  a  small  house.  Inuuraer.able  droves  of  buffaloes 
crossed  the  plains  a  few  miles  west,  deer  and  ante- 
lopes were   plentiful   throughout   the    region,  and 


farm  products  had  to  be  hauled  to  Wichita,  thirty 
miles  distant,  that  being  the  nearest  market.  .Mr. 
Cann  has  seen  the  country  change  from  that  primi- 
tive and  thinly  settled  condition  into  a  poimlous 
district,  spanned  by  railroads,  where  the  wild  game 
of  those  early  years  is  replaced  by  herds  of  domes- 
tic animals,  and  the  far-reaching  landscape  is  cov- 
ered with  fertile  farms. 

Before  entering  u[)on  a  brief  sketch  of  the  life 
of  our  subject,  a  few  words  in  regard  to  his  pro- 
genitors will  not  be  amiss.  His  paternal  grand- 
father, William  Cann,  was  born  near  W.ishington 
D.  C.  w.as  reared  to  manhood  there,  and  served  as 
as  a  .histicc  of  the  Peace  in  the  Capital  City.  His 
grandchildren  have  now  in  their  possession  a  bond 
which  was  given  for  a  deed,  and  which  bears  the 
signature  of  George  Washington.  From  Washing- 
ton William  Cann  moved  to  Pennsylvania,  in  which 
State  the  father  of  our  subject  was  born.  About 
the  year  1820  he  became  a  pioneer  settler  of  But- 
ler County,  Ohio,  the  removal  from  the  Keystone 
.State  being  made  by  boat  down  the  Ohio  River  to 
Cincinnati,  and  thence  by  sleds  to  the  location 
which  he  had  selected,  where  he  took  up  a  tract  of 
timber  land  and  cleared  a  farm,  and  where  he  re- 
sided until  his  death. 

Amos  Cann.  Sr..  father  of  our  subject,  grew  to 
manhood  in  his  native  State,  where  he  married 
Miss  Elizabeth  Biddinger.  whose  father,  Freder- 
ick Biddinger,  was  a  farmer  and  also  a  native  of 
the  Keystone  State,  and  who,  like  the  Canns,  be- 
came a  pioneer  settler  of  Butler  County,  Ohio, 
where  his  death  occurred.  Mr.  Cann  accompanied 
his  parents  to  Ohio,  and  cleaving  a  tr.act  of  timber 
land  there,  built  a  substantial  log  house,  in  which 
our  subject  was  born  some  years  later.  Cincinnati 
was  but  a  small  village  at  the  time  of  his  removal 
to  Southern  Ohio,  and  for  manj-  years  after,  though 
still  a  small  place,  was  the  only  available   market. 

The  people  in  those  days  spent  their  time  almost 
entirely  at  their  own  homes,  the  facilities  for 
friendly  intercourse  and  travel  being  limited,  and 
many  household  duties  were  then  necessar}-,  which 
have  been  done  away  with  by  the  introduction  of 
modern  machinery-  and  railroads.  The  mother  of 
our  subject  carded,  spun  and  w-ove  all  the  cloth 
used  hy  her  family.   On  one  oqcasiori  her  husband, 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


75 


while  in  Cincinnati,  was  offered  three  lots  on  Main 
Street,  between  Fifth  and  Sixth  Streets,  for  a  linen 
vest  he  wore,  the  cloth  for  which  she  had  made. 

The  senior  Amos  Cann  had  Init  meager  educa- 
tional advantaji-es  in  his  jouth,  but  being  very 
ambitions  to  ac(juire  a  good  education,  he  spent  all 
his  leisure  moments  in  reading  and  studying  by  the 
light  of  pine  knots,  and  thus  acquired  a  thorough 
fund  of  information,  turning  it  to  account  as  a 
teacher  in  his  native  State  and  later  in  Ohio,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  earlj-  pedagogues.  This  worthy 
representative  of  tlie  old  regime  was  gathered  to 
his  fathers  in  April,  issi.  His  widow  is  now  re- 
siding on  the  homestead,  in  Butler  Count}^  Ohio, 
and  enjoys  a  full  measure  of  regard  as  one  of  the 
pioneer  mothers  of  the  county. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
is  one  of  the  eleven  children  born  to  his  parents, 
and  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  January  19, 
1840,  in  the  log  house  twelve  miles  southwest  of 
Hamilton,  Ohio.  He  was  reared  and  educated  in  the 
home  county,  and  as  soon  as  his  strength  would 
admit  began  to  assist  in  farm  work,  taking  more 
and  more  active  part  in  the  labors  of  the  estate  as 
he  grew  toward  manhood.  He  was  an  inmate  of 
the  jjaternal  household  until  his  marriage,  and  then 
rented  land  in  the  vicinity,  carr3-ing  on  agricul- 
tural labors  there  until  the  period  of  his  becoming 
a  resident  of  this  county.  He  had  previously  vis- 
iteil  this  State,  though  not  this  part  of  it,  and  de- 
termined to  set  up  his  household  gods  within  its 
borders.  His  removal  here  was  made  by  rail  to 
Wichita,  thence  by  w^agon  to  this  county,  where 
he  now  has  a  finelj'  improved  and  thoroughly  cul- 
tivated farm,  which  bears  an  excellent  set  of  build- 
ings, including  a    fast}'  and  comfortable  dwelling. 

The  lady  who  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  has 
l)een  the  valued  companion  of  Mr.  Cann,  and  to 
whose  careful  management  and  amiable  disposition 
the  comforts  of  his  home  are  largely  due,  is  a  na- 
tive of  the  same  county  and  State  in  which  he  was 
born,  and  in  which  they  were  united  in  marriage 
January  12,  1865.  She  was  christened  Phcebe, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  Pierson  and  Margaret  Apple- 
ton.  She  has  borne  her  husband  five  children: 
Henry,  Sylvester,  Maggie,  Charley  and  Amos. 

^Ir.  Cann    is   now  a   member  of   the  Democratic 


partjs  although  for  man}'  years  he  advocated  the 
principles  of  Rv  puhlieanism.  He  is  a  reliable  citi- 
zen, an  intelligent,  enterprising  and  honest  man, 
and  has  an  excellent  standing  among  his  fellow- 
citizens. 


■=^S=» 


1 


7  0HN  A.  liLAlR.  Only  about  twenty-five 
families  had  made  settlement  in  this  county 
when  Mr.  Blair  crossed  its  borders  with  the 
(^^'  intention  of  making  it  his  future  home. 
The  face  of  the  country  then  presented  a  vastly 
different  appearance  from  that  of  to-day,  wild 
animals  being  plentiful,  and  the  primitive  dwell- 
ings of  the  pioneers,  few  and  far  between.  It 
needed  men  of  more  than  ordinary  courage,  facing 
such  an  outlook,  to  finally  resolve  upon  permanent 
settlement,  but  Mr.  Blair  was  equal  to  the  emer- 
gency, and  establishing  himself  as  a  resident,  has 
since  maintained  his  position. 

Commencing  with  modest  means  anil  dependent 
upon  his  own  resources,  Mr.  IMair.  by  a  course  of 
great  industry  and  prudence,  advanced  step  by 
step  until  he  has  now  become  one  of  the  most 
prominent  residents  of  the  county,  and  is  ore  of 
its  most  extensive  live-stock  dealers.  His  opera- 
tions along  the  Cherokee  Strip  have  probably  not 
been  exceeded  by  those  of  any  mnn  in  the  vicinit}-. 
He  is  a  'Westerner  by  birth,  his  native  place  being 
Plainfield,  Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  where  he  first 
opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  September  20,  1851. 
Ilis  immediate  progenitors  were  Knosand  Margaret 
(Morgan)  Blair.  The  father  was  a  native  of  North 
Carolina,  whence  he  emigrated  with  his  parents  to 
Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  in  boyhood,  residing  there 
until  a  joung  man  of  twenty  vcars. 

Enos  Blair,  in  1871,  came  to  Kansas  and  settled 
in  Caldwell,  when  it  was  little  more  than  a  hamlet. 
He  made  his  continuous  residence  there  until 
1887,  tlien  removed  to  Alamosa,  Colo.,  where  he 
now  resides.  During  his  sojourn  in  the  Hoosier 
State  he  carried  on  farming  successfully,  dealt  in 
live-stock,  and  was  also  interested  in  pork-packinor 
at    In<lianapolis    for   several   years.       He    became 


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wealthy,  but  subsoquenlly  met  witli  financial  re- 
versos  which  nearl}'  niiiied  him.  After  coming  to 
Kansas  he  continued  his  live-stock  operations, 
lie  also  became  interested  in  iiewspa|)er  work,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  editor  and  i)nblislier  of 
tiie  Caldwell  J'usl.  He  had  been  reared  in  the 
(^)iiaker  faith,  to  which  he  adhered  until  business 
cares  absorbed  his  mind  to  the  exclusion  mostly  of 
religious  matters.  He  was  identified  with  the 
Ancient,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  and  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  votes  the 
Uepublican  ticket.  He  is  now  retired  from  active 
business. 

Jlrs.  Margaret  (Morgan)  Blair  was  born  in 
Knoxville,  Tenn.,  and  coming  to  Kansas  with  her 
family,  died  in  Caldwell,  in  1871.  The  household 
circle  was  completed  by  the  birth  of  five  children, 
viz.:  Julia,  AVill  P.,  John  A.,  Ilattie  and  Francis 
M.  The  two  daughters  are  deceased.  John  A. 
spent  the  earl}-  j'ears  of  his  life  in  bis  native  town- 
shi(),  attending  first  the  common  school,  and  later 
entered  Earlham  College,  at  Riclimond,  Ind. ;  he 
also  studied  in  a  private  school  at  Indianapolis. 
After  coming  to  Kansas  he  occupied  himself  as  a 
clerk  until  1871.  and  during  that  year  he  was 
appointed  Postmaster  of  Caldwell,  holding  the 
position  until  1881.  In  the  meantime  he  also  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business.  During  the  year 
last  mentioned  he  disposed  of  his  store  and  stock  and 
turned  his  attention  to  live  stock,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  Cherokee  Strip  Live  Stock  Asso- 
ciation, of  which  he  has  been  Secretary  since  the 
time  of  its  organization.  He  is  a  Knight  of  Vy- 
Ihias,  Uniformed  Rank,  aud  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Mtisonic  fraternity.  He  cast  his  first  Presidential 
vote  for  Grant,  and  has  since  maintained  his  ad- 
herence to  the  Republican  party. 

When  approaching  the  twenty-third  year  of  his 
age  Mr.  Blair  was  married,  March  17,  187-1,  to 
IMiss  Katie  Wendell.  Mvs.  Blair  was  born  in 
Adams  County.  111.  June  5,  1851),  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  John  H.,  Sr.,  and  Anna  Catherine 
(Kouse)  Wendell,  both  of  whom  are  deceased. 
There  have  been  born  of  this  marriage  two  daugh- 
ters— Mabel  and  Marguerite.  Mr.  Blair  has  alw.iys 
signalized  himself  as  a  liberal  and  public-spirited 
citizen,  and   the  uniform   encouragcr  of  the  enter- 


prises calculated  to  build  up  the  interests  of  his 
adopted  town.  He  is  anii)l3-  worthy  of  representa- 
tion in  a  work  designed  to  perpetuate  the  names  of 

the  leading  men  of  Sumner  Countv. 


»— *-^ ^ 


OHN  H.  PORTER,  a  farmer  r-siding  on  sec- 
tion 20,  Wellington  Township,  was  born  five 
miles  east  of  Madisouville,  the  county  seat 
of  Monroe  County,  Tenn.,  Februar}-  28, 
1862.  His  father,  William  W.  I'orter.  was  born  in 
Washington  County,  of  that  State,  and  his  grand- 
father, Boj'd  Porter,  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
native  of  Virginia.  The  latter  moved  to  Washing- 
ton County  during  its  early  eettlemeut,  and  there 
improved  the  farm  upon  which  he  spent  his  last 
years. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive county,  and  learned  the  trade  of  a  tanner.  He 
purchased  a  farm  near  Rieeville,  and  established  a 
tannery  here,  managing  his  farm  and  operating  his 
tannery  until  1862,  when  he  sold  out  and  removed 
to  Monroe  County,  purch.asing  property  and  estab- 
lishing himself  in  similar  occupations  there.  In 
1876  he  visited  this  county  and  bought  two  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  of  land  on  sections  20  and  2;(, 
of  Wellington  Township.  Sumner  Count}-  was 
sparsely  settled  at  that  time,  and  there  were  no  rail- 
roads within  its  limits,  so  Mr.  Porter  deferred  mov- 
ing here,  but  continued  to  operate  his  farm  and 
tannery  in  Tennessee  for  several  years.  He  had 
sold  his  property  there,  and  almost  completed  his 
arrangements  for  removal  to  this  State,  when  he 
was  stricken  by  disease,  and  Maj-  21,  1885,  breathed 
his  last.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth Swan,  and  she  was  born  in  Knox  County, 
Tenn.  Her  father,  James  Swan,  was  a  native  of 
the  same  county,  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and 
spent  his  last  years  at  his  home  near  Campliell's 
Station.  She  passed  from  time  to  eternity  in  July 
21,  1884. 

The  parents  of  our  subject,  and  all  of  the  family' 
a-e  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  in  which 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


377 


the  father  was  an  Elder  for  many  years.  The  first 
and  third  born  of  the  children,  James  and  Fran- 
cina  are  missionaries  in  Japan ;  Belle  is  now  the 
wife  of  S.  D.  Jewell,  of  New  York.  The  other 
members  of  the  family  circle  in  their  order  are: 
o'.T  subject,  Ella  11,  Jennie  A.,  Lillie,  Mamie  G.. 
and  Dora. 

In  accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  father,  all 
the  children,  with  the  exception  of  James  and  Fran- 
cina,  came  to  Kansas  and  located  upon  the  laud 
the  father  had  purchased.  Our  subject  being  the 
only  son  here,  has  superintended  the  improving  of 
the  land,  has  erected  an  excellent  and  adequate  set 
of  farm  buildings,  and  has  the  estate  under  thor- 
ough and  intelligent  cultivation.  It  is  locatc^d 
tiu'ce  miles  from  Wellington,  and  its  situation  adds 
to  its  value  from  a  monetary  point  of  view,  as  well 
as  to  its  desirableness  as  a  residence. 

Mv.  Porter  received  the  advantages  of  the  best 
schools  of  his  native  county,  and  supplemented  his 
earlier  education  by  a  course  of  study  in  Knoxville 
Business  College,  and  is  one  of  the  best  informed 
young  men  in  the  county.  He  is  displaying  excel- 
lent judgment  and  practical  ability  in  his  agricul- 
tur.al  work,  and  has  already  built  up  an  excellent 
reputation  for  his  manlj'  character,  and  gives  prom- 
ise of  becoming  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  in- 
fluential citizens  of  the  county  when  a  few  more 
years  shall  have  been  added  to  his  life. 


..o*o.-^^<\g;g.o*o.. 


iiHOMAS  J.  HOLLINGSW0RTH,M.  D.  Al- 
though only  eslablishfug  himself  at  South 
Haven,  in  December,  1888,  Dr.  Hollings- 
worth  has  already  succeeded  in  building  up  a  good 
practice,  this  being  done  by  a  strict  attention  to 
the  duties  of  his  profession,  and  his  attitude  as  the 
encourager  of  those  movements  and  enterprises  cal- 
culated for  the  good  of  the  community.  He  was 
born  in  Cla3'  County,  Mo.,  September  1,  1854,  and 
obtained  his  preliminary  education  in  Wyandotte 
County,  this  State.  Later  he  attended  the  Stale 
University  of  Missouri,  from   the  medical   dejjart- 


ment  of  which  he  was  graduated  in  1877.  He  be- 
gan the  practice  of  his  profession  In  Wyandotte 
County,  and  later  followed  it  in  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
and  in  the  city  of  the  same  name  in  this  State. 
From  the  latter  he  removed  to  South  Haven. 

Of  Southern  antecedents.  Dr.  Hollingsworth  is 
the  son  of  Jeptha  II.  and  Sarah  F.  ( Jessup)  Hol- 
lingsworth, who  were  natives  of  Todd  Countj',K3'. 
They  removed  to  Missouri  in  the  spring  of  1853, 
and  located  in  Clay  County'.  The  elder  Hollings- 
worth organized  the  first  Battalion  of  Confederate 
soldiers  in  Bates  County,  of  which  county  he  was 
at  that  time  resident.  A  short  time  afterward  he 
removed  his  family  to  Collin  County,  Tex.,  while 
he  remained  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  acting  under  a  Captain's  commission.  Then 
returning  to  Platte  County,  Mo.,  he  engaged  in 
stock-raising  two  years.  Next  he  sold  out.  and 
coming  to  Kansas,  located  in  Wyandotte  County, 
where  he  was  interested  in  live  stock  until  his  death 
May  27,  1888,  at  the  age  of  fifty-nine  years.  The 
wife  and  motiier  died  at  the  same  farm  March  4, 
1884.  The  elder  Hollingsworth  was  a  well-educa- 
ted man,  having  been  graduated  from  the  Louis- 
ville Law  University,  and  he  for  a  number  of  years 
was  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  in  Kentucky 
and  Missouri. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  was  a  niece  of  Gen. 
Thomas  S.  Jessup,  who  was  at  one  time  a  member 
of  the  Kentuckj'  Legislature,  and  later  represented 
his  district  in  Congress  at  Washington,  in  which 
citj'  he  died  many  years  ago.  She  was  carefully' 
educated,  completing  her  studies  at  a  Female  Semi- 
nary in  (ireenwood,  Ky.  She  united  with  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  j-ears,  to  the  faith  of  which  she  consistently 
adhered  until  her  death.  The  father  of  our  suliject 
was  a  member  of  the  MIssionar}'  Baptist  Church, 
with  which  he  identified  himself  at  tlio  age  of 
twenty  years,  and  in  which  he  was  an  earnest  worker 
from  that  time  on. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  Jeptha 
Hollingsworth,  Sr.,  was  a  native  of  South  Carolina, 
and  traced  his  ancestry  to  Scotland.  He  was  left 
an  orphan  when  a  mere  child.  When  reaching 
man's  estate  he  settled  in  Kentucky,  and  was  mar 
ried  to  Miss  Mary  Gordon,   who  was  born    there. 


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Tliey  lived  in  the  Blue  Grnss  regions  many  years, 
but  linally  lemoveil  to  Missouri,  wiiere  they  spent 
ihcir  last  days.  Grandmother  IloUingsworth  was 
a  member  of  the  15aptist  Church.  On  the  maternal 
side  Grandfather  William  Jessup  was  a  native  of 
Irehmd,  and  closely  related  to  tiie  O'Connells  of 
that  country.  He  emigrated  to  America  vviien  (juite 
young,  and  was  married  in  Kentucky,  where  he 
reared  a  f.nmil}'  and  died. 

Dr.  Hollingsvyortii  of  tliis  sketch  was  married  in 
Chicago,  III.,  November  29,  1881,  to  Miss  Lois 
Kenyon  Fellows,  tlaughter  of  Mrs.  Mary  K.  I^ellows. 
Mrs.  Hollingsworth  was  born  September  27,  1861, 
in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  of  parents  who  were  natives  of 
New  York.  To  the  Doctor  and  hi.s  good  wife  there 
have  been  born  three  children,  the  eldest  of  vvhom. 
,]eptlia  B.,  dieil  young.  Tlie  survivors  are  Albert 
B.,  and  Lola  M.  V.  The  Doctor  affiliates  with  tiie 
Democratic  party,  and  is  a  nieml)er  of  Foniero}' 
Lodge,  No.  88.  L  O.  O.  F.  at  Pomeroy,  this  Slate. 


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^^'NDERSON  GILBERT  FORNEY.  This 
(fw/ffll  gentleman  and  his  I)rother,  J.  W.,  occupy' 
leading  positions  among  the  farmers  and 
slock-raisors  of  Palestine  Township,  ii.-iv- 
ing  about  one  thousand  acres  of  land,  and  dealing 
largely  in  good  grades  of  cattle,  of  which  they  usu- 
ally- feed  al)out  five  hundred  head  annLially,  l.ie.si(les 
draft  and  road  horses.  The  term  -'self-m.-ide"  may 
properly  be  applied  to  them,  as  when  coming  to 
this  sei'tion,  they  liad  l)ut  little  means,  l>ut  by  great 
industiy  and  a  wise  investment  of  that  which  they 
managed  to  save,  ihey  are  now  con)paratively  in- 
dependent. Besides  this  land  they  have  two  other 
good  farms  and  (iroperly  in  Wichita,  AVeliington, 
and  Belle  Phiine.  Anderson  (i.  may  usually  be 
found  at  his  lieadijuarters  on  section  7,  PaKsline 
Township,  where  ho  has  a  comfortable  home,  and 
ai)parenlly  everything  aroui.d  him  to  make  life  de- 
sirable. 

A  native  of  (Uiernsey  County,  Ohio,  Mr.  Forney 
was  born   December  3,   1847.  and  spent  his  early 


years  in  the  agricultural  districts.  His  primary 
studies  were  conducted  in  the  common  school,  and 
later  he  entered  Cambridge  College,  Ohio.  When 
leaving  school,  he  occupied  himself  at  teaching,  and 
in  1867  was  married  in  his  native  country,  to  Miss 
Samantha,  daughter  of  David  and  Eliza  J.  (Hamil- 
ton) Dull.  Mrs.  Forney  was  also  born  in  that 
county.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  iier  mother  of  Ohio.  Her  maternal  grandfather, 
James  Hamilton,  was  of  Scotch  Ijirth  and  parent- 
age, lie  emigrated  to  America  at  an  early  period 
in  his  life,  and  settled  in  Pennsj'lvania,  where  it  is 
believed  he  spent  his  last  days. 

In  186i)  Mr.  Forney  took  a  trip  to  Iowa,  having 
in  view  the  location  of  a  permanent  home,  but  find- 
ing nothing  desii  able,  returned  to  Ohio,  where  he 
remained  until  tiie  spring  of  1871.  His  next  ven- 
ture was  to  this  county,  and  lie  pre-empted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  which  is  now  in- 
cluded in  his  present  farm.  H(  put  up  a  frame 
shautj'  which  he  occupied  with  his  little  family  for 
several  months,  and  commenced  at  first  principles 
in  the  construction  of  a  farm  from  the  primitive 
soil.  He  hauled  his  provisions  from  Emporia  by 
team,  the  journey  occui>ying  about  two  weeks,  and 
paid  •?2  for  corn,  $9. .50  per  barrel  for  salt,  and 
twenty-live  cents  per  pound  for  bacon.  W'M  ani- 
mals were  still  plentiful,  including  deer,  antelope, 
buffalo,  and  turkeys.  Mr.  Forney  upon  one  occa- 
sion assisted  in  catcliing  a  buffalo  with  a  hisso.  His 
companions  in  the  sport  were  .lohn  (iilchrlsl  and 
L.  Martin  St.  Clair.  They  loaded  the  animal  into 
a  wagon,  and  hauled  it  into  the  town  of  Helle 
Plaine,  where  it  soon  died,  surrounded  by  an  ad- 
miring crowd.  Indians  were  often  seen  strolling 
over  the  country,  but  they  did  not  offer  to  molest 
the  settlers. 

There  were  burn  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fd.'ney  eleven 
children,  two  of  whimi,  I'juma  and  Sylvester,  died 
in  infancy.  The  survivors  are  Amanda  1>..  Frank 
W.,  Jennie  II.,  Cora,  Rosa  Nell,  Charles  1).,  Mary 
1).,  Josie,  and  Benjamin  Harrison.  Mr.  Forney 
gives  his  political  support  to  the  Republican  party. 
He  has  served  as  Township  Clerk,  and  been  Clerk 
of  the  School  Hoard  since  taking  up  his  residence 
here.  A  man  of  liberal  and  progressive  ideas,  lie 
keeiis  himself  Ihoroughly  i>osled  in  regard    to  eur- 


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rent  events,  and  is  an  earnest  worker  with  the  Farm- 
ers' Alliance  of  Home  Valley. 

Tlie  subject  of  this  notice  is  the  son  of  John  and 
Eliza  (Wilson)  Forney,  who  were  also  natives  of 
Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  where  the  mother  died  in 
1863,  in  the  faith  of  the  Methodist  Protestant 
Churcii.  Tiie  father  is  still  living  there.  The  pa- 
ternal grandfather,  Abraham  Forney,  was  born  in 
Mar3iand,  where  he  lived  until  reaching  man's  es- 
tate, and  was  then  married  to  a  Miss  Curtis.  They 
emigrated  to  Ohio  in  1802,  the  year  in  which  it  was 
admitted  into  the  Union  as  a  State.  Grandfather 
Forney  opened  up  a  farm  in  Ihc  wilderness,  and 
there,  with  his  estimable  wife,  reared  his  family, 
and  spent  his  last  days.  The  father  of  our  subject 
occupies  that  same  homestead.  Grandfather  For- 
ney shoiddcred  his  musket  during  the  War  of  1812, 
assisting  in  driving  the  British  finally  from  Ameri- 
can soil.  Mr.  Forney  belongs  to  the  A.  O.  V.  W., 
Lodge  jS'o.  83,  of  Belle  Plaine. 


.  ■3»t>*-i>t3s,  J^^^i!5tf^*.«Stf-. 


JAMKS  W.  BKLLKR,  now  a  resident  of 
Perth,  was  born  in  Berkelej'  Countj%  Ya., 
August  29,  1838.  Abisha  Beller,  his  father, 
likewise  a  native  of  that  county,  was  born  in 
1779.  He  served  in  the  War  of  1812.  and  was  by 
occupation  a  planter.  Legacia  Beller,  James  W. 
Beller's  grandfather,  was  born  in  Frant^e.  He 
came  to  the  United  States  when  a  ciiild,  located  in 
^■irgilli.'^  and  died  in  Berkeley  Count^^  at  an  ad- 
vanced age.  He  served  in  the  Revolutionary 
AVar,  and  was  a  farmer,  cultivating  a  large  planta- 
tion. 

Margaret  (Morgan)  Beller,  the  mother  of  the 
subject  of  this  notice,  was  born  in  Berkeley  County, 
Ya.,  in  1797.  and  died  at  the  age  of  sixty-three 
years.  To  her  and  her  husband,  Al)isha,  there  was 
born  a  family  of  thirteen  children,  of  whom  James 
W.  is  the  only  surviving  member.  He  was  given 
a  good  educ;ition,  being  graduated  from  Prof. 
Frarey's  High  School  in  Jefferson  County,  \a. 
Soon  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  en- 
listed,   September    6,    18G1,  in  Company  H,  First 


Maryland  Dragoons,  and  was  mustered  out  at  the 
hospital  in  Williamsport,  Md.,  December  IG,  1862. 
He  re-enlisted,  January  14,  1863,  in  Battery  I), 
Second  Pennsj'lvania  Heav\'  Artillery,  as  a  pri- 
vate, and  was  promoted  by  special  order  No.  161, 
Current  Series  64,  Adjutant  General's  office,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  dated  April  28,  1864,  by  order  of 
Abraham  Lincoln  and  countersigned  by  Edwin  M. 
Stanton,  Secretar}'  of  AVar,  as  Second  Lieutenant, 
and  assigned  with  brevet  rank  of  Captain  to  the 
command  of  Battery  E,  Prov'l,  Second  Pennsylva- 
nia Heavy  Artillery,  and  was  taken  prisoner  by 
the  Confederate  Army,  Jul^-  30, )  864,  in  the  crater, 
caused  from  blowing  up  of  the  rebel  fort,  in  front  of 
Petersburg. 

Mr.  Beller  for  a  period  of  seven  months  was 
held  a  prisoner  of  war  in  the  "officer's  prison"  at 
Columbia,  S.  C,  being  at  the  expiration  of  this 
time  paroled  and  passed  tlirough  the  lines  at  Wil- 
mington, N.  C.  He  arrived  at  Camp  Parole, 
Annapolis,  Md.,  on  Sunday,  March  3,  I860.  He 
was  in  all  the  principal  battles  of  the  Army  of  the 
Potom.ac,  except  those  of  the  Peninsular  campaign 
and  the  fight  at  Gettysburg;  during  the  latter 
his  battery  was  stationed  at  Ft.  Ethan  Allen,  in 
the  defense  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

After  he  was  mustered  out  of  service  Mr.  Beller 
returned  to  Martinsburg,  which  had  now  become 
West  Virginia,  and  where  he  resided  for  several 
years.  He  there  engaged  in  the  sale  of  engines 
and  sawmills  for  the  firm  of  Griflith  &  Wedge,  at 
Zanesville,  Ohio.  In  1879  he  went  to  Porter 
County,  Ind.,  where  he  was  a  contr.actor  and 
builder,  and  where  he  also  engaged  in  the  mercan- 
tile business.  He  ivas  married  there  in  1879,  to 
Miss  Matilda  Miller,  who  died  April  l."),  188.5.  In 
1880  he  came  to  Kansas,  and  for  some  years  was  a 
resident  of  Labette  Count3\  On  the  1st  of  March, 
1887,  he  came  to  this  county,  settling  in  Perth, 
where  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  real-estate  business 
and  insurance,  and  is  also  a  Notary  Public.  Politi- 
call}',  he  is  an  active,  working  Republican. 

On  the  19th  of  J.anuary,  1887,  Mr.  Beller  con- 
tracted a  second  m.irri.age  in  Martinsburg,  W.Va., 
with  Miss  Lizzie  1.,  daughter  of  Dr.  John  and  Mary 
(Elderdice)  Carpenter.  This  lady  w.as  born  near 
Gettysburg,  Pa.,   and    was   of  illustrious  ancestrv. 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


Her  mnlernal  <>rc'at-graii(lmother  was  a  nipiiilier  of 
the  Royal  family  of  the  Sluarls  of  Scotland,  whence 
she  went  willi  her  family  to  Iielaiid  when  a  young 
girl,  anil  was  there  married  to  a  IMr.  Alderdice, 
whicli  name  was  afterward  written  Elderdice.  They 
left  Ireland  and  eamc  to  the  I'nited  States  about 
the  year  1797,  during  the  reign  of  jiersecution  l>_v 
Catholics,  they  being  Scotcii-Irish  Presbyterians. 
Tliey  laniled  at  Baltimore,  Md.,  when  that  cit3' 
was  a  small  town,  and  letters  written  by  Mrs.  Bel- 
ler's  great-grandmother,  and  now  in  her  possession, 
show  that  there  were  no  postal  facilities  be^'ond 
the  Alleghany  Mountains. 

Mrs.  Beller  is  a  very  superior  lady,  possessing 
marked  literary  talent,  and  for  some  years  has  been 
a  contributor  to  various  newspa|)ers  and  magazines. 
For  some  years  also  she  was  associate  editress  of 
the  Martinsburg  (W.  Va.)  Herald,  and  wrote  up  a 
history  of  the  county  and  of  the  prominent  men 
of  iSIartinsburg  for  the  special  edition  of  that 
paper.  She  was  for  a  time  court  stenograi)her, 
serving  under  the  Hun.  Judge  Charles  J.  Faulkner, 
now  the  United  States  Senator  from  West  \'ir- 
ginia. 

Dr.  John  Carpenter,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Beller, 
came  to  Kansas  in  188!t,  arriving  on  the  loth  of 
November.  He  was  born  in  Adams  County,  Pa., 
J.-uiuary  20,  1805,  and  in  1826  removed  with  his 
fatiier's  family  to  Rochester,  N.  Y.  He  studied 
medicine  at  Rochester,  and  at  Cincinnati,  Oliio, 
being  graduated  at  the  latter  place.  He  practiced 
near  (lottysburg.  Pa.,  for  a  period  of  thirty  years, 
residing  tlierc  at  the  time  of  the  famous  battle, 
and  acted  as  surgeon  for  the  wounded  during  and 
after  the  conflict.  He  removed  to  Martinslmrg, 
W.  Va.,  in  18G8,  and  practiced  medicine  in  that 
city  for  twent^'-one  years.  His  wife,  Mary  (Elder- 
dice)  ('arpenter,  died  there  in  1881,  at  the  age  of 
sixty-seven  years.  Dr.  Car[)eiiter's  maternal  an- 
cestors, tiie  Zimmerinans,  came  from  Switzerland  to 
this  country  before  tiio  .advent  of  William  Penn. 
When  Penn  arrived  he  undertook  to  naturalize 
the  people,  and  to  change  all  the  t;erman  and 
Swiss  names  into  English.  Ajiartof  the  ])eople 
agreed  to  this,  while  others  refused  to  accept  the 
change.  Among  the  latter  was  oneof  the  Zimmer- 
man's, and  that  blanch  of  the  family  are  spread  out 


through  New  York.  Pennsj-lvania,  Maryland  and 
the  West,  as  Zimniermans,  while  Mrs.  Buller's 
branch  of  the  house  use  the  English  version  <.if 
Carpenter.  Dr.  Carpenter  has  in  his  possession 
title  deeds  to  lands  in  Adams  County,  Pa.,  a  part 
of  which  was  then  called  the  "  Manor  of  Maske," 
that  date  back  to  Penn's  residence  and  were  given 
under  his  iiand  and  seal.  Dr.  Carpenter's  grand- 
mother, who  in  her  maidenhood  was  Miss  Lamon. 
was  captured  by  the  Indians  in  wjiatis  now  Adams 
County,  Pa.,  about  the  year  1765,  wlien  she  was  a 
child.  Subsequently,  after  she  had  grown  to  be  a 
young  lady,  she  was  recaptured  hy  the  Provincial 
Army  and  returned  to  her  family.  The  Doctor  is 
probably  the  only  person  living  who  saw  the  fa- 
mous .Sam  Patch  make  his  fatal  leap  over  the  Gene- 
see Falls,  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  in  the  year  1828-211, 
he  being  not  quite  positive  as  to  which  year  it 
occurred.  He  has  lived  a  useful  and  long  life, 
been  eminently  successful  as  a  physician,  and  res- 
pected and  esteemed    by  all  who  have  known  iiim. 


-~T>^  ■'tjiefi/©^* 


\  *®j^(ja«»v— \/v»v» 


^•^^^f^HOMAS  TRACEWELL.  In  noting  the  pio- 
neer settlers  of  Avon  Township,  the  name 
/''  of  Mr.  Tracewell  should  occu|)y  a  promi- 
nent position  as  he  came  to  the  frontier  in  the  win- 
ter of  1877  and  located  upon  the  quarter  section  of 
laud  which  he  had  purchased  in  September  preced- 
ing. He  has  maintained  his  position  through  the 
scourges  of  drouth,  grasshopjiers  and  chinch  bugs, 
and  still  preserves  his  faith  in  the  future  of  the 
Sunflower  State.  Ho  lives  comfortably  ;ind  unos- 
tentatiously, occupying  a  substantial  residence  and 
has  convenient  outbuildings  for  the  shelter  of  stock 
and  the  storage  of  grain.  This  property  is  pleas- 
antly located  on  section  2."i,  and  is  rei)resentcd  on 
another  page  of  tliis  work  by  a  lithogiaphic  en- 
graving. Mr.  Tracewell  has  not  only  ac(|uittcd 
himself  as  a  Ihorougii  and  skillful  .agriculturist,  but 
by  his  integrity  of  char.actcr  has  attained  to  a  good 
position  among  his  fellow  citizens. 

Tiie  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  .Si.  Clair 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


383 


County,  111.,  December  29,  1840,  and  there  spent 
the  lirst  tliirt}' seven  years  of  bis  life.  His  boy- 
hood and  yoiitli  were  passed  in  the  manner  common 
to  farmers'  sons,  he  attending  the  district  scliool 
mostly  during  tlie  winter  season  and  growing  up 
familiar  with  the  arts  of  plowing,  sowing  and  reap- 
ing. He  remained  a  member  of  the  parental  house- 
hold until  ready  to  establish  a  flreside  of  his  own, 
and  was  then  united  In  marriage  with  Miss  Sarah 
J.  Hill,  April  15,  1874. 

Mr.  and  Tracewell  commenced  their  wedded  life 
together  on  a  farm  in  their  native  countj'  of  St. 
Clair,  111.,  where  they  sojourned  until  coming  to 
Kansas.  Mrs.  Tr.aeewell  was  born  May  20,  1851, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  Samuel  A.  and  Nancy  C 
(Sargent)  Hill,  who  were  both  likewise  natives  of 
St.  Clair  County,  111.,  where  they  were  reared  and 
married;  thence  in  1880  they  came  to  this  county 
and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Dixon  Township.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Tracewell  there  have  been  born  three 
children,  only  two  of  whom  are  living — Edward 
A.  and  Jesse  H.  Eugene  died  when  about  four 
months  old. 

Tiie  father  of  our  subject  was  Edward  Tiace- 
well,  a  native  of  Virginia,  who  married  Miss  Mar 
garet  Glover,  a  native  of  Tennessee.  They  first 
settled  in  St.  Clair  County-,  111.,  where  they  spent 
the  remainder  of  their  days,  the  father  occupied 
in  the  peaceful  pursuits  of  farming.  Thomas 
Tracewell  is  a  stanch  su|)porter  of  the  Democratic 
party,  but  aside  from  serving  as  Constable  and  as 
a  member  of  the  school  board  he  has  avoided  the 
responsibilities  of  olHce.  lie  forms  one  of  the  solid 
elements  of  his  community,  a  man  who  casts  his 
influence  on  the  side  of  morality  and  good  order 
and  who  lives  at  peace  among  his  neighliors. 


--*>-^^>^^^^^^!^f^^- 


<i|^  MANUEL  M.  r.IFFEL.  In  noting  the 
prominent  citizens  of  Downs  Township,  Mr. 
Riffel  cannot  be  passed  by  without  due 
mention.  He  is  a  gentleman  approaching  tlie  sixty- 
seventh  j'car  of  his  age,  having  been  born  May  24, 


1823,  and  his  native  place  is  York  C'ount3-,  Pa.  His 
father,  Henr}'  Riffel,  was  likewise  a  native  of  the 
Keystone  State  and  born  in  Adams  Count3^  He 
died  at  the  old  home  at  the  age  of  eighty-three 
years.  He  was  a  brickmaker  by  trade,  but  his  last 
years  were  spent,  on  a  farm.  An  industrious  and 
law-abiding  citizen,  he  became  vvell-to-do  and  uni- 
formly voted  the  Democratic  ticket. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  Mr.  Riffel  was 
Meltcher,  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  who  moved  to 
Pennsylvania  and  spent  his  last  days  in  Adams 
County.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and 
during  tiie  Revolutionary  AVar  carried  a  musket  in 
behalf  of  the  Colonists.  The  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject bore  the  maiden  name  of  Lydia  Wolford.  She 
was  born  in  York  County,  Pa.,  and  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Eliza  Wolford.  who  were  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  that  State.  Grandfather 
Wolford  followed  farming  and  was  a  conscientious 
member  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  Mrs.  Lydia 
(Wolford)  Riffel  departed  this  life  about  1881  in 
Y'ork  Count3-,  Pa.,  at  the  age  of  seventj'-nine 
years. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  the  eldest  of  the 
seven  children  born  to  his  i>arents.  He  was  reared 
on  the  farm  in  his  native  county  and  educated  in 
the  common  school.  When  quite  young  he  began 
an  apprenticeship  at  carriage-making,  which  he 
completed  in  Maryland,  to  which  he  had  repaired 
in  1840.  Ii  1S49,  he  emigrated  to  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  where  he  sojourned  three  years,  working  at 
his  irade,  then  vfent  into  Butler  County,  that  State, 
and  sojourned  there  until  1885.  That  year  found 
him  first  west  of  the  Mississippi  and  upon  Kansas 
soil.  Locating  in  Perth,  this  countj-,  he  established 
himself  in  business  as  a  carriage-manufacturer, 
which  he  has  since  successfully  followed.  He  dif- 
fers in  his  political  views  from  those  entertained 
by  his  honored   father,  being  a  sound  Re|)ublican. 

While  a  resident  of  Cincinnati  Mr.  Rlftel  was 
married  June  30,  1850,  to  Miss  Hannah  Mitchell. 
This  lady  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  Octoljer  21, 
1833,  and  is  tlie  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Raughman)  Mitchell,  who,  upon  removing  from 
Maryland  settled  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  wh.i-e  they 
both  died  at  an  advanced  age.  They  wtre  natives 
respectively   of  Pennsylvania   and    Maryland.     Of 


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this  union  there  were  born  seven  cliildi'en,  namely : 
John,  (-'harles,  Mary,  William.  Tiiomas  N.,  Ernest 
and  Harry.  .John  died  when  a  babe  of  three  and 
one-half  months;  William  was  called  hence  wlien  »i 
promising  youth  of  eighteen  years;  Harry  died 
when  fourteen  months  old.  The  survivors  are 
living'  in  different  States. 


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)>ILLIAM  P.  ADAMS.  Tlie  farmers  and 
stockmen  of  Caldwell  Township  have  a 
*y^  worthy  representative  in  tiiis  gentleman, 
and  his  career  affords  a  fine  example  of  what  can 
be  accomplished  by  persevering  industry,  integrity 
and  wise  economy.  He  began  life  with  no  capital 
except  his  native  abilities,  his  physical  energ}-,  and 
his  determination  and  he  is  now  the  owner  of  a 
well-improved  farm,  comprising  one  hundred  and 
forty-six  acres  on  section  7,  and  is  regarded  as  a 
very  successful  agriculturist  and  fruit-grower. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  Daniel  and  Susan 
(McCrary)  Adams,  now  residents  of  .lohnson 
County,  Mo.  The  father  was  born  in  North  Caro- 
lina but  at  an  early  date  emigrated  to  bis  present 
l)lace  of  abode,  where  he  has  been  County  Judge 
and  Justice  of  the  I'eace.  He  has  followed  farming 
throughout  his  life  and  has  accumulated  considera- 
tde  means.  His  father,  John  Adams,  was  a  native 
of  North  Carolina  and  became  a  resident  of  John- 
son County,  Mo.,  ill  1833.  .lohn  Adams  served 
under  Gen.  Jackson  in  the  War  of  1812,  and  his 
father  was  a  Revolutionary  soldier  and  a  partici- 
pant in  the  l)attle  of  King's  Mountain.  The  mother 
of  our  subject  was  born  in  Tennessee  and  has  borne 
hei'  husband  twelve  children,  namely:  John  A., 
Elizabeth,  William  P..  Jane,  Christina.  Elijah  M., 
Ellen,  Koliert,  Thomas,  Emma,  James  and  Balances. 
The  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  was  born  in 
Johnson  County,  Mo.,  May  29,  1844,  was  reared 
on  the  farm  and  received  a  common-school  educa- 
tion. When  about  nineteen  years  of  age  he  en- 
tered the  Federal  army  as  a  private  in  Company  (j.. 


Seventh  Missouri  Cavalry,  serving  his  country  to 
the  best  of  bis  ability  from  the  date  of  his  enli-^t- 
ment  in  1863  until  the  close  of  the  war.  His 
regiment  belonged  to  the  First  Brigade  and  he 
(larticipated  with  his  comrades  on  nianj'  a  hard 
fought  field. 

Mr.  Adams  moved  from  his  native  county  to 
Humboldt  County,  Iowa,  in  187.5,  but  sojourned 
there  only  a  few  months  ere  becoming  a  resident  of 
Kansas.  He  took  up  a  claim  wliich  has  since  been 
his  home  and  which  energetic  and  systematic  man- 
agement has  brought  to  a  high  state  of  perfection 
and  which  now  forms  one  of  the  most  attractive 
places  in  the  vicinity.  Among  its  excellent  im- 
provements are  a  fine  residence  and  orchard,  in  the 
former  in  which  he  secures  needed  rest  from  the 
toils  of  life  and  pleasing  recreation  in  the  bosom  of 
his  family,  while  in  the  care  of  the  latter  he  gains 
both  i)leasure  and  profit. 

The  marriage  of  -Mr.  Adams  and  Miss  Josephine 
McCurdy  took  place  September  S,  1870,  and  has 
been  blessed  b}'  the  birth  of  four  children:  Lena, 
Ruby,  Ralph  and  Irwin.  Mrs.  Adams  is  a  daughter 
of  William  J.  and  Margaret  (Smith)  McCurdj-,  and 
was  born  near  Dalton,  (ia.,  and  is  a  lad^'  of  estima- 
ble character  and  agreeable  manners.  Mr.  Adams 
is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic 
and  he  an<l  his  wife  belong  to  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church. 


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"  UMPHREY  1'..  OSBURN  came  to  Sumner 
}]  County  in  the  fall  of  1880  and  settled  on 
section  24,  Greene  Township,  where  he  has 
1^  since  been  a  resident  and  where  he  is  car- 
ry iuu  on  the  occupations  of  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing in  which  all  of  his  years  of  maturity  have  been 
spent.  He  owns  a  large  and  valuable  estate,  com- 
prising six  hundred  and  forty  acres  on  sections  21 
and  25,  and  is  one  of  the  most  higlily  respected 
residents  of  the  township  as  well  as  one  of  its  large 
land  owners. 

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County,  Mo.,  ami  liis  natal  da^'  was  March  15, 
1835.  His  fatLer.  Martin  Osburn,  was  a  farmer, 
and  our  siibjert  not  only  obtained  tlie  best  educa- 
tion i)()ssil)le  miller  the  surroundings  of  iiis  early 
life,  l)nt  also  acquired  a  practical  and  lliorough 
knowledge  of  agriculture,  whicii  has  stood  him  in 
good  stead  since  he  began  life  for  himself.  He  was 
about  twelve  years  of  age  when  the  family  moved 
to  Andrew  County.  Mo.,  where  he  grevv  to  man- 
hood and  remained  until  his  thirtieth  3'ear.  He 
then  moved  to  Nemaha  County,  Neb.,  where  he 
resided  three  years,  after  which  he  settled  in  Worth 
County,  Mo.,  and  continued  to  abide  there  until 
his  removal  to  this  county,  where  he  has  accunui- 
lated  property  and  been  a  useful  citizen. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Osborn  took  place  in  An- 
drew County,  JIo.,  his  chosen  comiianion  being 
Miss  EmmaBohart,  who  grew  to  womanhood  there, 
but  is  a  native  of  Buchanan  County.  Six  living 
children  brighten  the  lives  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Os- 
burn. a  cluster  of  maidens  who  bear  the  names  of 
Anna  C,  Sarah  E.,  Elsie,  ^lartha,  Alice  and  Fan- 
nie. Three  sons,  James.  Martin  and  Humphrey 
F.,  have  been  taken  from  theiu  by  death. 

Mr.  Osburn  has  held  the  office  of  School  Treas- 
urer ever  since  coming  to  Kansas.  Politically  he 
is  a  Democrat  and  never  fails  to  cast  his  vote  in 
the  interest  of  his  party.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
have  high  standing  in  the  Christian  Church,  of 
which  they  have  been  members  for  man}'  years. 


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j' OBERT  W.  LEMONl).    The  mercantile  in- 
terests of   Hunnewell  are  prominently  rep- 


resented by  the  subject  of  this  notice,  vviio  is 
^^  President  of  the  City  Council,  Clerk  of  the 
School  Board  and  who  is  seldom  without  some  of- 
fice of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  is  a  gentleman 
in  the  prime  of  life,  having  been  born  March  27. 
1847,  and  his  native  place  in  Gonzales  County, 
Tex.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  in  the  Lone  Star 
State  on  a  stock  farm,  and  acquired  his  education 
by  walking  four  miles  to  a  district  school,  which  he 


attended  Ave  months,  this  comprising  his  b(jok- 
learning.  He,  however,  has  im[)roved  his  leisure 
time  and  keeps  himself  posted  u|ion  current  events 
and  by  his  habits  of  thought  and  observation,  has 
formed  an  intelligent  character  which  no  one  would 
suspect  of  haying  been  deprived  of  the  ordinary 
school  advantagesof  a  civilized  community. 

Young  Lemond  remained  with  his  parents,  John 
and  Nancy  (Brown)  Lemond  on  the  farm  in  Texas 
until  May,  18G3.  The  Civil  War  being  then  in 
progress,  he,  although  being  but  sixteen  years  tild, 
enlisted  in  Company  E,  Ford's  Regiment  of  the 
Confederate  Army  and  served  as  a  non-commis- 
sioned officer  until  November  following.  He  was 
then  promoted  to  Ije  First  Sergeant  with  a  regular 
commission  and  served  in  that  capacity  until  the 
the  close  of  the  war.  Li  the  meantime  he  had  also 
had  command  of  the  conipan)'. 

Returning  now  to  the  old  farm  in  Texas  young 
Lemond  sojourned  there  until  1882,  being  asso- 
ciated with  his  father  as  a  live-stock  dealer,  they 
keeping  from  one  thousand  to  five  thousand  head 
of  horses  and  c:ittle  ou  their  ranche.  These  they 
disposed  of  largely  in  the  Ivansas  markets,  to  which 
they  drove  large  herds  periodically. 

John  Lemond  departed  this  life  at  Gonzales, 
Tfx.,  in  1878,  aged  sixty-three  years.  He  was  a 
native  of  North  Carolina,  whence  be  removed  to 
Texas  at  an  early  day.  His  wife,  Nancy,  survived 
him  until  1881,  dying  at  Gonzales  when  about  fiftj'- 
five  years  old.  The  parental  house(iold  consisted 
of  eight  children  of  whom  Robert  W.  was  next 
to  the  eldest  and  of  whom  besides  himself, 
there  is  only  one  survivor.  One  brother,  Alexan- 
der, was  killed  while  in  the  Confederate  service 
during  the  late  war.  I'pon  leaving  Texas  Robert 
W.  located  on  a  ranche  in  the  Indian  Territory, 
where  he  sojourned  until  1885,  coming  then  to  tiiis 
county.  He  was  married  at  Hunnewell,  July  17, 
1883,  to  Miss  Lena,  daughter  of  G.  A.  and  Lucinda 
(Vernon)  Hale.  Of  this  (his  second)  marriage, 
there  have  been  born  two  children — Walter  and  an 
infant  unnamed.  The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Lemond,  to 
whom  he  was  married  in  Texas,  was  Mrs.  Mattie 
(Price)  Apatli.  That  union  resulted  in  the  birth 
of  three  cliildren,  viz:  Cornelia  A.,  Kate  H.  and 
Robert   W.     Mrs.   Mattie  Lemond  die,;  in  187',t  at 


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Coleman,  Tex.  She  taught  school  some  j^ears  in 
Texas  and  for  one  term  Mr.  Lemond  washer  pupil. 
Mr.  Lemond  in  March,  1887.  after  locating  in 
Hunnewell  associated  himself  in  partnership  with 
George  K.  Van  Hook,  under  the  llrm  name  of  A'an 
Hook  &  Lemond.  They  have  a  full  line  of  general 
merchandise,  including  groceries,  hardware,  flour, 
wood  and  queensware,  and  carr}'  a  otock  of  from 
$2,000  to  $4,500.  Their  sales  aggregate  probably 
'?  12,000  per  year.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lemond  are 
prominently  connected  with  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  which  Mr.  Lemond  officiates  as  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Sabbath-schoo'.  He  mixes  very 
little  in  political  affairs  aside  from  giving  his  hearty 
support  to  the  Democratic  party. 


'i^m- 


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Jj^AVID  M.   HARDMAN.      Among    those 
jj    who  arrived  in  Oxford  Township  in    time 
M^   to  .assist  in  its  early  growth    and  develop- 
—  ment  was   Mv.  Ilnrdman.  who    pitched  his 

tent  on  section  1,  in  the  fall  of  1876.  He  had 
come  to  this  vicinity  the  j'ear  previous  and  still 
remains  upon  the  land  which  he  purchased  as  a 
claim,  and  upon  which  he  h.as  effected  nearly  all  of 
the  improvements  which  to-da\'  attract  the  attention 
of  the  p.assing  traveler.  His  farm  embraces  two 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  fertile  land,  which  is 
finely  adapted  to  general  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  liorn  in  Wayne 
County.  Lid..  .Iiinc  9,  1835,  and  lived  there  until 
reaching  mature  years.  His  father,  Israel  Hard- 
man,  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  born  October 
12,  1801.  The  latter  removed  with  his  parents  to 
Dayton.  Ohio.  Grandfather  David  Hardman  w.is 
one  of  the  hardy  |)ioneers  of  Kentucky,  and  was  with 
tlie  famous  Daniel  IJoone  at  the  siege  of  Bine  Lick 
and  Hoonesboro.  He  married  a  Miss  Leatheiman, 
of  Virginia,  and  removed  to  Ohio  during  the  time 
of  the  pioneer  days  of  the  Buckeye  State,  settling 
near  D.ay ton.  I'here  his  son  Isr.ael,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  grew  to  mature  years  and  was  married 


to  Miss  P^lizabeth  W.agoner.  Later  Israel  Hard- 
man  emigrated  to  Indiana  and  settled  in  Wayne 
Countj',  where  he  followed  farming  until  1855. 
That  year  he  removed  to  Appanoose  County,  Iowa, 
where  he  sojourned  until  his  death,  in  1878.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  German  Baptist  Church.  The 
mother  had  passed  away  in  1860. 

David  M.  Hardman.  during  liis  younger  years, 
learned  carpentering.  He  remained  under  the 
home  roof  until  after  his  mother's  death.  In  the 
meantime  he  was  married,  September  7,  1859,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  Ullrick,  the  wedding  taking  place  at 
the  bride's  home.  A  year  or  two  later  Mr.  Hard- 
man  set  out  overland  to  California,  where  he  built 
a  mill  on  Center  Creek  in  Amador  County,  He 
superintended  the  operations  of  this  until  the  fall 
of  1866,  in  the  heart  of  the  mining  regions.  He 
then  returned  to  his  old  haunts  in  low.a,  via  the 
Isthmus  and  New  York  City,  arriving  .at  his  des- 
tination in  December,  that  j'ear,  after  an  absence  of 
five  years. 

Again  resuming  operations  as  a  carpenter,  Mr. 
Hardman  also  engfiged  in  millwrighting,  remaining 
there  until  his  removal  to  this  county'.  He  came 
here  with  the  expectation  of  putting  in  the  ma- 
chinery of  the  Oxford  Water  Mill,  the  first  struct- 
ure of  any  importance  in  the  county.  Upon  his 
airival  here  he  .assumed  a  half  interest  in  the  enter- 
inisc  in  company  with  .Joseph  Hcwett,  completed 
the  mill  and  then  sold  out.  This  mill  was  driven 
by  water-power  from  the  Arkans.as  River,  having  a 
fall  of  ten  feet  in  a  mile  race.  Mr.  Hardman  was 
obliged  to  build  a  dam  across  the  river  above  the 
island  in  the  form  of  a  V,  running  from  the  island 
up  stream,  instead  of  straight  across.  After  with- 
drawing from  the  mill  Mr.  Hardman  purchased  the 
land  whicii  he  now  owns.  The  bottoms  were 
flooded  in  1876,  •S'here  the  year  previous,  there 
had  been  raised  seventy-five  bushels  of  corn  to  the 
acre.  This  flood  swept  down  millions  of  cotton- 
wood  trees,  thousands  of  which  were  taken  to  dif- 
ferent counties  and  planted.  These  trees  have  now 
grown  to  be  sixteen  and  eighteen  inches  in  diame- 
ter, forming  fine  wind-breaks  and  a  grateful  shade  in 
summer.  Mr.  Hardman  while  carr^'ing  on  the  im- 
provements of  his  property  h.as.  nevertheless,  main- 
tained an    interest    in  the  welfare  of  his    adojited 


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387 


lowiisliip,  serviiiii'  ;is  a  School  Director  in  liis  dis- 
trict, ami  givinji'  his  support  and  encouragement  to 
the  various  enterprises  tending  to  the  good  of  the 
peoi)le.  He  votes  the  straiglit  Republican  ticket, 
and  is  identifieil  witii  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workman. 

Mrs.  Ilardman  was  born  in  W.ayne  County,  Ind., 
Decerai'cr  23,  1839,  and  is  ihe  daughter  of  John 
and  Margaret  (Gatz)  rilricU,  who  removed  to  Iowa 
in  1^55.  Mr.  Ullrick  was  a  native  of  Hesse,  Ger. 
many,  and  for  nine  years  served  in  the  German 
army,  being  in  the  wars  against  Napoleon.  There 
were  born  to  him  and  his  estimable  wife  three  chil- 
dren, all  natives  of  the  Fatherland.  Upon  emi- 
grating to  America  they  settled  in  the  city  of 
Baltimore,  where  they  sojourned  from  1830  until 
1835,  and  then  removed  to  Hagerstowu,  Pa.  In 
1855  the}'  turned  their  steps  Westward,  locating  in 
lovvn,  wiiere  the  mother  died  in  1878,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-four  years.  Mr.  Ullrick  only  survived  his 
wife  one  year,  dying  in  October,  1879,  at  the  ad- 
vanced .age  of  eighty-four  years. 

Of  the  four  clnldreu  born  to  Mr.  and  ftlrs.  Hard 
man  on!}'  two  are  living — Laura  F.  and  Charles 
Warren — who  remain  at  home  with  their  parents. 
Katie  and  Ralph  are  deceased.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hard- 
man  have  made  many  friends  during  their  long  so- 
journ in  this  county,  where  their  upright  lives  and 
liosi)itality  have  secured  them  the  universal  respect 
of  all  who  know  them. 


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C'^  EORGE  W.  FRIEND.     Illinois  is  acknowl- 
=,  edgeiJ    to   be   one  of    the  most  jirosperous 
'J^    Slates    of  the    L'nion,    but    Mr.   Friend,  in 

October,  1877,  concluded  he  could  remove  to  some- 
thing better  west  of  the  Mississippi,  and  accord- 
ingly gathering  together  his  family  and  household 
goods,  set  his  face  toward  the  State  of  Kansas. 
Coming  to  this  county  he  selected  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  on  section  29,  Harmon  Town- 
ship, and  jn-oceeded  to  build  up  a  homestead.  He 
was  prospered   in  his  labors,  bringing  the  soil  to  a 


good  state  of  cultivation,  erecting  substantial 
buildings,  and  effecting  the  other  improvements 
naturally  lirought  about  by  the  enterprising  and 
progressive  farmer. 

Mr.  Friend  has  been  materially  assisted  in  his 
labors  by  his  estimable  and  capable  wife — a  lady 
who  has  proven  a  most  efficient  helpmate  to  her 
husband,  encouraging  him  in  his  worthy  endeavors, 
and  by  the  wise  and  prudent  management  of  her 
household  affairs  has  been  no  unimportant  factor 
in  the  accumulation  of  their  property.  Mrs.  Friend 
has  illustrated  in  no  small  degree  the  manner  in 
which  a  woman  ma}'  influence  the  well-being  and 
prosperity  of  a  husband  and  a  family.  Mr.  Friend 
gives  his  attention  to  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising,  making  a  specialty  of  minding  his  own  con- 
cerns, and  has  been  prospered  in  proportion.  The 
family  occupies  no  secondary  position  among  the 
best  social  elements  of  their  community. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  t^ham- 
bersburg,  Pa..  Februarj'  3,  1838,  and  lived  in  his 
native  city  until  a  boy  of  seven  or  eight  years.  He 
then  removed  with  his  parents  to  Baltimore,  Md., 
of  which  they  were  residents  four  years.  From 
there  they  went  to  Havre  de  Grace,  that  State,  and 
not  very  long  afterward  to  Philadelphia,  Pa.  In 
1857  they  struck  out  for  the  West,  and  took  up 
tiicir  abode  in  Siiringfleld,  111. 

After  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  Mr.  Friend, 
in  August,  1 862,  entered  the  ranks  of  the  Union 
Army,  as  a  member  of  Company  E,  One  Hundred 
and  Fourteenth  Illinois  Infantry.  Soon  afterward 
he  went  with  his  regiment  to  the  front,  and  partici- 
pated in  the  siege  of  Vicksburg,  and  the  battles  of 
Jackson,  Henderson  Hill,  Ft.  Drusey,  Pleasant 
Hdl,  Yellow  Bayou,  Lake  Chicot,  Tupelo,  Nash- 
ville and  Mobile.  He  was  for  about  one  and  one- 
half  years  on  detached  service,  in  tiie  pioneer  corps. 
He  escaped  wounds  and  capture,  and  at  the  close  of 
the  war  was  mustered  out  of  the  service  at  Camp 
Butler,  Springfield,  III  ,  receiving  an  honorable 
discharge. 

After  leaving  the  army  Mr.  Friend  established 
himself  in  Siiringfield,  III.,  as  a  clerk  in  a  clothing 
store,  remaining  there  one  j'ear.  Later  he  engnged 
in  the  mercantile  business  for  nearly  ten  3'cars,  and 
until  the   fall   of   1877.     He  then   entered    upon  a 


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PORTRAIT  AND   BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


new  (lo[)nrtnro.  coming  to  Kansas  and  engairing  in 
agricnltiiral  pursuits.  These  lie  lias  foiinil  congenial 
to  his  tastes  and  health,  and  has  lieen  fairly  pros- 
per<ms  in  his  nndertakings.  lie  votes  the  straight 
Repnljlican  ticket,  and  has  held  the  office  of  Town- 
shi[)  Trustee  for  the  past  year.  Roth  Mr.  and  .Mrs. 
Friend  are  members  in  good  stamiing  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  attending  services  at  the 
Plain  \'iew  school-house. 

The  marriage  of  (Jeorge  W.  Friend  and  ]\Iiss 
Adeline  Taylor  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home, 
in  the  city  of  Springfield.  111.,  October  9,  1859. 
Mrs.  Friend  was  born  in  Sangamon  County,  111., 
January  23,  1841,  and  is  the  daughter  of  .leffersoi 
Taylor,  a  native  of  Kentucky.  The  mother  is  de- 
ceased, and  the  father  lives  in  Sangamon  County,  111. 
Her  father's  family  consisted  of  seven  children,  six 
of  whom  are  living.  Of  her  union  with  our  sul)- 
ject  there  have  been  born  three  sons  and  one 
daughter,  viz.:  Elmer;  Norah.  who  died  at  the 
age  of  five  years;  George  and  AVilliam  H.  ^Ir. 
Friend  .as  a  Union  soldier  belongs  to  Belle  Plaine 
Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at  Belle  Plaine. 


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«  )>II-L  T.  W.VLKKR.  The  subject  of  this 
\f\j/'  •'''^''-'6  '*  *-"i^  "'f  ^''^  inlluential  men  of  the 
V^^y  city  of  Wellington,  and  this  part  of  Kansas, 
possessing  more  than  ordinary  ability  and  highly 
spoken  of  by  all  who  know  him.  lie  follows  the 
practice  of  law  and  makes  a  specialty  of  the  pension 
business.  He  has  been  a  resident  of  Wellington 
since  April,  188,'),  and  makes  his  headquarters  at  a 
well-equipped  otiice  on  Washington  Avenue. 

Mr.  Walker  was  boin  in  Hancock  County,  Ind., 
October  17,  1849,  and  there  grew  to  mature  years, 
pursuing  the  common  branches  of  study  in  the 
schools  of  that  locality.  He  completed  his  literary 
education  in  Spiceland  Academy  in  Henry  County, 
Ind..  after  which  he  for  a  time  was  pngaged  in  var 
ious  pursuits  and  then  commeuced   the  reading  o) 


law.  He  was  admitted  to  jiractice  at  the  age  of 
twenty-.seven  years,  in  November,  1876,  commenc- 
ing his  maiden  efforts  at  Scottsburg,  Scott  County, 
Ind.  He  continued  there  until  Ai)ril.  1885.  In 
the  meantime  he  olliciated  as  Master  Commissioner 
of  the  Circuit  Court  of  that  county  from  the  time 
the  office  was  created  until  it  was  abolished  in 
1883. 

Mr.  Walkei-,  in  1882.  w.as  a  candidate  on  the 
Republican  ticket  for  Congress  in  the  Third  Indiana 
district.  The  district  being  largely'  Democratic  he 
was  defeated.  In  1884  be  was  a  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican N.ational  Convention  which  nominated  James 
G.  Blaine  for  President.  The  same  year  he  repre- 
sented his  district  on  the  Indiana  Re[)ublican  State 
Central  Committee,  serving  with  efficiency.  In 
1873-'75  ht^  was  an  officer  of  the  State  Senate  of 
Indiana,  and  in  1881.  at  the  regular  and  special 
session  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  Indiana, 
was  an  officer  of  that  l)ody. 

Upon  locating  in  Wellington  Mr.  Walker  en- 
g.aged  for  a  time  in  general  law  business,  gradualh- 
working  into  the  pension  iiraeiice  to  which  he 
seems  peculiarly  adapted,  liaving  the  bulk  of  this 
business  for  all  of  Southern  Kansas.  In  April, 
1886,  he  was  elected  Police  Judge  of  the  city  of 
Wellington  and  re-elected  in  1887  without  a  dis- 
senting vote.  During  the  session  of  1887  he  was 
assistant  chief  clerk  of  the  Kansas  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives, lie  has  alw,a\'s  been  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  has  for  many  years  been 
a  Knight  of  P\thias  and  at  the  present  time  is 
Grand  Prelate  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Kans.as. 

At  Greenfield,  Ind.,  December  3,  1871,  Mr. 
Walker  was  wedded  to  Miss  Kate  Pierson.  Mrs. 
Kate  Walker  survived  her  marriage  less  than  a 
year,  dying  October  17.  1875.  'Sir.  Walker  con- 
tracted a  second  inarri.agc  July  I.  18S1.  with  Miss 
Kate  McKinnoy,  of  Loogootee,  Ind.  This  lad^- 
was  born  in  Washington  County,  Ind.,  November 
30,  1852.  and  removed  with  her  parents  to  Martin 
County,  where  she  remained  until  her  marriage. 
Her  iiarcnts  were  Griffin  and  Mary  A.  (Williams) 
McKinney,  who  were  natives  of  Indiana  and  Ken- 
tucky, respcctivelj',  the  father  deceased.  Griffin 
McKinney  who  died  in  August,  1 886,  aged  seventy- 


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one  years,  was  born  in  .MoiKczuiin,  Ind..in  1815,anrl 
was  a  sulfliei'  in  the  ^lexic-an  war.  He  had  traveled 
wlien  a  younij;  man  over  Spanish  Nortli  America 
and  llie  northern  portions  of  Sontii  America.  The 
mother  is  still  living.  Jlr.  and  Mrs.  Walker  are 
the  |)arents  of  one  child,  a  daughter,  Mary  Pearl. 
Tlie  father  of  our  subject  was  Robert  Walker,  a 
native  of  Clinton  County,  Ohio,  and  horn  March 
10,  1824.  When  six  years  old  he  was  taken  b}-  his 
parents  to  Rush  Count}-,  Ind.  They  remained  there 
a  few  years  and  then  removed  to  Hancock  County, 
Iml..  and  lived  there  until  1H71.  He  married  Miss 
."Martha  A.  Tibbels  and  they  reared  a  famil}'  of 
eight  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living.  The 
Walker  family  in  1H71  removed  to  Scott  County, 
ind.,  where  the  parents  still  reside.  Robert  Walker 
has  long  been  a  mend)er  of  the  Masonic  fraternity 
and  is  also  a  Knight  of  Pythias. 


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AVHJ  W.  DORSE'l'T.  It  is  nearly  a 
score  of  years  since  this  gentleman  took 
up  his  residence  in  this  county  and  began 
at  once  to  take  rank  as  an  upright  citizen, 
an  industrious  man,  and  a  kind  neighbor.  His 
home  is  pleasantly  located  on  section  22,  Harmon 
Township,  and  comprises  eighty  acres  of  fertile 
an  1  thoroughly  cultivated  land,  bearing  an  excellent 
set  of  farm  buildings  and  such  other  improvements 
as  are  to  be  expected  of  a  man  of  his  ability. 

Mr.  Dorselt  is  the  fourth  child  in  a  family  com- 
prising nine  sons  and  daughters.  His  parents, 
Saranel  and  Elizabeth  (Walker)  Dor.sett,  are  natives 
of  North  Carolina,  in  which  State  they  lived  until 
1844,  when  they  settled  in  Adams  County,  III., 
where  they  sojourned  forty  years.  They  then 
moved  to  this  county  and  are  now  honored  resi- 
dents of  Harmon  Township. 

Onr  subject  is  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  where 
his  eyes  first  opendl  to  the  light  April  4,  1842.  and 
he  was  therefore  but  two  years  old  when  the  family 
removed  to  Illinois.  There  he  grew  to  manhood, 
was  educated,  and  enteied  upon  the  pursuit  of  agri- 


culture. Though  a  native  of  the  South  and  of 
Soul  hern  |)arentage,  he  was  not  in  sympathy  with 
the  States  that  desired  to  leave  the  Union,  and  with 
all  the  ardor  of  his  young  soul  he  desired  to  assist 
in  the  preservation  of  the  Government  which  he 
had  been  taught  to  revere.  On  .July  .']0,  1802, 
though  not  yet  of  age,  he  was  enrolled  in  Com- 
pany B,  Fiftieth  Illinois  Infantry,  and  until  the 
close  of  the  war  faithfully  served  his  country  in 
the  ranks,  being  mustered  out  of  service  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  and  hon<.)rably  <lischarged  '-when  the 
cruel  vvar  was  over." 

Returning  to  his  former  home,  Mr.  Dorsett  con- 
tinued to  live  in  Illinois  until  the  fall  of  1871, 
when  he  came  to  this  county  and  pre-empted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  where  he  is  now 
sojourning,  being  therefore  one  of  the  oldest  settlers 
in  this  count}'.  He  has  served  both  as  Trustee  of 
Belle  Plaiiie  Township  and  Treasurer  of  Harmon 
Township,  and  also  as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  in 
every  position  of  iniblic  responsibility  has  shown 
himself  worthy  (jf  the  trust  reposed  in  him.  He  is 
a  member  of  Belle  Plaine  Post.  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  at  Belle  Plaine. 

In  Miss  Harriet  Baxter,  a  native  of  Carroll  County, 
Ohio,  born  April  1,18.50,  Mr.  Dorsett  found  united 
the  qualities  which  he  desired  in  a  companion,  and 
after  a  successful  wooing  he  was  united  with  her  in 
marrLige,  the  ceremony  taking  place  in  Schuyler 
County,  111.  .Mis.  Dorsett  is  a  daughter  of  John 
and  Kllen  (iMoore)  Baxter,  now  residents  of  Brown 
Count}-,  Kan.,  and  is  the  fifth  of  the  ten  children 
born  to  them.  Her  happy  union  with  our  subject 
has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  seven  children: 
Samuel  B.,  Elizabeth  E.,  Orie  L..  Eflfie  B.,  Loren 
E.,  Willie  F.  and  Delia  F. 


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^T^^'lJED    JAY.     The  subject  of  this  notice  is  a 

r^l  favorite  in  the  amusement  circles  of  South 
Haven,  conducting  a  billiard  hall,  and  at  all 
times  deporting  hin-self  as  a  gentleman.  He  is  a 
little  over  thirty -one  years  old,  having  been  born 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


August  (J.  1  ^58,  ."uid  his  niitivc  [jlaee  was  Portage 
City,  Wis.  Wliiie  lie  was  still  a  irere  cliild  his 
parents,  .Tt)lm  C.  and  Lucy  C.  (Waters)  -lay,  re- 
moved to  Soutlicrn  Iowa  where  they  fojonrnecl  for 
a  time,  then  changed  tlieir  residence  to  Northern 
Missouri. 

The  next  removal  of  the  Jaj  family  was  to  AVin- 
neshiek  County,  Iowa,  and  we  next  find  them  in 
Hancock  County,  that  State,  located  on  a  farm  and 
where  the  boyhood  d.ays  of  their  son  Fred  were 
chied}'  spent.  He  attended  the  district  school  and 
assisted  in  the  lighter  labors  of  the  farm,  remaining 
there  until  1882.  Then  a  young  man  of  twenty- 
four  years,  he  went  up  into  Dakota  and  purchased 
a  claim  where  he  engaged  in  farming  about  two 
years;  he  also  operated  as  an  insurance  agent,  and 
at  the  same  time  sold  agricultural  implements.  In 
the  meantime  his  mother  kept  house  for  him  until 
his  marriage,  which  occurred  July  21,  1885.  The 
lady  of  his  choice  was  Miss  Frances  E.  Mosier, 
who    was   born   in   Morgan  County,  Mo.,  in  1856. 

Remaining  in  Dakota  until  the  fall  of  1885,  Mr. 
.lay  then,  with  his  wife,  parents  and  sister,  and  the 
husband  of  the  hitter,  set  out  overland  by  team  for 
this  Slate,  and  after  an  enjoj'able  trip  of  two 
months  landed  in  South  Haven.  Soon  afterward 
Mr.  .lay  purchased  his  present  residence.  The  first 
season  he  occui)icd  himself  in  buying  and  selling 
cori'.  In  January,  1887,  ho  pni<'hased  an  interest 
in  the  billiard  hall  and  later  became  sole  projirie- 
tor,  and  is  now  in  the  enjoyment  of  a  profitable 
business.  He  owns  considerable  city  property  and 
is  generally  well-to  do.  To  Mr.  and  IMrs.  .Taj-  there 
h.as  been  l)orn  one  child,  a  daughter,  Cora. 


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'\Y/ AMES  H.  COX.  He,  with  whose  name  we  in- 
troduce this  biogra])hic,al  outline,  is  accred- 
ited with  being  one  of  the  most  extensive 
and  prosperous  farmers  of  Falls  Townshi|). 
Intelligent  and  enterpiising,  he  has  been  the  arclii- 
t(  ct  of  his  own  fortune  and  is  the  owner  of  eight 
hundred  acres  of  valuable  land,  all  in  one  body.  His 


possessions  have  all  been  accumulated  since  com- 
ing to  this  State.  He  came  to  this  county  in  1871! 
and  pie-emi)led  one  hundred  and  si.xty  acres  of 
land  on  section  12,  Chikaskia  Townshii),  where  he 
lived  until  1882.  Then,  selling  out,  he  purchased 
the  whole  of  section  3,  Falls  Township,  wlicre  he 
established  his  homestead,  and  he  also  owns  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  on  section  10  of  this  town- 
ship. He  gives  his  entire  attention  to  fainiirig  and 
stock-raising,  of  which  he  makes  an  art  and  a  science 
and  from  which  he  realizes  handsome  returns. 

A  native  of  Carroll  County,  Ohio,  Mr.  Cox  was 
born  March  4,  1844,  to  Zebediah  and  Elizabeth 
(Ryan)  Cox.  Zebediah  Cox  was  born  in  ^Maryland 
in  1801  and  emigrated  to  Ohio  when  a  young  man. 
He  S|)ent  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  the  Buckeye 
State,  dying  in  Harrison  County,  in  1865.  He 
learned  cari)entering  during  his  carlj-  manhood,  but 
subsequently  engaged  in  farming  as  a  more  con- 
genial pursuit.  The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject was  Sheridan  Cox,  a  native  of  Maryland,  who 
spent  his  last  j-ears  in  Ohio.  Mrs.  Elizal)eth  (Hyan) 
Cox,  likewise  a  native  of  JNIarjland,  was  born  in 
1809,  and  <licd  in  Wyandot  County,  Ohio,  in  1858. 

To  the  ijarents  of  our  subject  theie  was  horn  a 
family  of  nine  children,  viz:  .Sheridan,  Joslui.a, 
Samuel,  ^lary.  Hiram,  James  H..  liachel,  William 
and  Martha.  They  are  all  living  with  the  excei)- 
tion  of  Hiram,  who  died  when  about  twenty-one 
years  old.  James  II.,  the  sixth  chihl,  was  reared  in 
Carroll  and  Wyandot  Counties,  Ohio,  attending  the 
common  school  and  becoming  familiar  with  the 
various  pursuits  of  farm  life.  When  a  young  man 
of  twenty  years,  leaving  the  parental  roof,  he  jour- 
neyed to  McLean  County,  III.,  where  he  sojoui-ned 
for  a  time,  then  removed  to  Livingston  County,  of 
which  he  was  a  resident  until  coming  to  Kansas. 
His  career  [iresents  a  remarkable  illustration  of  the 
results  of  energy  and  perseverance  he  having  starteil 
out  in  life  dependent  upon  his  own  resources  with- 
out means  or  inllucnce,  and  he  is  now  numbered 
among  the  leading  men  of  the  county.  He  is  a  stanch 
supporter  of  the  Democratic  [larty,  but  cares  very 
little  for  political  preferment,  simply  serving  in 
some  of  the  minor  offices.  Socially,  he  belongs  to 
the  Tnde|)endcnt  Or<ler  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the 
Farmers'  Alliance. 


Farm  Residence  of  J  .H  .Cox  §ec  ^.  Falls  Tp  Sumner  Co  Kan. 


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At  Poiiliac  on  the  l'2th  of  INIay,  1872,  occurred 
the  marriage  of  James  H.  Cox  with  Miss  Nancy 
Hallock.  Sirs.  Cox  was  born  in  McLean  County, 
111.,  September  17,  1856,  and  is  the  daughter  of 
Washington  and  Catherine  (Skaenes)  Hallock,  who 
were  natives  of  Ohio.  Mrs.  Hallock  still  lives  in 
Illinois;  Mr.  Hallock  is  deceased.  To  Mr.  Cox  and 
his  estimable  wife  there  have  been  born  five  chil- 
dren, viz:  George,  P^mnia,  Samuel,  Nelson  and 
Edna,  all  of  whom  are  living. 

We  invite  the  reader's  attention  to  a  lithographic 
engraving  of   Mr.  Cox's  residence  (m  another  page. 


\f/ OHN  W.  NYCE.  There  is  not  a  more  pop- 
ular man  in  the  city  of  Caldwell  than  he  with 
whose  name  we  introduce  this  sketch.  In- 
deed lie  is  widely  and  favorably  known 
Ihrougiiout  Sumner  Count}',  as  one  who  has  been 
iilenlified  with  its  best  interests  and  who  has  con- 
tril)utc(l  materially  to  its  growth  and  development. 
He  is  at  present  the  Maj'Or  ot  Caldwell  and  Cash- 
ier of  the  Stock  Excliange  Bank,  and  has  occuiiied 
various  other  positions  of  trust  and  responsil)ility 
since  becoming  a  resident  of  this  place. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Delanco, 
Burlington  County,  N.  .1.,  July  15,  1855,  find  is  tlie 
son  of  John  and  Martha  (Allyii)  Nj'ce,  who  were 
natives  respectively  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey. 
John  Nyce  was  a  lawyer  of  fine  abilities  and  at- 
tained to  a  high  position  in  his  profession,  which 
he  followed  for  many  years  in  Milford,  Pa.  At  the 
outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  he  joined  the  Thirty- 
third  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  us  Second  Lieutenant 
of  a  company,  and  snbsequentlj'  rose  to  the  posi- 
tion of  Major,  serving  in  that  capacity  until  the 
battle  of  Antietain.  Then,  being  wounded,  he  was 
for  a  time  unfit  for  service.  After  his  recovery  he 
was  promoted  to  be  Colonel  of  the  One  Hundred  and 
Seventy-fourth  Pennsylvania  Infantry,  a  position 
which  he  filled    vvith   great  credit   to  himself  until 


the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service.  He  was  a 
man  quiet  and  unobtrusive  in  his  manner,  never 
seeking  notoriety  of  any  kind,  but  he  held  some  of 
the  minor  offices  of  his  town. 

Although  successful  as  a  money  getter,  the  father 
of  our  subject  never  succeeded  in  accumulating 
much  means,  on  account  of  his  liberality.  He  was 
a  devoted  Christian,  and  for  many  j'ears  prior  to 
his  decease,  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  He  also  officiated 
most  of  his  time  as  Sunday-school  Superintendent. 
He  came  of  a  long  line  of  honorable  ancestry,  of 
German  extraction, and  was  gathered  to  his  fathers 
on  the  14th  of  April,  1880,  caused  from  a  wound 
received  through  the  lung  at  the  battle  of  Antie- 
tam,  at  the  early  age  of  forty-nine  years.  The  wife 
and  mother,  who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Martha 
A.  Allyn,  is  still  living,  making  her  home  in  Cahb 
well;  she  is  a  lady  possessing  many  estimable  qual- 
ities and  greatly  beloved  in  the  community.  She 
is  now  fifty-four  years  of  age  and  traces  her  ances- 
try to  Scotland.  The  parental  houseliold  included 
six  children,  viz.:  John  W.,  Bertha,  Belle  C, 
Clara  E.,  Mattie  B.  and  George  M. 

He  of  whom  we  write  was  the  eldest  child  of  his 
parents,  and  spent  his  early  jears  at  Stroudsbnrg 
and  Milford,  Pa.  He  completed  his  studies  in  the 
acadeni}',  and  later  read  law  under  the  instruction 
of  his  father,  to  sucii  good  purpose  that  in  1877, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  followed  the  pro- 
fession in  Milford  until  May,  1881,  in  the  mean- 
time serving  one  term  as  District  Attorney'.  He 
determined  to  seek  the  West,  believing  that  it  could 
furnish  a  better  field  for  his  ainliition,  and  accord- 
ingly in  the  month  above  mentioned,  he  came  to 
Kansas,  and  taking  up  his  residence  in  Caldwell  be- 
gan dealing  in  live  stock.  In  1882,  however,  he 
abandoned  this  and  entered  the  Stock  Exchange 
Bank  of  Caldwell  as  book-keeper,  and  was  shortly 
afterward  promoted  to  Assistant  Cashier.  He 
proved  himself  to  be  competent  and  trustworthy, 
and  in  1884  was  made  its  regular  Cashier,  which 
position  he  still  holds.  In  1886  he  was  elected 
Clerk  of  the  District  Court  of  Sumner  County, 
and  served  one  term.  In  addition  to  his  other  re- 
sponsible duties,  he  officiates  as  Treasurer  of  the 
Cherokee  Stiip  Live    Stock  Association,  a  position 


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ruRTUAIT  AMJ  BIU<  i  KAl'llICAh  ALlJLil. 


iiiiuii  iiig  IhpuiIs  of  §200,000.  Mr.  Xyce  is  a  Ma- 
son in  liiyli  standinir,  and  a  Kniglit  Templar,  and  a 
memljer  of  Isis  Temple,  Mj'stic  Shrine  of  Kansas, 
and  he  also  belongs  to  the  Encampment  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Older  of  Odd  Fellows;  he  is  a  Knight  of 
Pythias,  Uniformed  Rank;  is  identified  with  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workman,  and  is  Captain 
of  the  Sons  of  A'eterans.  Col.  John  N^'ce  Camp, 
Xo.  5.  at  Caldwell.  Politically  lie  is  a  sound  Re- 
publican. 

The  marriage  of  John  W.  N3ce  and  Miss  Mag- 
gie A.  (^uick  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home  in 
Milford.  Pa.,  May  9,  1881.  Mrs.  Nycc  was  born 
March  U),  1862,  in  Milford.  Pa.,  and  is  the  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  A.  L.  .and  'Catherine  (Angel)  Quick, 
natives  of  Pennsylvania.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nyce  are 
the  parents  of  two  sons:  John  W.,  Jr.,  and  Peter  C^. 
The  family  residence  is  pleasantly  located  in  the 
south  part  of  town,  and  forms  one  of  its  most 
attractive  homes. 


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<|  '♦JLLIAM  II.LASSKLL.  The  tasteful  and  al- 
\^i  tractive  home  of  this  gentlrman  is  located 
W^  on  section  29,  liluff  Township,  and  its  ap- 
pearance and  surroundings  are  conclusive  evidences 
to  the  pas8erl\v  that  the  owner  is  in  a  condition  of 
financial  prosperity',  and  that  the  faraih-  is  possessed 
of  rclined  tastes.  These  indications  would  not  be 
belied  1)3-  closer  investigation,  as  the  estate  is  one 
of  the  best  farms  in  the  township,  the  dwelling, 
barns  and  other  improvements  being  excellent  anrl 
ado(iuate,  and  the  entire  place  pervaded  by  an  aii 
of  neatness  and  order  highly  creditable  to  its  owner 
and  o|)eralur.  Tlic  interior  of  the  residence  pre- 
sents equal  signs  of  good  management,  and  the 
fam'ly  are  found  to  be  cultured,  cordial  and  agree- 
able. 

Mv.  Lassell  was  born  in  Clinton  County,  N.  Y., 
May  25,  1840.  to  Harris  and  Lydia  (Fisk)  Lassell, 
and  is  the  sixth  in  a  family  of  seven  children.  The 
eyes  of  his  fatlicr  first  opened  to  the  light  in  Swan- 
ton,  Vt..  March  8,  1803.  and  when  a  youns  man  he 


tDok  up  his  abode  in  Otsego  County,  X.  Y.  There 
he  married  a  young  lady  of  that  county,  and  en- 
gaging in  the  mill  and  lumber  business,  continued 
to  reside  in  the  Empire  State  until  1853,  at  which 
time  he  moved  to  Green  County-,  Wis.  In  the  lat- 
ter State  he  followed  farming  until  his  death,  which 
occnrreil  in  January,  1885.  He  accumulated  con- 
siderable means,  and  left  an  estate  wortli  $12,000. 
lie  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and  of 
the  Republican  party.  Mrs.  Harris  Lassell  was 
born  April  12,  1802,  and  died  in  Green  County, 
Wis.,  February  14,  1873.  She  was  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  Ellen  and  Lewis,  the  first  and 
fourth  born  being  now  deceased.  The  survivors 
are:  Eliza,  the  wife  of  R.  W.  Button,  of  Colton. 
Cal.;  Luther  J.,  a  lumberman  and  miner  in  Ari- 
zona; Lorenzo  H.,  a  lumberman  in  AVashington; 
and  Emilj'  A.,  the  wife  of  Charles  Smiley,  a  farmer 
in  Albany,  Wis. 

The  gentleman  who  is  the  subject  of  this  biogra- 
phj'  was  reared  to  the  age  of  twelve  years  in  his 
native  county  of  the  Empire  State,  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  3'ears  to  early  manhood  in  Green 
County,  Wis.  In  1859,  when  nineteen  years  of  age, 
he  crossed  the  plains  to  California,  and  remained  on 
the  Pacific  Slope  until  18(58.  when  he  returned  to 
Green  Count3',  Wis.,  and  eng.aged  in  farming  there 
daring  the  succeeding  eight  years.  He  then  moved 
to  Bremer  Count}-,  Iowa,  and  in  1878  came  to 
Sumner  Count}',  Kan.,  and  pre-empted  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  on  sections  28,  29,  32  and  33.  of 
Bluff  Township.  lie  has  since  made  his  home  here, 
h.as  acquired  an  excellent  reputation  among  his 
fellowmen,  and  proved  himself  a  useful  citizen. 
He  has  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  of  the  Republican 
party. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lassell  was  celebrated 
March  11,  1874,  his  bride  being  Miss  CeliaTavlor, 
of  Avon,  Rock  County,  Wis.  Her  parents,  James 
H.  and  Caroline  (Conger)  T.aylor,  are  natives  of 
Fairfield,  Vt.,  and  emigrated  to  Wisconsin  about 
the  year  1845,  still  surviving  at  their  home  there. 
Mrs.  Lassell  was  born  in  Delevan,  Wis.,  July  7. 
1848,  and  possesses  some  rare  accomplishments. 
She  was  graduated  from  the  White  Water  (Wis.) 
Jvornial  School  in  1872,  and  had  taught  school  sev- 


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era!  years  before  her  marriage.  Five  bright  bo3's 
and  girls  cluster  ahoiil  tlio  fireside  of  IMr.  and  Mrs. 
Lassell.  and  gladden  their  parents'  hearts  bj'  llieir 
growing  iiitcUigenee  and  youthful  courtesy.  They 
bear  the  names  of  Caroline  L.,  Harris  .T.,  Ada  M.. 
Wallace  A.  and  Louisa  A. 


,it,  ELANCTIION  L.  BRIGGLE.  a  prosper- 
ous farmer  residing  in  Jackson  Township, 
II*  was  born  in  Pike  Township,  Stark  County, 
Ohio,  October  IG,  1847.  His  father.  Jo- 
seph Iiiiggle,  was  a  native  of  Wurtemburg,  Ger- 
many. The  father  of  Joseph,  also  a  native  of 
Germany,  emigrated  with  his  family  to  the  United 
States  and  settled  in  Pennsylvania.  After  a  few 
years  residence  in  that  State  he  moved  on  further 
West  and  located  in  Ohio.  As  there  were  no  rail- 
roads or  canals  built,  their  onl}-  mode  of  perform- 
ing tlie  journej'  was  bj'  means  of  teams,  wliich  was  the 
usual  method  of  travel  adopted  by  the  emigrants 
of  those  days.  He  was  a  farmer  bj-  occupation, 
and  resided  on  his  farm  in  Ohio  during  the  le- 
maincier  of  his  life. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  only  six  years 
of  age  when  his  parents  came  to  America,  and 
remembers  but  little  of  the  voj'age,  which  was  not 
then  m.ade  as  quickly  and  easil)'  as  at  the  present 
time.  He  was  reared  in  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
learned  the  trade  of  a  stonemason.  He  accompa- 
nied his  parents  to  Ohio,  but  found  upon  his 
arrival  that  there  was  small  demand  Tor  his  services 
as  a  mason.  Instead  of  idly  bemoaning  his  fate  he 
manfully  set  out  to  secure  the  work  in  other  places 
that  was  denied  him  at  his  home.  In  the  spring 
following  his  entrance  into  Ohio  he  slung  his  kit  of 
tools  on  bis  back  and  trudged  on  foot,  th'^re  being 
no  railroads,  back  to  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  readily  procured  work  at  his  trade.  He 
did  this  for  five  successive  years,  going  to  Penn- 
sylvania in  the  spring  and  returning  to  his  Ohio 
home  in  the  fall  when  the  work  for  the  season  was 
over.    He  worked  at  his  trade  on  the  Pennsylvania 


Canal  wlien  that  great  waterwaj'  w.is  in  process  of 
construction.  He  also  found  employment  upon 
the  public  works  that  were  being  built  in  Pitts- 
I  burg.  In  this  manner  he  secured  sufficient  means 
to  purchase  a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
in  Pike  Township,  Stark  County.  Ohio,  upon  which 
he  settled.  Although  starting  in  life  in  such  an 
humble  manner,  his  persevering  industry  secured 
him  a  fine  estate  of  one  hundred  and  eightv  acres 
of  excellently  improved  land,  well  stocked  and 
provided  with  good  buildings.  His  la.st  years 
were  sjient  in  the  enjoyment  of  well-earned  repose 
amid  the  scenes  of  his  manhood's  struggles  and 
triumphs.  The  mother  of  our  subject  was  Cath- 
erine Beard,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  re- 
moved with  her  parents  to  Stark  County,  Ohio, 
during  the  early  days  of  that  county.  The  parental 
family  consisted  of  twelve  children,  nine  of  whom 
are  living. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  attended  the  school  of 
his  district  during  the  earl}'  years  of  his  life,  but 
as  soon  as  he  was  able  to  be  of  use  on  the  farm  was 
put  to  work,  and  from  that  time  forward  did  not 
have  many  idle  days  to  spend  either  in  mischief  or 
in  the  pursuit  of  knowledge.  He  continued  to 
reside  under  the  parental  roof  until  he  had  reached 
the  age  of  twenty-five,  when  he  removed  to  a  town 
near  by  and  engaged  in  the  carpenter's  trade  for 
two  years.  He  then  returned  to  the  farm,  and  in 
connection  with  his  brother  George,  bought  the 
homestead  and  operated  it  with  good  success  until 
1S8.3.  In  that  j'ear  he  removed  to  Kansas  and 
located  in  Sumner  County  on  his  present  place, 
which  he  purchased  shortly  after  entering  the 
State. 

The  farm  of  Mr.  Briggle  is  situated  on  section 
I.'),  and  embraces  the  northwest  quarter.  It  is 
enclosed  by  a  thriving  hedge,  and  subdivided  into 
forty-acre  tracts,  all  neatly  fenced  and  finely  cul- 
tivated. His  family  residence  and  all  other  build- 
ings, of  which  he  has  all  that  are  necessary,  are 
substantially  and  tastefully  built  frame  structures, 
and  contribute  their  share  toward  making  the  place 
a  cosy  and  prosperous  home. 

Our  subject  was  married  in  1875  to  Miss  Agnes 
Muckley,  a  native  of  Stark  Count}',  Ohio,  and  a 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Mu'  kley.     The  father 


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was  of  ( u'linaii  (lescent,  .ind  was  liiglily  esteemed 
ill  liis  neighborhood.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Itiiggle  are 
tlie  parents  of  two  eiiihlren,  whoso  names  are — 
Virgil  M.  and  .lolm  C.  The^'  are  lield  in  higli 
regard  in  the  eommunily  in  whicli  tliey  live,  and 
are  fully  deserving  of  all  tlie  Uiiid  words  which 
Ihej'  receive  from  neighbors  and  friends.  They  are 
consistent  Cliristians,  and  find  a  religious  home  in 
the  rrcsbyterian  C'luirch.  Air.  llriggle  is  a  stanch 
and  devoted  adherent  of  the  i)rinei|iles  of  the 
Republicuaii  parly. 


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f|f_   ON.  WILLIAM   L.   CIIAMBP:RS.     During 

*  Ids   residence  of  ten  years   in   Wellington, 

Mr.  Chambers   has  become  widely  and  fa- 

's^  vorably  known  to  the  citizens  of  this  part  of 
the  county.  In  former  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
|)ractice  of  law,  and  in  the  fall  of  1888  was  elected 
.lusticc  of  the  Peace,  which  position  he  still  holds. 
He  was  bom  in  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  September  8, 
1834,  and  is  the  son  of  William  Chambers,  a  native 
of  Ilagerstovvn,  Md.  William  Chambers  was  reared 
in  his  native  State,  and  after  serving  in  the  War  of 
1812,  went  to  Kentucky,  and  was  married  near 
Scottsville,  to  Miss  Sarah  M.  McRej-nolds,  a  native 
of  tliat  place.  Mr.  Chambers,  who  from  his  youth 
u|)  had  been  piousl}'  inclined,  no\'.'  entered  the 
ministry  of  the  Rlethodist  Episcopal  Chni'ch,  and 
labored  in  the  ^Master's  vineyard  until'about  1830. 
We  next  find  him  in  St.  Clair  County,  111.,  where 
he  puicha'-cd  land  and  engaged  in  farming  a  few 
years,  then  removed  to  Greene  County.  His  next 
removal  was  to  Waverly,  Morgan  County,  where 
he  resumed  preaching.  He  also  purchased  land, 
and  operated  as  farmer  and  preacher  until  after  tlu' 
death  of  his  wife,  when  he  severed  his  connection 
with  the  conference,  and  for  some  years  was  a  local 
preacher. 

Tlie  father  of  our  subject,  in  1854,  removed  to 
DeWitt  County,  111.,  and  purchased  a  tract  of  wild 
prairie  land,  also  property  in  the  town  of  Clinton. 
He    took    up   his    abode    in    the  latter,  and   while 


))reaching  proceeded  with  the  improvement  of  his 
property  which  he  had  purch.'>sed  near  the  town, 
and  resided  there  until  18;")8.  Then,  selling  out, 
he  removed  to  Christian  County,  and  i)urchased 
land  six  miles  from  Taylorville,  where  ho  made  his 
home  until  his  death,  wliich  occurred  in  the  fall  of 
1859. 

To  llie  parents  of  our  subject  there  was  liorn  a 
family  of  six  children,  and  of  the  second  marriage 
of  William  Chambers  there  were  born  three  chil- 
dren. William  L.  pursued  his  early  studies  in  the 
old  log  schoolhouse  near  his  childhood  home,  a 
structure  finished  and  furnished  in  the  fashion  of 
those  times,  with  puncheon  Hoor  and  slab  seats  and 
dssks.  His  surroundings,  however,  diil  not  lessen 
his  love  of  learning,  and  he  made  such  good  liead- 
way,  that  in  1857  he  entered  McKendree  College, 
at  Lebanon,  111.,  of  which  he  remained  a  student 
until  1859.  He  then  commenced  the  study  of  law, 
in  the  office  of  Lawrence  Welden,  at  Clinton,  111., 
with  whom  he  remained  until  1862. 

The  Civil  War  now  being  in  progress  young 
(Jhambers  laid  aside  his  personal  [ilans  and  inter- 
ests in  order  to  assist  in  the  preservation  of  the 
Union.  In  August,  that  year,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany B,  One  Hundred  and  Seventh  Illinois  In- 
fantry, being  mustered  in  as  a  private.  Not  long- 
afterward  he  was  promoted  to  be  (Quartermaster- 
Sergeant  and  then  First  Lieutenant  and  Regimental 
(Quartermaster.  He  served  in  this  joint  capacity 
three  or  four  months,  and  was  then  ordered  to  I  he 
headquarters  of  Gen.  Cooper,  Commander  of  the 
Second  Brigade,  and  Second  Division,  Twenty- 
Third  Army  Corps,  and  served  as  (Quartermaster  of 
the  brigade.  Later  he  was  ordered  by  the  com- 
manding general.  Crouch,  of  the  Twenty -Third 
Army  Cor|)s,  to  serve  as  tjuarterinaster  of  that 
division,  and  in  addition  was  (Juarterm.'ister  of  the 
post  at  Salisbury,  N.  Cand  of  traiisiK)rtation.  This 
occupied  his  time  until  the  close  of  the  war,  when 
he  received  his  honorable  discharge  at  Salisbury, 
.Uine  21,  1865.  His  duties  in  tlie  army  led  him 
over  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Tennessee  and  Geor- 
gia, and  after  the  fall  of  Atlanta  he  repaired  to 
Washington  with  his  comrades  and  was  present  at 
the  Grand  Review. 

After  leaving  the  army   Mr.  Chambers    rctuined 


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to  Clinton,  111.,  where  he  resumed  the  study  of  law, 
and  in  1866  was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  the 
Supreme  Court  at  Springfield.  He  opened  bis  first 
office  in  Clinton,  and  in  ilue  time  became  Assistant 
Assessor  for  Internal  Revenue  of  DeWitt  County. 
lu  1868  he  was  elected  Register  of  Deeds,  and  re- 
signing tiie  office  of  Assessor  served  four  years.  He 
then  returned  to  his  law  practice,  but  in  the  mean- 
time had  been  of  such  good  service  to  the  Re- 
publican party,  that  in  1876  he  was  elected  to 
represent  DeAVitt  and  Macon  Counties  in  the  State 
Legislature.  Ho  afterward  had  the  satisfaction  of 
casting  his  vote  for  .Tolin  A.  Logan  for  United  States 
Senator.  He  remained  a  resident  of  Clinton,  prac- 
ticing law  until  1879.  That  year  he  came  to  Kan- 
sas, settling  in  Wellington,  of  which  he  has  since 
been  a  resident. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1866,  at  the  bride's  home  in  Waverly,  111., 
to  Miss  Ellen  E.  Woods.  ^Irs.  Chambers  was  born 
in  IMorgan  County,  111.,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Ma- 
son F.  and  Sarah  I.  (Chesniit)  AVoods,  who  were 
natives  of  Kentuckv,  and  pioneers  of  the  above- 
mentioned  County.  Her  father  is  deceased,  and 
her  mother  lives  in  AVaverl^'.  Three  children  have 
been  born  io  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chambers,  bearing  the 
names  of  Edwin  C,  Kate  S.  and  William  M.  The 
latter,  who  was  the  eldest,  died  in  Wellington  in 
1885,  when  a  promising  youth  approaching  the  six- 
teenth year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Chambers  belongs  to 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  in  Deming, 
N.  M.,  where  he  opened  an  office  in  1884,  and 
practiced  two  years.  lie  is  a  Mason,  and  has 
attained  the  Royal  Arch  degree.  Politically,  he  is 
a  .stanch  l\C|Hiblican. 


UILLIAM  G.  MOORE.     The  spring  of  1874 
first    found    Mr.  Moore    interviewing    the 
'^^j      frontier  with  the  idea  of  a  permanent  set- 
tlement.    The  outlook  in  this  region  was  anything 
but  encouraging,  much  of  the  land  being  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Government  and  over  which  roamed 


Indians  and  wild  animals,  including  buffalo,  deer. 
aDtelo|)es,  wolves  and  wild  turkey.  After  erecting 
a  domicile  Mr.  Moore  could  stand  in  his  doorway 
and  look  over  a  long  stretch  of  country  without  a 
dwelling  where  now  may  be  seen  schoolhouses, 
farm  residences,  fertile  fields  and  all  the  other  evi- 
dences of  civilizati(m.  He,  himself  rejoices  in  the 
possession  of  a  snug  farm,  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  in  extent,  one  hundred  and  twenty  of  which 
are  under  the  plow  and  yielding  abundantly  the 
best  crops  of  the  Sunflower  State.  In  addition 
there  are  comfortable  buildings,  an  orchard  of  apple 
trees  in  good  bearingjcondition,  besides  pear,  cherry, 
crab  and  peach  trees,  all  planted  b}'  the  hand  of 
the  present  proprietor. 

A  native  of  North  Carolina,  Mr.  Moore  was  born 
in  Guilford  County,  February  2.  18.34.  About  1 840 
his  parents,  .lohn  L.  and  Mary  F.  (Bishop)  Moore, 
leaving  the  South  emigrated  to  Hamilton  County-, 
Ind.,  with  their  little  famil}',  where  the  father  pur- 
chased a  farm  in  the  green  woods,  erected  a  log 
cabin  in  primitive  stj-lo  and  commenced  the  im- 
provement of  his  land.  The  familv  sojourned 
there  until  1852,  then  crossing  the  Mississippi, 
established  themselves  on  a  farm  in  Appanoose 
County.  Iowa.  Thence  they  removed  to  Taylor 
County,  that  State,  and  there  the  father  died  in  the 
fall  of  1862,  aged  fifty-one  3-ears;  the  mother  is 
still  living,  making  her  home  with  her  son,  our 
subject,  and  is  now  about  seventy -eight  years  old. 
Mrs.  Moore,  notwithstanding  her  j-ears,  is  in  re- 
markably good  health,  very  active,  and  frequently 
walks  to  town  and  to  church,  one  and  one-half 
miles  away. 

To  John  L.  and  Mary  F.  Moore  there  was  born 
a  family  of  eleven  children,  of  whom  William  G. 
was  the  eldest  and  of  whom  only  five  survive. 
The  second  son,  Hubbard,  enlisted  in  the  I'nion 
army  during  the  late  war  and  died  in  the  service 
at  Little  Rock,  Ark.  A  younger  son,  Enoch  T., 
w.as  also  in  the  service  and  came  home  without  a 
wound.  The  paternal  grandfather,  John  Moore, 
was  a  native  of  North  Caiolina  where  he  reared 
his  family  and  died  in  the  faith  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  On  the  maternal  side  of  the  house. 
Grandfather  Aaron  Bishop  was  a  native  of 
Maryland   and   when  a  young   man  went  to  North 


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Carolina  where  lie  was  ruaiiicil  In  Miss  Louisa 
Caffe,  a  native  of  tliat  State.  'riic\-  lived  on  a 
farm  and  reared  a  family  at  a  time  wiien  table 
knives  and  forks  were  manufactured  from  wood. 
Later,  pewter  cutlery  and  dishes  came  into  vogue 
and  were  considered  very  fine.  The  Bishop  family 
religiously  as  far  as  is  known,  was  mostly  identi- 
fied with  the  Society  of  Friends.  One  of  the 
early  progenitors,  Robert  Bishop  by  name,  likewise 
a  resident,  first  of  Maryland  and  then  of  North 
Carolina,  finally  removed  to  Delaware  County, 
Ohio,  settling  among  its  eailiest  pioneers  and  there 
spent  the  remainder  of  hiis  life.  He  also  was  a 
Quaker  in  religious  belief. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  in  Ham- 
ilton County,  ]nd.,  in  18o2  to  Miss  Angeline, 
daughter  of  Hardy  and  Martha  (Thompson)  Ward. 
Mrs.  Moore  was  born  in  North  Carolina  and  while 
an  infant  of  a  few  months  was  taken  by  her  parents 
to  Indiana.  In  the  fall  of  18.52  they  removed 
across  the  Mississippi  to  IMissouri,  settling  in  How- 
ard County.  Later  they  came  to  Kansas  and  were 
residents  of  Coffee  County  about  four  years,  tiien 
returned  to  Missouri  where  the  father  died  in  the 
fall  of  1867.  The  mother  is  still  living,  making 
her  home  with  her  son.  The  paternal  grandparents 
of  Mrs.  Moore  were  James  and  Martha  ( McDonald) 
Thompson,  natives  of  North  Carolina,  lie  <lied 
in  Nortli  Carolina  as  did  also  his  wife. 

The  maternal  grandparents  of  Mrs.  Moore  were 
.Samuel  and  Sail}'  (Womell)  Thompson,  likewise  of 
North  Carolina;  the  mother  of  the  latter  lived  to 
the  advanced  age  of  one  hundred  and  one  years. 
William  G.  Moore  in  the  fall  of  18,02  removed  to 
Iowa  and  a  year  later  to  Missouri.  In  18o(j  he 
returneil  to  Iowa  and  in  1857  came  to  this  State, 
locating  in  Coffee  County,  near  Burlington,  the 
latter  then  consisting  of  one  house  in  which  was 
kept  a  store  of  dry-goods  and  groceries.  The 
building  was  about  twelve  feet  square  formed  by 
posts  driven  into  the  ground, sided  up  and  covered 
with  cla|)boards.  Mr.  Moore  pre-empted  land  and 
prosecuted  farming,  marketing  his  produce  at 
Kansas  City.  He  sojourned  there  until  the  fall  c)f 
1866,  then  returned  to  Iowa,  coming  from  tliere  to 
Kansas. 

There  have  been  born  to  Mr.  Moore  and   his  ex 


cellent  lady  thirteen  children,  the  eldest  of  whom, 
a  daughtei',  Isabel,  die<l  in  infancy.  Sarah  E.  and 
James  0.  remain  with  their  parents;  Mahala  is  the 
wife  of  Reuben  Dodiion,  of  Sumner  County;  Will- 
iam IL  died  when  about  seven  months  old;  Lilly 
Q.  is  the  wife  of  Amos  Chambers  of  Suuinor; 
Rosa  15.  married  Myron  L\isk  and  lives  in  Sumner 
County;  Icbabod  K.  died  when  two  years  old; 
Katie  E.  is  one  of  the  most  poi)ular  and  successful 
teachers  in  the  South  Haven  schools;  Thomas  A., 
Elmer  L.,  Ella  E.  and  Clara  P.  are  deceased.  Mr. 
Moore,  politically,  is  a  sound  Republican  and  has 
served  .as  Township  Treasurer  one  term.  School 
Treasurer  six  years  and  School  Director  three 
3'ears.  He  is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  Lodge 
No.  114,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  while  he  and  his  wife  are 
prominently  connected  with  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  in  which  Mr.  Moore  officiates  as  Trustee. 
He  has  also  served  thirteen  years  as  Treasurer  of 
his  Odd  Fellows  lodge. 


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^ESSE  T.  STURM.  In  com|illing  tlie  main 
facts  connected  with  the  history  of  Mr. 
Sturm,  one  of  Ihe  most  highly  respected 
citizens  of  Wellinifton,  we  find  llial  lii'  was 
a  native  of  Virginia,  and  wiis  born  in  Marion 
County,  February  11,  1844.  His  father,  Jesse 
Sturm,  Sr.,  was  likewise  a  native  of  that  county 
and  the  son  of  Jacoli  Sturm,  who  vvas  born  and 
reared  in  Germany.  The  latter  at  an  early  day 
emigrated  to  America,  being  accompanieil  by  two 
brothers;  he  was  then  a  young  man,  and  settled 
in  the  Old  Dominion  during  the  Colonial  times. 
He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  on  the  side 
of  the  Colonists,  and  after  the  close  of  the  great 
struggle  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Marion 
County,  Va.,  and.  cleared  a  farm  from  the  wilder- 
ness. He  also  erected  a  gristmill,  which  he  oper- 
ated, and  there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
His  wife  was  a  native  of  his  own  county. 

Jesse  Sturm.  Sr.,  w.as  reared   to  manhood  in  his 
native  county,  where  he   learned  farming  and  mill- 


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ill";.  When  reaching  manhood,  he  ijurehased  a 
tract  of  timber  land  there,  of  which  he  cleared 
quite  an  area,  then  selling  a  part,  laid  out  the  town 
of  Worthington,  erecting  a  mill  and  several  other 
good  buildings.  The  mill  was  operated  by  him, 
and  he  also  conducted  an  hotel.  In  1849,  selling 
out  the  above-mentioned  interests,  he  purchased  a 
farm  and  mill  site  along  the  line  of  Marion  and 
Harrison  Counties.  There  he  put  u\>  another  mill, 
which  he  operated  until  1873.  He  then  sohl  out 
all  Ills  interests  again  anfl  purchased  another  tract 
of  land  on  the  same  stream,  building  another  mill 
and  operating  this  by  steam.  He  purchased  a 
home  in  the  village  of  Wyatt,  vvhere  he  spent  his 
last  days,  passing  away  October  10,  1883,  at  the 
age  of  seventy-six  years. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden 
name  of  ^Matilda  Davis.  She  likewise  was  a  native 
of  Marion  County.  Va.,  and  the  daughter  of  Caleb 
Davis,  who  was  born  near  Moorfleld,  that  State. 
The  latter  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  spent 
his  declining  days  in  ilarion  County.  Mrs.  Ma- 
tilda (Davis)  Sturm  died  in  Wyatt.  Va.,  November 
11,  188G.  The  parental  family  consisted  of  ten 
children,  eight  of  whom  lived  to  mature  years. 
Jesse  T.  was  reared  and  educated  in  Marion  County, 
also  in  Harrison  County,  Va.,  and  assisted  his 
father  in  the  labors  of  the  farm  and  mill,  louring 
the  second  j  ear  of  the  war  he  enlisted,  August  20, 
1862,  in  Comi)any  H.  Fourteenth  West  Virginia 
Infantry,  and  served  until  July  3,  1865,  in  the 
Ann}-  of  West  Virginia.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  of  IluUtown,  Lynchburg,  Carter's  Farm, 
Winchester.  Fisher's  Hill  and  Cedar  Creek.  At  the 
latter  place  his  regiment  was  surprised  and  routed 
when  Sherman  made  his  famous  ride  at  Winches- 
ter. Mr.  Sturm  saw  the  hero  as  he  reached  the 
line.  Although  Mr.  .Sturm  was  struck  by  a  bullet 
and  knocked  down,  he  soon  recovered  and  assisted 
in  finishing  the  Pght  at  Fisher's  Hill,  being  the 
first  man  over  the  rani|)arls  at  Winchester,  and  he 
fired  the  first  shot  at  Hulltown.  In  the  flrst-men- 
tioned  place  ]Mr.  Sturm  and  his  brothcr-inlaw, 
Lieut.  Hess,  with  about  twelve  others,  went  in  ad- 
vance of  the  lino  of  battle,  running  into  an  ambus- 
cade of  the  enemy,  and  Mr.  Sturm  was  the  only  one 
left  standing  when   the   regiment  came  u[).      Lieut. 


Hess  was  shot,  and  fell  dead  at  his  feet.  The  cloth- 
ing and  equipments  of  Mr.  Sturm  were  perforated 
by  fort\--two  bullets.  He  was  then  promoted  to  be 
Color-Sergeant,  whicli  position  lie  retained  until 
his  discharge. 

Upon  leaving  the  army,  Mr.  Sturm  engaged  in 
farming  and  lumbering  at  Mannington,  W.  Va.  In 
1870  he  commenced  teaching  vocal  music,  which 
he  followed  until  the  spring  of  1872,  when  he 
started  for  the  country  west  of  the  Mississippi. 
Leaving  West  Virginia  in  March,  1872,  he  trav- 
eled by  rail  to  Florence,  Marion  County,  and  then 
purchasing  a  team  and  wagon,  drove  through  to 
this  count\'.  Soon  thereafter  he  filed  a  claim  to 
a  tract  of  land  in  what  is  now  Falls  Township. 
The  country  was  thinly  settled,  peopled  principally 
b}'  wild  animals,  including  deer  and  buffalo.  New- 
ton,  eighty  miles  distant,  was  the  nearest  railroad 
station.  Jlr.  .Sturm  repaired  thither,  and  purchas- 
ing lumber,  hauled  it  to  his  claim,  where  he  put  up 
a  house  and  commenced  the  improvement  of  his 
property.  That  first  year  he  harvested  a  fine  crop 
of  corn  from  the  soil.  He  has  operated  upon  the 
maxim  that  -'a  rolling  stone  gathers  no  moss,"  and 
to-day  retains  possession  of  the  land,  which  under 
his  careful  management  has  been  transformed  from 
a  wild,  uncultivated  waste  to  a  valuable  homestead. 
He  gradually  added  to  his  [)ossessious,  and  is  now 
the  owner  of  three  hundred  and  twenty  broad 
acres.  lie  erected  good  buildings  and  sup|ilied 
himself  with  all  the  neeessarj'  machiner}'  for  suc- 
cessful farming.  He  lived  there  until  the  23d  of 
September.  1888,  then  wisely  retiring  from  active 
labor,  took  up  his  abode  in  Wellington. 

On  the  11th  of  February,  IHCii.  occurred  the 
marriage  of  Jesse  F.  Sturm  to  Miss  Lavinie  J. 
Hess.  This  lad3'  is  likewise  a  native  of  Marion 
County,  Va.,  and  was  born  January  28,  1817.  Her 
parents  were  Peter  and  Orpha  (Sandy)  Hess,  who 
spent  their  last  years  in  Worthington.  W.  Va.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sturm  there  have  been  born  six  chil- 
dren, viz:  Leouidas  W.,  Leodas  B..  Lola  M.,  Lei- 
ten  L.,  Leonora  L.  .and  Lucius  M.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Sturm  are  members  in  good  standing  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church.  Mr.  Sturm  belongs  to  Upton  Post, 
No.  27,  G.  A.  R.,  of  which  he  is  a  charter  member, 
and  to  Wellington  Lodge,  No.  133.  L  O.  O.  F.   He 


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votes  tlie  straiglit,  K('i)ubliL'aii  ticket,  and  has  served 
as  Trustee  of  Falls  Township,  School  Director. 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  Road  Commissioner,  and  in 
1887  was  elected  County  Treasurer. 

The  ability  displayed  in  the  management  of  the 
finances  of  the  "'reat  county  of  .Suninei',  and  the 
uniform  kindness  and  courtesy  shown  to  all  parties 
with  whom  he  came  in  contact,  laised  our  subject 
in  the  esteem  of  the  people  of  his  county,  and  in 
18M!)  he  was  reelected  to  that  important  and  lu- 
crative office  b3'  a  largely  increased  majority,  and 
is  now  about  entering  upon  its  duties  for  a  second 
term. 


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ANLF.Y  D.  COVKLL.  As  an  exponent 
V\  of  progress  and  enterprise  Mr.  Covell 
&  stands  foremost  among  the  leading  men 
of  Avon  Township.  At  present  he  is  giv- 
ing his  chief  attention  to  the  breeding  of  Percheron 
horses,  and  is  one  of  the  best  judges  of  horse  flesh 
in  this  section  of  the  country.  For  many  years  he 
was  an  importer,  and  has  for  the  last  fifteen  years 
made  a  specialty  of  breeding  the  pure  registered 
Percherons,  of  which  he  has  thirty  head  on  his 
homestead  in  Sumnrr  County.  More  than  ordi 
narily  intelligentand  well-informed,  he  is  naturally 
looked  up  to  in  his  community,  where  he  has  been 
no  unimportant  factor  in  advancing  its  material 
interests.  His  well-regulated  homestead  is  situated 
on  section  30,  comprising  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  lan<l,  whereon  have  been  erected 
good  buildings,  and  which  is  complete  in  all  res- 
pects as  a  rural  residence. 

Mr.  Covell  came  from  his  native  place — Dela- 
ware, Ohio — to  this  county  in  March,  1883.  He 
was  born  in  March,  1822,  and  is  the  son  of  Calvin 
Covell,  a  native  of  Vermont,  and  a  carriage-maker 
by  occupation.  The  father  came  to  Delaware, 
Ohio,  about  the  year  181 G,  and  was  married  to 
Pamelia  Dopson,  October  10,  1820.  They  had  a 
family  of  eight  children,  who  lived  to  maturity, 
anil  who  were  named  as  follows:  Manley  D.,  our 
subject;    Clarissa    Electa,    who    mari-ied     Willi:Mn 


Likes,  and  at  her  death  left  one  son,  now  living; 
Mary  E.,  who  became  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Emerson, 
and  they  are  now  living  in  Delaware,  Ohio;  Lyman 
Sanford,  who  was  united  in  marriage  with  Mi.ss 
Lauia  Abbott,  of  Tillin.  Ohio;  they  live  in  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  ami  haveone  daughter  living,  Anna  1!.; 
Louisa  Ann  (Mrs.  Isa.'ic  W.  Ilickle).  who  lives  in 
Cumherland  County,  111.;  of  their  five  living  chil- 
dren three  are  boys  and  two  girls;  Pamelia  J. 
(Mrs.  M.  C.  Cochrain)  lives  in  Delaware,  Ohio; 
Calvin  Edgar  vvas  twice  married,  his  first  wife 
being  Miss  Sarah  Mills,  and  the  second  Miss  Mar- 
garet Emerson;  Adeline  .Josepiiine  became  the 
wife  of  Milton  Scott,  and  lives  at  (Clarence,  Cedar 
County,  Iowa;  the}'  had  four  children,  one  of 
whom,  Fannie,  is  deceased. 

Our  subject,  after  completing  his  education, 
learned  the  trade  of  a  cai-riage-maker  under  .the 
instruction  of  his  father,  and  was  engaged  in  this 
at  Delaware  for  several  years.  Later,  in  Ohio,  he 
became  interested  in  farming,  and  there  began  Uw, 
importation  and  breeding  of  Percheron  horses. 
He  finally  resolved  upon  seeking  the  Far  West, 
and  came  to  Kansas  in  1882,  selecting  the  land  in 
Avon  Township,  upon  which  he  removed  the  fol- 
lowing year.  This  embraces  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres,  and  is  finely  adapted  to  the  business 
to  which  it  is  devoted.  Mr.  Covell  usuallv  k?eps 
about  thirty  head  of  pure-bloodctl  Percheron 
horses  of  all  ages,  and  his  transactions  extenil  not 
only  throughout  the  State  of  Kansas,  but  the  two 
Stales  adjoining. 

Mr.  Covell  was  first  married  in  his  native  place 
to  Miss  Louisa  Lee,  who  became  the  mother  of 
seven  chihlren,  three  now  living — Charles,  ,\nise 
and  Addie.  Mrs.  Louisa  Covell  died  in  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  in  1872.  Our  subject  contr.acted 
a  second  marriage  in  Franklin  County,  Ohio,  with 
Mrs.  Anise  Lee,  widow  of  Theron  Lee,  and  like- 
wise a  native  of  the  liuckeye  State.  This  lady  is 
the  daughter  of  Alvin  and  Betsy  Fuller,  and  was 
born  .lanuarj'  30,  1828.      Her  parents  are  deceased. 

For  nearly  fifty  years  Mr.  Covell  has  been  a 
faithful  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  iden- 
tifying himself  with  it  in  Delaware,  Ohio,  in  the 
winter  of  1810,  and  has  been  .an  Elder  therein  since 
18(il.     Politically,  he  is  a  sound   Republican.     He 


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meddles  very  little  with  public  affairs,  but  has 
been  a  reader  all  liis  life,  and  keeps  himself  tlior- 
oughl^r  informed  upon  the  leading  questions  of 
the  day.  Mrs.  Covell  is  a  huiy  of  more  than 
ordinary  intelligence,  and  in  all  respects  a  true  help- 
mate to  her  husband,  proving  of  assistance,  finan- 
cially, in  the  prudent  and  economical  management 
of  her  household  affairs,  and  assisting  him  also  in 
sustaining  his  reputilion  among  his  fellow-citizens. 
They  have  a  pleasant  and  attractive  home,  and 
occuiiy  a  lea<1ino   position  in  the  community. 


4-f#=S?^=^-H-^ 


Y^ANNIBAL    A.  TAYLOR,  one  of  the  pio- 
^~^      neers  of  Sumner  County,  was  born  in  Ohio 
County,  Ky.,  November  25,  1813.      His  fa- 

(l^;  ther,  Levi  Taylor,  was  a  native  of  the  same 
county,  and  his  father,  the  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject, was  a  pioneer  of  Ohio  Count}',  Ky.,  in  which 
place  he  spent  his  last  d.iys.  The  father  of  out 
subject  was  left  an  orphan  at  a  very  caily  age  bul 
continued  to  reside  in  his  native  county,  where  he 
was  reared  to  agricultural  pursuits.  When  grown 
to  manliood  lie  bought  a  tract  of  heavily  timbered 
land  on  the  bank  of  (Treen  River  and  there  built  a 
log  house  in  which  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
born.  lie  cleared  a  farm  and  resided  there  until 
his  death  in  1885.  Tlie  maiden  name  of  his  wife, 
the  mother  of  our  subject,  was  Kittie  Catherine 
Taylor.  Siie  was  a  native  of  ^'irginia,  of  which 
■State  lier  parents,  Septimus  and  Priscilla  Taylor, 
were  also  natives.  They  removed  to  Kentucky 
and  were  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  Ohio 
County  where  they  spent  their  last  days.  The 
mother  of  II.  A.Taylor  died  in  1870.  The  pa- 
rental family  embraced  eight  children,  all  ot  whom 
were  reared  to  maturity.  They  \yere  named  respect- 
ively, Septimus  C, Mary,  Lewis,  ^'ictor,  Silas,  II.  A., 
Volney  and  Qnintns  S. 

The  suljject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive county  and  assisted  his  father  in  tilling  the 
soil  during  his  youth  and  early  manhood.  When 
quite  well  grown  he  engaged  in  occasional  trips  of 


flat-boating  on  the  Green  River,  going  as  far  as 
Evansville.  He  made  two  trips  down  the  Blississippi 
River  to  New  Orleans  with  a  ttatboat  loaded  with 
hoops,  poles  and  staves  for  the  market.  These  va- 
rious expeditions  were  keenly  enjoyed  by  Mr.  Tay- 
lor and  were  also  profitable  in  a  pecuniary  point  of 
view.  He  continued  to  make  his  home  in  Kentucky 
until  1868,  in  which  year  he  went  to  Champaign 
County,  111.,  where  he  rented  land  and  lived  on  it 
until  1871. 

In  1871  Mr.  Taylor  concluded  to  emigrate  to 
Kansas  where  he  could  secure  Government  land 
and  make  a  better  home  for  himself  than  he  could 
in  the  more  populous  State  of  Illinois.  Accord- 
ingly he  started  with  a  pair  of  horses  and  a  wagon 
and  drove  the  entire  distance  to  Sumner  County, 
which  was  then  opened  np  for  settlement.  Only  a 
year  befoi'C  his  arrival  buffalo  had  roamed  over 
the  (dains  which  were  then  unsnrve>ed  and  nn- 
tennanted  by  anything  superior  to  the  wild  animals 
which  were  shortly  to  be  displaced  by  the  settlers 
and  their  domestic  creatures.  BIr.  Taylor  made  a 
claim  to  a  tract  of  Government  land,  including  the 
northwest  quarter  of  section  11,  in  what  is  now 
Jackson  Township,  and  Hied  on  the  same  at  the  land 
office  at  Wichita.  He  then  returned  lo  Kentucky 
where  he  resided  until  187G,  in  which  3ear  he  again 
turned  his  footsteps  Westward  and  located  on  his 
land  in  Sumner  Count}'.  During  his  absence  the 
railroad  had  been  extended  from  Kmporia  to 
Wichita,  which  materially  increased  the  value  of 
his  land  besides  facilitating  the  operations  of  travel 
and  trans])ortation.  He  continued  to  reside  on  his 
farm  until  1881  when  he  rented  it  to  a  good  tenant 
and  went  to  Colorado  where  he  spent  the  summer 
near  Gunnison.  In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  returned 
to  his  farm  and  has  resided  on  it  from  that  time  to 
the  [)resent. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  twice  mariiod.  In 
1877  he  took  Miss  Martha  J.  Fulkerson  to  wife  but 
his  married  happiness  was  of  brief  duration,  as  she 
was  claimed  by  the  [)ale  messenger  from  the  unseen 
land  in  the  fall  of  187'.t,  and  borne  swiftly  away 
from  the  sorrowing  friends  who  would  fain  have 
detained  her  yet  awhile  longer.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Enis  and  Sissera  Fidkerson  and  a  native  of 
Muhlenberg  County,  Ky.  The  second  union  of  Mr. 


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Taylor  look  |i|ace  in  January.  1882,  when  hecs- 
ponsed  Miss  Plui'be  Frame,  a  native  of  .Montgomery 
County,  111.  There  is  one  child  living — Howard. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Taylor  are  excellent  jieople  and  con- 
sistent Christians.  They  find  a  congenial  religious 
home  in  llic  liosdin  of  llie  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  of  wliich  tln'V  are  earnest  and  eflicient 
mcMnbers. 


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OOAH  E.  IIEIZER.  an  old  resident  of  this 
'  county,  was  born  in  Fayette  County.  Ind., 
January  4.  1826.  and  spent  his  early  life 
there  on  a  farm.  His  father.  .loshua  Heizer  was  a 
native  of  Virginia,  whence  he  emigrated  to  Indiana 
in  1818  and  acquired  iiis  education  in  the  primitive 
schools  at  a  time  when  Indians  and  wild  animals 
roamed  through  the  heavy  timl)er.  The  father 
built  a  log  cabin  and  cleared  up  a  farm  from  the 
wilderness. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  who  in  her  girlliood 
was  Jemima  Cory,  was  a  native  of  Warren  County, 
Oliio,  and  going  to  Indiana  to  visit  her  brother, 
there  met  her  future  husband  to  w^iiom  she  was 
soon  married.  llie}'  became  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  of  whom  Noali  E.  was  the  fourth  in 
order  of  birtli.  Tlie  |iarents  spent  their  Last  d.iys 
at  the  old  farm,  the  fatiier  dying  at  the  age  of 
fifty-six.  The  niotlier  lived  to  the  .advanced  age 
of  eighty-five.  Both  were  members  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church.  The  maternal  grandfather.  Noah 
Cory,  it  is  lielieved  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania, 
from  which  he  emigrated  at  an  earl}' day  to  Ohio 
and  there  died. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  married  in  Fay- 
ette County,  Ind..  to  Miss  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Nelieraiah  S.  and  Nancy  (Wherrett)  Raszell.  The 
parents  of  Mrs.  Heizer  were  natives  of  Kentucky 
whence  they  removed  at  an  early  day  to  Indiana, 
settling  at  Greensburg.  upon  the  site  of  which  .Mr. 
Kaszell  erected  the  first  brick  house.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  died  in  that  State.  The  paternal  grand- 
father, Charles  Raszell.  settled  in  the  woods  near 
Greensburg  at  an  early  d:iy  and  died    in   that  city 


when  over  one  hundred  years  old.  He  was  married 
ill  \'irginia  to  Nancy  Ilolden;  she  died  in  Kentucky 
and  Grandfather  Raszell  later  was  married  to  Miss 
Jennie  Doles  who  died  in  Indiana. 

.Mr.  Heizer  lived  in  Indiana  until  February,  1877, 
then  came  to  Kansas,  settling  first  in  Cowley  County. 
He  lived  there  until  March,  1884.  then  |)urchased 
eighty  acres  of  land  from  which  he  constructed  his 
present  farm.  Five  of  the  six  children  lioru  to 
him  and  his  excellent  wife  are  still  living.  .Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Heizer  are  jjrominently  connected  with  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  attending  services  at 
South  Haven.  Mr.  Heizer  belongs  to  the  Farmers' 
Alliance.  While  a  resident  of  Cowley  County  he 
served  as  Township  Trustee. 


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^■.  B.  HOLMES  is  the  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Holmes  it  Co.,  grocers,  in  Wel- 
lington, where  he  has  been  engaged  in 
business  since  1874.  with  the  exception  of 
two  years.  He  is  in  charge  of  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  prominent  groceries  in  the  place,  and  is 
highly  respected  by  all  who  know  him  for  his 
integrity  and   business  abilit}'. 

The  parents  of  our  snl)ject  were  Samuel  and 
Jane  (Streator)  Holmes,  for  many  years  residents 
of  (Juincy,  III  .  in  which  place  our  subject  was 
born  July  1',).  18;5;).  His  father  w.as  a  native  of 
Thompson,  Conn.,  having  been  born  in  1S12.  and 
took  u[)  his  residence  in  (iuiney  at  an  early  date. 
The  senior  Mr.  Holmes  was  engaged  in  pork-packing 
and  later  in  raihoad  work,  having  Vieen  the  builder 
of  the  east  end  of  the  Hannibal  &  Si.  Jose|)l],  and 
of  the(^uincy  A-  Palinyia  Railroad,  and  President 
of  the  latter.  lie  was  an  incorporator  of  the 
Quincv  Bridge  and  an  extensive  business  man.  and 
during  the  latter  part  of  the  '.iOs  was  Speaker  of 
the  Illinois  House  of  Representatives.  He  departed 
this  life  in  18()8  at  the  age  of  fifty  six  years.  His 
widow  survived  (inlil  1.^72.  when  she  too  passed 
away,  her  age  being  sixty-one  years. 

The  subject  of  this   biography  grew  to  maturity' 


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in  his  native  toivn,  acqniring  an  excellent  educa- 
tion in  tliat  town,  where  subsequently  he  engaged 
in  the  grocery  business  and  also  in  grain  dealing, 
finding  his  principal  occupation  in  that  employment 
until  he  came  to  Kansas.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen  and  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America.  He  gives  his  suffrage  to 
the  Democratic  party,  but  has  no  political  aspira- 
tions of  a  personal  nature. 

On  May  "20,  1885,  Mr.  Holmes  was  united  in 
marriage  with  Mrs.  Mary  W.  Peck,  of  St.  Louis. 
Her  maiden  name  was  Mary  Wliitmore  and  she  was 
born  in  St.  Louis  in  1849,  growing  to  maturity  in 
that  city,  and  there  marrying  Rudolph,  son  of 
Charles  H.  Pfck.  By  iiiin  she  iiad  two  daughters — 
Mary  and  Lyda — who  are  now  living  with  our 
subject. 


fk-'A  O'SS  DAVIDSON.  No  resident  of  Well- 
ington is  more  highly  respected  than  the 
S  aliove-named  gentleman,  whose  citizenship 
of  Kansas  dates  from  the  fall  of  1876,  and 
who  is  well  known  as  a  man  of  ability  and  integ- 
rity of  character.  His  life  shows  in  a  marked  man- 
ner through  what  discouragements  and  trials  some 
men  arrive  at  pros[)erity  and  win  a  high  reputa- 
tion, and  should  be  an  encouraging  lesson  toother 
youths.  Mr.  Davidson  was  born  in  Norwa}-,  .lanu- 
aiy  3,  1837,  and  is  a  son  of  Arne  and  Britavia 
Davidson.  He  grew  to  the  .age  of  thirteen  years 
in  his  native  country,  and  then  accompanied  his 
parents,  two  brothers  and  a  sister  to  America, 
landing  in  New  York,  .Tuly  ,5,  18.t0.  It  was  the 
intention  uf  Mr.  Davidson,  Sr.,  to  locate  in  Wis- 
consin, and  the  family  went  as  far  as  Chicago, 
where  they  waited  for  an  uncle  of  our  subject  to 
come  from  Wisconsin  with  a  team,  as  there  was  no 
railroad  to  that  section.  AVhen  the  uncle  arrived, 
he  found  the  father  nearly-  dead  of  the  cholera,  and 
a  few  hours  later  he  breathed  his  last.  The  uncle 
was  taken  sick  at  the  burial,  and  he  also  died  in  a 
few   days,  and   in  a  short  time   the  mother  and  one 


brother  of  our  subject,  his  aunt,  two  cousins,  and 
two  uncles  were  also  dead,  leaving  two  orphans 
thirteen  and  eight  years  of  age,  without  friends  or 
relatives  near  them,  in  a  strange  land,  with  whose 
language  even  they  were  unfamiliar.  J.  R.  Kiuzie, 
a  kind-hearted  man,  foi'  whom  Kinzie  Street,  was 
named,  took  the  orphans  in  charge  and  found  a 
home  for  the  younger  with  a  Mr.  Hubbard,  himself 
letaining  charge  of  our  subject.  The  following 
fall  our  subject's  uncle  b_y  marriage  sent  his  sons 
with  an  oxteam  and  tock  the  b03S  to  his  home  in 
Wisconsin,  where  our  subject  remained  one  and 
one-half  years. 

Young  Davidson  then  hired  himself  out  to  a  Mi'. 
Jewell  until  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  this 
being  a  period  of  six  years.  He  then  went  to  AVar- 
ren.  111.,  and  apprenticed  himself  to  D.  H.  Dean,  a 
blacksmith,  with  whom  he  remained  three  years, 
after  which  he  went  to  Hillsdale.  iMich.,  having  de- 
termined to  devote  his  savings  to  acquiring  a  better 
education.  He  attended  the  college  from  18G1  till 
the  fall  of  1863,  when  he  gave  up  his  intention  of 
gradu.ating  to  engage  in  the  service  of  his  adopted 
country  in  the  war  that  was  then  going  on. 

Mr.  Davidson  enlisted  in  Company  I,  Eleventh 
Michigan  Cavalry,  which  was  attached  to  the  Four- 
teenth Army  Corps,  his  first  service  being  in  fol- 
lowing the  famous  Gen.  Morgan  and  assisting  in 
the  routing  of  his  band.  His  regiment  then  took  part 
in  the  attack  at  tlie  King  Salt  Works,  Va.,  and  the 
nest  winter  again  attacked  that  place  and  captured 
it.  They  also  fought  with  Breckenridge  between 
Withville  and  Salt  Works,  and  in  man3'  skirmishes 
and  raids.  Near  the  close  of  the  war  the^-  were  en- 
gaged at  Salisbury,  N.  C  where  they  captured 
many  prisonei's,  and  after  which  they  joined  in  the 
pursuit  of  Jefferson  Davis.  Mr.  Davidson  was  dis- 
charged at  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  and  mu.'.tered  out  of 
service  at  Jackson,  Mich.,  after  having  faithfully 
fulfilled  the  duties  which  devolved  uixm  iiini  in 
every  department  of  a  soldier's  life. 

Before  going  into  the  arm}-,  Mr.  Davidson  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Ora  A.  Francisco,  of 
Grass  Lake,  Mich.,  who  was  attending  Hillsdale 
College,  and  continued  her  studies  there  for  some 
time  after  he  had  joined  his  regiment.  l*i)on  leav- 
ing the  arm}-,  Mr.   Davidson  first   took  u|)  the  arts 


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of  peace  at  Warren,  Til.,  where  lie  built  up  a  home 
and  improved  some  land  that  he  owned.  Movini; 
thence  to  Wyota.  Wis.,  he  engaged  in  business  with 
his  brother  for  four  years,  and  then  returned  to 
AVarren,  wlierc  he  remained  until  187(5.  when  he 
came  to  Wic'liita,  intending  to  work  at  his  ti-ade 
there.  Finding'  no  job,  however,  ho  went  to  the 
western  pait  of  Sedgwick  County,  and  took  up  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land,  on  wliich  he 
proved  up  and  made  good  improvements,  living  on 
it  four  years,  when  he  w.ts  burned  out  by  prairie 
fire.  He  then  came  to  this  place,  and  for  a  year 
worked  by  the  day,  after  which  lie  rented  a  shoj) 
and  began  business  for  himself.  He  afterward 
purchased  the  lots  with  nothing  but  a  little  shanty 
on  them.  Thej'  are  finely  locate<l  on  Lincoln 
Avenue,  a  half  block  from  Washington  Street,  and 
there  Mr.  Davidson  has  erected  a  fine  twostory 
brick  building,  50x75  feet,  in  which  he  finds  abun- 
dant occupation. 

To  Mr.  Davidson  and  his  estimable  wife  four 
children  have  been  born.  Three  of  these  are  still 
living.  Charles  H.  is  a  book  keeper  in  this  place: 
Kellie  \.  is  a  teacher;  William  M.  is  still  attending 
school.  All  are  intelligent  and  well-informed,  fill- 
ing their  spheres  in  life  in  an  honorable  manner. 
Sir.  Davidson  has  served  his  fellow-citizens  as 
Alderman,  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  represent- 
ative old  settlers.  He  belongs  to  tlio  Haptist  Church, 
and  is  a  useful  and  honored   member  of  that  body. 


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1^  ON.  S.  HARVEY  HORNER,  who  is  the 
r  present  rep'e^entati  ve  from  Sumner  County 
^^  to  the  Kansas  Legislature  on  the  Repub- 
(^  lican  ticket,  has  been  for  many  years  idtn- 
tififid  with  the  inton^sts  of  Caldwell  and  vicinity, 
ami  is  evidently  one  of  its  most  popul.ar  men.  The 
possessor  of  more  than  orilinary  capabilities,  he  has 
made  a  good  record  as  a  business  man  and  a  citi- 
zen, and  has  attained  to  his  present  high  position 
solely  through  his  own  eliforts,  having  started  in 
life  entirely  dependent  upon  his  own  resources.   He 


was  born  in  Darke  County.  Ohio.  June  8,  1854, 
and  is  consequently  in  the  prime  of  life  and  the 
midst  of  his  usefulness. 

Mr.  Hoiner  was  the  sixth  in  a  family  of  nine 
children,  the  offspring  of  John  C.  and  Mary  (Burns) 
Horner,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  native  of  Adams 
County,  Pa.,  and  born  in  18111.  John  Horner  left 
his  native  State  in  1835,  when  a  youth  of  sixteen 
years,  locating  in  Gettysburg,  Ohio,  and  was  there- 
after a  resident  of  the  Buckeye  .State  until  his 
death,  which  occurred  at  Versailles  in  1882.  He 
accumulated  a  comfortalile  i)ro|)erty,  following  the 
pursuits  of  farm  life,  and  w.as  an  ,active  member  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church.  He  was 
married  in  early  manhood  to  .Miss  Mary  Lurns. 
who  was  born  in  Ohio  about  1824  and  died  in  \'er- 
sailles,  that  .State,  in  1876.  The  paternal  grand- 
father was  John  C.  Horner,  a  native  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, wdiose  father  owned  the  farm  upon  which  later 
was  fought  the  famous  battle  of  Gettyslnirg.  I'a. 
The  family  is  of  h'ish  extraction  and  was  first  rep- 
resented in  this  country  during  the  Colonial  days. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on  a  farm 
in  his  native  county,  receiving  such  educational 
advantages  as  were  afforded  bj'  the  common  schools. 
He  w.as  more  than  orilinarily  bright  and  intelligent, 
and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years  began  reading 
medicine.  His  attention,  however,  w.as  turned  in 
anotiier  direction  and  thereafter,  until  187G,  he  w-as 
occupied  as  clerk  in  a  drug-store  at  Versailles. 
Ohio.  That  year  he  sought  the  CJreat  West,  com- 
ing to  Wi^TJiita,  this  State,  and  was  emplo^'ed  as 
clerk  in  a  drug-store  there  until  1879.  That  year  he 
took  up  his  abode  in  Caldwell,  of  which  he  has 
since  been  a  resident.  He  soon  establislicil  a  drug- 
store on  his  own  account,  which  he  has  since  con- 
ducted very  successfnll\',  incorporating  with  it  a 
jewelry  business,  from  wliich  lie  also  realizes  hand- 
some rctunis.  He  is  now  well-to-do  linaiicially, 
and  occupies  no  secondary  position  aimuig  tha 
leading  men  of  his  communit3\  Liberal  and  pub- 
lic spirited,  he  is  one  of  the  first  to  leixl  a  helping 
hand  to  every  worthy  enterprise,  being  in  favor  of 
education  and  every  measure  tending  to  elevate 
society  and  benefit  the  people.  He  has  served  as  a 
member  of  the  City  Council,  also  as  City  Treasurer 
and   City  Clerk.      He   is  likewise  a  Director  of  the 


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Stock  Exchange  BanU.  nml  is  a  large  stockliolder 
in  tlie  Caldwell  water  works.  As  a  member  in  higli 
standing  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  he  has  taken  all 
the  degrees,  and  l)clongs  to  the  Encampmeul  degree, 
I.  ().  ().  F..  Uniformed  K'lnk  of  K.  of  1'..  and  the 
Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 

Mr.  Iforner  was  married,  October  25,  1878,  to 
iliss  Julia  York,  then  a  resident  of  Wichita,  this 
State.  Mrs.  Horner  was  born  in  Winchester.  111., 
.January  11,  1862,  and  was  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Jlary  (Blackburn)  York,  the  former  of  Illinois 
nnti  the  latter  a  native  of  England.  The  result  of 
this  union  is  a  bright  little  daughter — Marie,  born 
November  17,  1887. 


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TwTDGE  JOHN  E.  HALSELL,  now  residing 
in  Wellington,  and  engaged  in  legal  practice 
there,  is  a  native  of  the  Blue  Grass  Slate, 
having  been  born  in  Warren  County,  Sep- 
tember 11,  1820.  His  parents,  William  and  Mary 
(Garland)  Halsell,  were  early  settlers  in  that 
county,  where  the  father  was  engaged  in  farming. 
William  Halsell  was  born  in  Butler  County,  Ky., 
and  when  gathered  to  his  falliers  was  eighty-two 
years  of  age.  To  him  and  his  wife  eight  children 
were  born,  who  lived  to  maturity. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  we  write  acquired  a 
fundamental  education  at  the  common  schools  near 
his  home,  finishing  his  literary  course  at  Cumber- 
land University,  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  and  taking  up  the 
study  of  legal  lore  in  the  same  institution.  He 
was  graduated  from  the  Department  of  Law  in 
1849,  and  located  for  practice  at  Bowling  Green, 
Ky.,  where  he  continued  his  legal  labors  for  thirtj' 
years.  During  the  earl3'  period  of  his  practice 
there  he  was  elected  County  Attorney-,  wiiich  office 
he  held  for  four  years,  and  was  also  elected  Circuit 
Judge  of  the  Fourth  Judicial  District  of  Kentucky. 
He  held  different  local  offices.  Mayor,  etc.,  and  was 
elected  to  Congress  from  the  Third  Congressional 
District  of  Kentucky,  serving  in  the  Forty-eighth 
Congress  and  also  in    the    Forty-ninth.     While  a 


member  of  the  Legislative  Assembly  he  was  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Private  Land  Claims, 
and  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Patents,  and 
served  his  constituents  satisfactorily  and  with 
credit  to  himself.  Until  his  election  to  Congress 
he  practiced  regul.arly  in  Warren  and  adjoining 
counties. 

In  April,  1887,  Judge  Halsell  located  at  Welling- 
ton, entering  into  partnership  vvith  Judge  Ra}%  and 
in  the  short  space  of  time  since  he  came  here  has 
acquired  a  reputation  as  one  of  most  able  attorneys 
in  this  part  of  the  State.  The  firm  to  which  he  be- 
longs is  now  Halsell  &  Mumford.  Judge  Halsell  has 
had  no  jjolitical  aspirations,  but  being  a  firm  be- 
liever in  the  principles  of  Democracy,  and  in  the 
dut3-  of  exercising  the  right  of  franchise,  he  is 
ever  ready  to  cast  his  vote  with  his  favored  part3-. 
Of  a  social  axid  benevolent  nature,  he  is  naturally 
interested  in  the  societies,  and  belongs  to  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  the  Masonic 
fraternity. 

Judge  Halsell  was  united  in  marriage,  in  April, 
1876,  with  Mrs.  Carrie  Spencer  nee  Porter,  of  Todd 
County,  K}'.  The  union  has  been  blessed  b}'  the 
birth  of  one  son,  John  T.  Halsell.  The  accomplished 
wife  of  Judge  Halsell  is  a  daughter  of  the  Rev. 
Thomas  Porter,  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church,  and  was  born  in  Todd  County,  where  she 
lived  until  after  her  marriage  with  oui  subject. 


OHN  C.  JAY,  at  present  a  resident  of  South 
Haven,  where  he  settled  in  1885.  is  a  native 
of  New  York  State.  His  early  years  were 
!^/l  spent  in  an  uneventful  manner  on  a  farm 
and  when  reaching  man's  estate  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Lucy  C.  Waters,  who  was  born  and  reared 
not  far  from  the  childhood  home  of  her  husband. 
They  lived  in  their  native  .State  until  1849,  then 
removed  to  Columbia  County,  Wis.,  and  later  to 
Portage  County,  that  State.  In  1859  they  changed 
their  residence  to  Ralls  County.  Mo.,  and  after- 
ward, in  1861.   removed  to  Macon  County.     That 


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same  fall,  goiiig  into  Iowa,  tlicv  lived  for  a  short 
time  in  A'aii  Riireii  Couiity.  Then  in  the  fall  of 
18G2  tliey  vetiiiMied  to  Portage  Comity.  Wis. 

In  1803  Mr.  Jay  removed  with  his  family  lo  Ft. 
Atkinson,  Iowa.  In  18G.5  we  find  them  inCastalia, 
that  same  county,  and  from  there  tliev  removed  to 
Ilaneock  County.  Next  they  journeyed  to  Dakota 
and  from  there  came  overland  witha'team  lo  South 
Haven.  Mr.  Jay's  family  consists  of  a  daughter, 
Kmma  1).,  and  a  son.  Frederick,  who  is  represented 
elsewhere  in  this  woik.  Socially,  he  belongs  to 
the  Masonic  fraternity.  His  parents  were  Jesse 
and  Margaret  (Clark)  Jay,  both  natives  of  New 
York  State  where  they  reared  their  family  and 
died. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Joshua  J.,  a  native  of  New  York  State,  where  he 
was  reared  among  strangers,  his  parents  having 
died  when  he  was  quite  young.  After  reaching 
manhood  he  married  Miss  Rachel  IJailey  and  later 
they  removed  to  Ohio,  where  they  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  their  days.  On  the  maternal  side 
(Jrandfatlier  lOlias  Clark,  also  a  native  of  New  York 
State,  was  of  Irish  ancestry.  He  married  Miss  Hiley 
Cole,  wlio  was  a  native  of  New  York  and  who 
traced  her  forefathers  to  Holland,  some  of  whom 
came  lo  America  with  the  Plymouth  Rock  Colony. 
yiv.  Jay  recollects  seeing  in  his  young  years  an  old 
family  Bible  marked  by  a  blood  stain  of  one  of  his 
ancestors  who  was  murdered  by  the  Indians;  and 
there  were  also  holes  in  several  of  the  leaves, 
bearing  a  spear  maik  of  the  Indian  who  killed  the 
person  who  w;is  reading  the  Bible  al  the  time  of  the 
massacre;  that  old  book  is  sui)pose(l  to  be  still  in 
possession  of  some  member  of  the  family  not  at 
present  known  1:\'  Mr.  Jay. 


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BR  AN  AM  AN,  who   is  the  Cashier   of  the 
Sumner  National  Hank  in  Wellington,  was 
born  in  Milledgeville,  Carroll  County,  III., 
^f'  February    21,    18.j|,  and    was  a  child    of 

about  five  years  when  taken  liy  his  parents  to  Tama 


Covinty.  Iowa,  where  he  grew  to  maturity.  He 
finished  his  education  at  Tama  City  High  School, 
and  was  preparing  for  college  when  liis  eyes 
failed,  and  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  his  purpose. 
He  afterward  entered  a  hnv  otiice.  and  in  ix'o  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  and  pr;,ctic(;d  in  Tama  City 
for  five  years.  Although  a  ver3^  young  man  he  was 
given  the  otlices  of  City  and  School  Tre.asurei-.  and 
was  actively  engaged  in  political  woik  although  he 
did  not  seek  ofBcial  honors.  In  the  summer  of  1880 
Mr.  Branaman  moved  lo  Grundy  Center.  Iowa, 
and  engageil  in  the  banking  business,  continuing  so 
interested  there  until  he  moved  to  this  city,  about 
the  middle  of  Ai)ril,  1886.  At  that  time  the  old 
John  G.  Woods  Bank  became  the  Sumner  County 
Bank,  with  J.  G.  Woods  as  its  President;  Taul 
Weitzel.  Mce  I'resident;  an(l  our  subject  Cashier. 
Two  3'ears  later  it  was  re-organized  as  a  National 
Bank,  Jlr.  Bi-annnian  retaining  his  former  position, 
Mr.  Weitzel  continuing  Vice  President,  and  Dr.  S. 
W.  Spitler  becoming  President  of  the  new  institu- 
tion. The  bank  has  a  firm  standing  in  theconimu- 
nily,  and  has  a  capital  stock  of  875,000. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  Henry  and  Nancy 
J.  (Fowler)  Branaman.  who  are  now  living  in 
Tania  County,  Iowa,  where  the  father  is  engaged 
in  tfie  grain  business.  He  was  born  in  Louisville. 
Ky.,  June  'J.  18."M.  and  was  but  a  small  boy  when 
taken  to  Indiana,  where  he  grew  to  manhood  and 
married.  In  18.')4  he  moved  to  Carroll  County, 
111,,  and  for  some  years  was  engaged  in  farming 
there,  leaving  that  county  for  the  place  of  which  he 
is  now  a  resident. 

During  his  residence  at  Tama  City.  .Mr.  I'.rana- 
mau,  of  whom  we  write,  was  i,nited  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Rosa  V.  Morris,  the  ceremony  taking 
place  .lunc  1."),  1873.  The  charming  bride  was  born 
in  Penns3'lvania.  December  1,  18.")I,  and  is  a  daugh- 
ter of  C.  E  and  l-Mizabeth  Morris,  who  moved  to 
Illinois  when  she  was  five  years  old.  and  thence  to 
Tama  City  in  1866.  Her  happy  union  with  our 
subject  has  been  blessed  by  the  birth  of  two  chil- 
dren— Minnie  F.and  Charb-s  II..  both  of  whon)  will 
l)e  given  the  best  educational  advantages  which 
their  parents'  love  and  [jrosperous  circumstances 
can  comptiss. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  has  been  Treasurer  of 


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tlie  School  P)oard  in  Wellington.  In  1887  lit-  wf.s 
Scci-etary  of  the  County  Repul)liean  Ccmtral  Com- 
uiittee,  and  in  1888-8'j  was  Cliaii-man  of  the  same. 
He  is  liighly  siJoken  of  as  one  of  tlie  leading  citi- 
zens, and  a  man  of  business  ability  and  of  strict 
integrity  in  all  transactions. 


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Vt]OHN  C.  PECKIIA.AI,  a  well-known  citizen 
of  South  Haven,  well-to-do  and  living  re- 
tired from  active  labor,  has  just  passed  his 
sixty-ninth  birthday,  having  been  born 
January  7,  1821.  He  is  a  native  of  Holmes 
County,  Ohio,  born  and  reared  on  a  farm,  of  par- 
ents who  located  in  that  region  during  the  period 
of  its  earliest  settlement.  They  hewed  out  a  home- 
stead from  the  lieavy  timber,  and  there  si)ent  their 
last  days.  The  mother,  however,  was  cut  down  in 
the  prime  of  life,  dying  when  her  son.  John  C.  was 
a  mere  child.  Slie  was  a  ladv  of  many  estimable 
qualities,  and  a  consistent  member  of  the  Christian 
Church.  Eleven  children  were  left  motherless  at  i 
her  death,  of  whom  John  C.  was  among  the  younger. 
The  mother  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Cynthia 
Cook.  William  Peckham,  the  father  of  our  sub- 
ject, after  the  decease  of  his  first  wife,  was  subse- 
quently married  to  Mrs.  Rebecca  (Ralston)  Mc- 
Laughlin, and  there  were  born  to  them  six  children 
who  were  all  reared  upon  the  same  farm,  and  there 
the  father  and  stepmother  died.  The  latter  was  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church.  Mi'.  Peck- 
ham  belonged  to  the  Christian  Church.  He  and 
his  first  wife  were  natives  of  Rhode  Island,  where 
the  paternal  grandparents  of  our  subject  lived  for 
many  years.  After  the  death  of  Grandfather 
Peckham  the  son  brought  his  mother  to  Ohio,  and 
she  died  in  Holmes  County  at  the  advanced  age  of 
one  hundred  and  one  years. 

The  subject  of  tliis  sketch  was  married  in  his 
native  county  in  1848,  to  Miss  Isabel,  daughter  of 
James  and  Sarah  (Leadon)  Hackenberry.  a  native 
of  the  same  county,  where  her  father  located  when 
a  boy.     The  [larents  of   the  latter  were  among  its 


ea:liest  pioneers,  and  James,  the  son,  was  tlicre 
reared  to  man's  estate.  He  died  in  Missouri  about 
1872.  In  1849  John  C.  Peckham  removed  to  Mar- 
shall County,  Ind.,  where  he  sojourned  ten  years. 
We  next  find  him  in  Maries  County.  Mo.,  and  from 
there,  in  186.'i,  he  removed  to  DeKalb  Country,  that 
State,  wliere  he  prosecuted  farming  until  1878. 
That  3ear  he  became  a  resident  of  this  county, 
purchasing  a  farm  about  two  miles  northwest  of 
the  present  site  of  South  Haven.  He  occupied 
himself  in  agricultural  pursuits  until  February, 
1889,  when  he  wisely  decided  to  retire  from  .active 
labor,  and  is  now  enjoying  llie  fruits  of  his  industry. 
During  the  progress  of  the  late  Civil  War  Mr. 
Peckham  enlisted  as  a  I'nion  soldier  in  Company 
A,  Thirty-second  Missouri  Infantry,  and  served 
one  year,  at  the  expiration  of  which,  on  .account  of 
illness  he  was  obliged  to  .accept  his  honorable  dis- 
charge. Politically,  he  is  a  Republican,  but  h.as 
very  little  to  do  with  public  affairs  otherwise  than 
casting  his  vote  at  the  general  elections.  He 
belongs  to  South  Haven  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  at  South 
Haven,  and  with  his  estimable  wife  is  prominently 
connected  with  the  Christian  Church.  There  have 
lieen  born  to  them  six  children,  all  of  whom  are 
living,  and  named  respectively:  Sarah  J.,  Alice, 
James  W.,  Eliza,  Emma  and  Ella.  The  family 
residence  is  nicely  located  in  the  east  part  of  the 
city,  and  is  the  frequent   resort  of  its   best  people. 


^ilp^'RANKLIN  P.  LOGAN  is  one  of  the  many 
II— i<G)'  young  men  who  are  acquiring  competencies 
/!',  by  the  pursuit  of  agriculture,  and   gaining 

a  foremost  rank  among  the  practical  and  |)rosper- 
ous  farmers.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  tract  of  fertile 
land  on  section  5,  Caldwell  Township,  marked 
with  such  improvements  as  are  expected  of  an 
enterprising  tiller  of  the  soil,  and  gives  his  atten- 
tion to  farming  and  the  stock  business  thereon. 
He   is  now  filling  tiio    position  of  Trustee  of  tlie 


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townsliip.  and  lifis  held  m;iiiy  minor  oftices,  servinir 
liis  follon-nien  in  a  satisfactory  manner.  lie  he- 
longs  to  tlic  Farmers'  Alliance,  and  liis  voice  and 
vote  upliold  the  principles  of  the  Democracy. 

Our  snhject  is  the  son  of  James  and  Margaret 
(Clendenning)  Logan,  who  were  natives  of  Ohio. 
James  Logan  was  born  in  LaFayette  County,  in 
1819.  to  Thomas  and  Ann  Logan,  the  former  of 
whom  wns  born  in  Ireland  and  the  latter  in  North 
Carolina  to  Irish  parents.  When  but  a  boy  the 
father  of  our  subject  accompanied  his  parents  to 
Cass  County,  Ind.,  where  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  engaging  in  farm  pursuits  when  he  had 
reached  a  suitable  age,  and  leaving  an  estate  of 
§10.003  at  his  death.  His  demise  took  place  in 
1874.  He  had  alw.irs  avoided  publicity,  and  pur- 
sued the  even  tenor  of  his  way  occupied  with  his 
own  personal  affairs  and  private  life.  His  wife 
was  born  March  30.  1823,  being  a  daughter  of 
Thoaias  and  Nancy  (Brown)  Clendenning,  natives 
of  the  Fmerald  Isle,  and  her  death  took  place  in 
Cass  County.  Ind.,  February  G.  1877.  The  family 
of  which  our  subject  is  the  fourth  member  com- 
prises Nancy  A.,  now  the  wife  of  (ieorge  W- 
Cam[)bell,  a  lumber  dealer  of  Cass  County,  ln<l. ; 
.Mary  K.,  the  wife  of  Artemus  Smith,  a  farmer  and 
stockman  in  the  same  county;  John  T.  also  lives 
in  Cass  Count}-,  Ind.;  our  subject;  Charles  L..  a 
faruver  of  Cass  County,  Ind.;  and  Martha  I.,  de- 
ceased, who  was  the  wife  of  E.  C.  McDonald,  of 
Sumner  County,  Kan. 

Franklin  V.  Logan,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  lorn  August  11,  18/)3,  in  Cass  County,  Ind., 
reared  on  his  fathers  farm,  and  was  the  recipient 
of  such  educational  advant.ages  as  wore  to  be  ob- 
tained in  the  common  schools.  In  1877  he  became 
a  citizen  of  Kansas,  pre-empting  one  hundred  and 
sixty  acres  of  land,  which  he  still  occupies,  where 
he  has  since  resided,  devoting  his  attention  to 
farming  and  the  stock  business. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  Logan  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
I\Iary  F.  Jones,  and  their  marriage  was  celebrated 
February  ,'),  1879.  The  bride  was  born  in  Howard 
County,  Ind.,  and  is  the  third  of  twelve  children 
born  to  James  M.  and  Elizabeth  (Freed )  Jones. 
Her  parents  rank  among  the  first  settlers  of  Sumner 
Countv.  to  which  thev  removed  in  1871.  au'l  in  which 


tlie}-  still  make  their  home.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Logan 
arc  the  parents  of  three  children — Clara  I  ,  Vida  I. 
and  Ethel  I.  1  nder  the  careful  oversight  of  their 
estimable  mother  they  give  promise  of  becoming 
young  ladies  who  will  be  a  credit  to  any  society, 
and  in  whom  their  parents  can  rejoice  more  and 
more  as  years  go  b}'. 


*:3t^f; 


,  ARON   P.   HARTMAN,  proprietor  of  the 
'■Two  Orphans"  livery  barn  at  Caldwell,  is 
looked  upon  as  one  of  the  reliable  and  well- 
^f  to-do  citizens  of    the  place,  who  is    con- 

tributing his  full  quota  to  its  material  interests.  He 
comes  of  substantial  stock,  being  the  son  of  John 
and  Margaret  (Crisinger)  Hartman,  and  was  born 
in  Somerset  County,  Pa.,  March  16.  1811.  The  fam- 
ily is  of  German  descent  .and  both  the  parents  of 
Aaron  P.  were  natives  of  Somerset  County,  Pa., 
where  the}'  spent  their  entire  lives,  the  father  en- 
gaged in  farming.  The  home  circle  included  four 
children,  of  whom  Aaron  P.  was  the  eldest  born. 
He  was  reared  in  his  native  town  of  Berlin  and  early 
in  life  learned  blacksmithing,  but  not  being  partic- 
ularly inclined  to  this  employment,  soon  abandoned 
it.  After  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War,  he.  in  1  862 
entered  the  Union  Army  as  a  i)rivate  in  Comiianv 
C.One  hundred  and  Forty-second  Pennsylvania  In- 
fantry, serving  until  the  close  of  the  struggle.  He 
participated  in  man}'  hard-fought  battles,  and  en- 
dured with  his  comrades  all  the  vicissitudes  of  a 
soldier's  life.  He  served  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
receiving  his  honorable  discharge  and  returning  to 
his  native  county  sojourned  there,  variously  em- 
1. loved,  until  1871. 

We  next  find  Mr.  Hartman  in  Lee  County,  111., 
where  he  lived  a  few  years,  then  set  out  for  the 
farther  AVest.  and  established  himself  as  a  resident 
of  the  Suntlower  State.  In  188.')  he  came  to  Cald- 
well, but  w.as  not  eng.aged  in  any  regular  business 
until  July.  1880.  when   he  became  interested  in  his 


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present  enterprise.  He  started  in  life  without  other 
means  than  his  habits  of  industry'  and  resolute  will 
and  it  cannot  be  denied  that  he  has  made  for  him- 
self a  good  record.  He  is  a  Mason  in  good  standing, 
a  supporter  of  the  princi|)les  of  the  Republican 
parly.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Miller,  the 
wedding  taking  place  at  the  bride's  home  at  Great 
Bend,  this  State.  By  a  former  marriage  Mr.  Hart- 
man  became  the  father  of  one  child,  a  son,  Albert, 
who  is  now  living  in  Illinois. 


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'jf?  EANDP:R  A.  PARKS  of  South  Haven  Town- 
I  ((g)  ship,  made  his  advent  in  this  region  in  March 
Jl^^  187K,  purchasing  the  land  which  he  now 
owns  and  occupies,  and  from  which  he  has  con- 
structed a  good  farm.  Only  fifteen  acres  of  the  soil 
had  been  broken  and  there  were  no  improvements 
except  a  rude  log  cabin.  The  farm  now  presents 
the  |)ictiire  of  smiling  and  productive  fields,  with  a 
good  residence,  a  substantial  barn  and  other  out- 
buildings, a  flourishing  apiile  orchard  and  trees  of 
the  smaller  fruits.  In  addition  to  this  property  Mr. 
Parks  has  a  like  amount,  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres,  about  six  miles  west,  which  he  has  also  im- 
proved, and  which  is  now  valuable. 

Of  Southern  antecedents,  Mr.  Parks,  a  native  of 
Logan  County,  Ky.,  was  born  March  8,  1819,  and 
spent  his  early  years  in  the  agricultural  districts. 
His  parents,  David  and  Mary  (Sawyers)  Parks, 
were  natives  of  North  Carolina,  where  they  were 
reared  and  married.  Thence  in  1815,  they  removed 
to  Logan  County,  Ky.,  and  there  spent  the  remain- 
der of  their  lives.  The  mother  passed  away  when 
about  fifty  years  old.  David  Parks  survived  his 
wife  many  3'ears  living  to  the  age  of  eighty.  Both 
were  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  which 
the  father  officiated  as  an  Elder.  Five  of  their  chil- 
dren lived  to  mature  years,  two  having  died  in  in- 
fancy-. Leander  A.  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 
The  paternal  grandparents  removed  at  an  early  day 
from  Pennsylvania  to  North  Carolina,  (irandfalher 
Parks  was  probably  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  while 
his  wife  was  born  in  In.'land. 


The  subject  of  this  notice  attained  to  manhood 
in  his  native  State  and  was  married  in  Logan 
County  in  1842.  to  Miss  Hannah  II.  Sawyer.  Miss 
Sawyer  was  a  native  of  the  same  county  as  her  hus- 
band and  the  daughter  of  James  and  Ilannah  (Hen- 
derson) Sawyer  who  were  born  in  North  Carolina 
and  who  died  in  Kentucky.  Of  this  union  there 
were  born  three  children — Sarah,  Robertand  David. 
Sarah  is  deceased ;  David  is  in  Kentucky ;  Robert 
lives  in  Sumner  County.  Mrs.  Hannah  Parks  died 
in  Kentucky  in  February,  1848,  aged  thirt3--one 
3'ears. 

Mr.  Parks  contracted  a  second  marriage  October 
6.  1848,  with  Miss  Louisa  E.  Henderson,  a  native 
of  Kentuck3-.  Her  father,  Andrew  Henderson  was 
liorn  in  North  Carolina  and  married  Marv  Maben, 
a  native  of  Ireland,  who  came  to  America  with  her 
parents  and  located  in  South  Carolina.  There  she 
was  reared  from  infancy  to  womanhood.  She  died  at 
quite  an  advanced  age  in  Logan  County,  Ky.,  to 
which  she  had  removed  with  her  husband  soon 
after  marriage.  Grandfather  Michael  Henderson 
married  Ilannah  B.irnett  and  both  wore  natives  of 
Pennsylvania.  They  removed  first  to  North  Caro- 
lina and  then  to  Logan  County,  K3-.,  where  both 
died  when  about  ninet3-  3'ears  old. 

Mr.  Parks  when  a  young  man  identified  himself 
with  the  Presbyterian  Church  of  which  he  has  l)een 
a  member  for  the  long  period  of  more  tlian  thirty- 
years  and  in  which  he  officiates  as  an  Elder.  Mrs. 
Parks  also  belongs  to  that  church.  Of  this  marriage 
there  have  been  born  four  children,  viz:  John  W., 
Mary  M.,  Cyrus  O.  and  Leander  N.,  the  latter  of 
whom  died  in  infancy. 


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f(_^  ON.  WILLIAM  J.  LINGENFELTER,  at 
one  time  a  memljer  of  the  State  Senate  and 
likewise  a  Representative,  is  now  numbered 
among  the  most  able  men  of  this  count3- — 
one  who  has  been  Iargcl3  instrumental  in  promoting 
its  best  interests.  Aside  from  his  services  as  a  pub- 
lic official,  he  has  been  (juite  extensively  engaged 


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in  fanninji'  and  makes  his  lieadquaiters  at  a  fine 
homestead,  embracing  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres  of  clioice  land  in  Soutli  Haven  Tovvnsiiip.  He 
also  has  the  same  amount  of  land  in  Stafford  County 
adjacent  to  tiie  village  of  Hudson  and  an  interest 
in  another  body  of  land  adjoining  St.  .lohn,  the 
countj-  seat  of  Stafford  County.  He  is  a  man  ()oi)u- 
lar  in  his  community,  one  in  whom  the  people  have 
confidence  and  whose  abilitj-  as  an  ollicial  and  whose 
worth  as  a  citizen  is  universally  recognized. 

Mr.  Liugenfelter  was  born  in  Jefferson  Count}-, 
Pa.,  August  17,  1840.  and  was  there  reared  to  man- 
hood on  a  farm.  His  parents  were  John  >i.  and 
Catherine  (Mank)  Lingenfelter,  natives  of  Bedford 
County,  Pa.,  and  born  near  t'laysburg,  in  what  is 
now  Blair  County,  where  thej'  were  man  led.  In 
1839  tliey  removed  to  JetTerson  County  with  their 
three  children  and  there  were  subsequently  added 
to  the  household  circle  eight  more  children,  William 
J.  being  the  eldest  born  in  that  county.  The  chil- 
dren and  the  father  are  all  living,  the  latter  con- 
tinuing to  reside  at  the  old  liomestead  in  Jefferson 
County;  the  mother  died  there  May  23,  1863,  at  the 
age  of  forty-seven  years.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Evangelical  Church.  The  father  of  our  subject  was 
seventy-four  years  old  January  2,  1890.  He  has 
been  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episco|)iil  Church,  one  of  its  chief  pillars  and  hold- 
ing the  various  offices.  Although  a  man  of  decided 
views  and  an  ardent  supporter  of  his  party,  he 
would  never  accept  the  responsibilities  of  office. 

The  i)aternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  a 
native  of  X'irgiuia  whence  he  removed  to  Pennsyl- 
VMuia  at  an  early  day  and  was  marrieil  to  Miss 
Margaret  Zeth,  who  was  born  near  Hagarstown, 
Md.  Thej'  reared  their  family  in  r>edford  County, 
Pa.,  then  removed  to  Jefferson  County,  in  1840, 
and  there  died  at  the  ages  of  about  seventy-six  years 
each.  I'xitli  were  members  of  the  Cermau  Baptist 
Church.  An  earlier  progenitor  of  the  family,  George 
Liugenfelter.  was  a  native  of  Virginia  and  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  He  was  married  in  his 
native  State  to  a  Miss  Dively  who  was  born  in  Vir- 
ginia and  after  rearing  their  family  thej-  removed 
to  Bedford  County,  Pa.,  where  they  spent  their  last 
days.  The  father  of  George  Lingenfelter  was  born 
in   the  Grand   l)ucliy  of  I'adcn.  Oermanv.  whence 


he  emigrated  to  America  at  a  very  early  day  and 
located  in  A'irginia. 

Jacob  Zeth,  the  maternal  grandfather  of  our  .sub- 
ject, was  born  in  Hesse  Cassell,  Germany,  and  when 
seventeen  years  old  joined  the  Hessian  soldiery  and 
thus  made  his  w;iy  to  America.  While  the  boats 
were  in  waiting  in  New  York  liarbor  he  swam 
ashore  thus  making  his  escape  from  the  troops  and 
joined  Washington's  army,  fighting  on  the  side  of 
the  Colonists  until  the  war  was  over.  He  was  pres- 
ent at  the  battle  of  Yorktown  and  after  the  close 
of  the  war  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  near 
Hagarstown,  Md..  where  ho  accumulated  quite  a 
fortune.  He  was  there  married  to  Miss  Burgoo,  a 
native  of  France,  and  born  near  the  city  of  Paiis. 
The}- reared  a  famil\-  of  children  and  died  in  Mary- 
land. 

The  education  of  William  J.  J>ingenfeltcr  was 
conducted  in  a  log  schoolhouse,  heated  from  a  huge 
fireplace,  with  slabs  for  seats  and  desks  and  a  Boor 
of  puncheon.  When  eighteen  3ears  old  he  began  at- 
tending Stratlonville  Academy  in  Clarion  County, 
Pa.,  where  he  pursued  his  studies  one  year.  After- 
ward he  was  a  student  at  Whitehall  .Vcadcniy  near 
Harrisburg  one  year.  He  afterward  venl  to  the  oil 
regions  of  Pennsylvania  where  he  commenced  drill- 
ing wells  and  remained  for  about  eighteen  months. 
Returning  then  to  his  native  count}'  he  engaged  as 
clerk  in  a  general  store  and  was  thus  occupied  until 
1863. 

The  Civil  War  now  being  in  progress  Mr.  Liu- 
genfelter enlisted  jis  a  Union  solilier  in  Company  C, 
Two  hundred  and  Sixth  I'enn.sylvania  Infantry  in 
which  he  seived  about  si.x  months  as  a  private. 
When  leaving  the  army  he  again  went  into  a  store 
and  w-as  thus  occupied  until  January.  186").  Then 
going  to  Tennessee  he  rented  a  large  plantation  and 
raised  a  crop  of  cotton  and  corn.  His  eui[)loyers  of 
the  store  had  solicited  him  to  go  there,  they  fur- 
nishing .'ill  the  money  neces.sary  and  giving  liiui 
one-third  of  tlic  profits.  Ivich  partner  thus  realized 
about  ^800. 

Mr.  Lingenfelter  returne(l  to  l'enii.s}'lvauia  in 
December,  186.')  and  in  March  following  eniigratcd 
to  Missouri  and  purchased  a  farm  in  (ientry  County. 
He  also  engaged  in  general  merchandising  at  Hiil- 
iuii'  Cit}-.  remaining  there  one  and  one-half  vears, 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAl'IIICAL  ALBUM. 


In  the  meantime  he  was  elected  Surveyor  of  I)e 
Kalb  County,  as  his  farm  was  on  tlie  county  line 
and  his  buihiings  in  De  Kalb  County.  He  resigned 
that  office  on  account  of  ill  liealtli  and  later  com- 
menced teaching,  which  profession  lie  followed 
until  1872.  That  j'ear  he  came  to  Kansas  and  pre- 
empted one  luindred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  on  sec- 
tion 3  and  later  purchased  eighty  acres  adjoining. 
With  the  exception  of  an  occasional  dugout,  there 
were  no  settlers  in  this  region  at  that  time  aside 
from  a  few  who  had  located  upon  the  present  site 
of  South  Haven  and  Wellington.  The  buffaloes  had 
been  driven  back,  but  thiee  strays  were  killed  in 
this  vicinity  in  1872.  The  nearest  market  w.as  at 
Wichita  and  for  a  number  of  years  the  meat  used  by 
tiie  settlers  was  chiefl3'  buffalo,  antelope  and  deer. 
Black  and  grey  wolves  (coyotes)  were  still  plenti- 
ful and  frequentl}'  made  night  hideous  with  their 
howling. 

Mr.  Lingerfelter  purchased  three  hundred  and 
twenty  acres  of  land  about  four  miles  east  of  AVel- 
lington  where  he  lived  until  1876,  carrying  on  its 
im[)rovement  and  cultivation.  In  1876  he  returned 
to  Penns3lvania  to  visit  his  father  and  attended  tlie 
Centennial  Exposition.  During  his  absence  be  was 
nominated  for  C'ounty  Superintendent  of  Schools, 
but  lie  declined  the  proffered  honor.  Howeyer,  he 
was  declared  the  candidate  and  being  absent  was 
defeated,  although  r..nning  ahead  of  his  ticket.  Upon 
returning  from   Penns^ylvania  he  resumed  farming. 

In  May,  1877,  Mr.  Lingenfelter  was  married  to 
Miss  Mary  C,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth 
(Montgomery)  Gregson.  This  lady  was  born  in 
Fulton  Count3',  Ind.  That  same  spring  the  newly- 
wedded  pair  settled  upon  the  farm  which  has  since 
been  the  family  homestead.  In  the  fall  of  1 882  Mr. 
Lingenfelter  was  elected  to  represent  this  county  in 
the  Kansas  Legislature  and  served  one  term.  In 
1884  he  was  elected  to  the  Senate,  serving  also  one 
term  of  four  years.  He  was  earnestl}'  solicited  to  ac- 
cept the  nomination  for  a  second  term,  but  declined. 
His  party  in  this  district  in  1884  was  in  the  minor- 
ity more  than  seventeen  hundred  and  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Lingenfelter  was  elected  against  this,  indicates 
in  a  marked  manner  his  po[)ularity  with  the  people. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lingenfelter  there  have  been 
born   three  d.uighlers,  viz:   Rosu  .1..    Mary  C.  and 


Susan  E.  One  son  born  July  20.188.3,died  October  6. 
1 886. He  was  a  ver\"  bright  and  promising  child  and 
his  death  was  a  severe  blow  to  the  atllicted  parents,  to 
whom  were  extended  tin  sympathies  of  _  the  entire 
community.  Mr.  Lingenfelter  is  a  liberal  minded 
and  public-spirited  man — one  who  has  uniformly 
given  his  encouragement  to  tlic  projects  tending  to 
promote  the  best  interests  of  Sumner  Count}',  so- 
cially, moraljj-  and  linancially. 


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j^^  TEPHEX  D()\VIS  is  a  Southern  gentleman 
^^^  b>-  birth,  education  and  lineage.  His 
|ll/9,i  grandparents  were  natives  of  the  Carolinas, 
and  Kentucky  was  the  native  State  of  his 
father  and  himself.  In  the  paternal  line  he  is  of 
Irish  extraction.  Jesse  Dowis,  his  grandfather, 
was  born  in  .South  Carolina,  and  died  in  Knox 
County,  K}".,  when  upwards  of  eighty  3'ears  of  age. 
In  the  latter  county,  William  Dowis,  the  father  of 
our  subject,  opened  his  eyes  to' the  light  in  1812, 
and  breathed  his  last  in  1862.  His  occupation  was 
that  of  a  farmer,  and  politicall}'  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. The  mother  of  our  subject  is  still  living  in 
that  county,  and  is  now  sixt3'-five  years  of  age.  She 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Al!a  Hart,  was  born  in 
North  Carolina,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Alia  Hart,  who,  after  living  man3'  3-ears  in  the 
State  in  which  she  was  born,  took  up  their  abode 
in  Knox  County,  Kv..  and  there  breathed  their 
last.  The  parental  family  comprised  ten  children — 
Lucinda,  Nanc}'  J..  Jesse,  Stephen,  ]\Iary  A.,  John 
P.,  Robert  P.,  Susan,  Nancy  and  Rachae!.  Of  these 
Mar3'  A.,  Stephen,  Susan,  Nancy  and  Kachael  now 
survive. 

The  subject  of  this  biograi)hy  was  born  in  De- 
cember, 1  842,  in  Knox  County.  Ky.,  reared  on  a 
farm,  and  educated  in  his  native  count3',  receiving 
an  excellent  home  training  from  his  worthy  par- 
ents. Although  he  was  not  yet  of  age  when  the 
Civil  War  broke  out,  he  entered  the  Union  Army, 
August  28.  1861.  as  a  member  of  Com|)any  I.  Sev- 


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entli  Kentucky  Infantry',  and  devoted  tlic  oi)ening 
years  of  his  manhood  to  the  service  of  liis  coimtry. 
He  participated  in  tiie  battles  of  Richmond  (Ky.), 
Viclvsburg,  Arliansas  Post,  .laciison  (Miss.)-  and  in 
niiniy  minor  engagements,  remaining  in  tlie  service 
until  October  5,  1864,  when  he  was  honorably  dis- 
charged and  returned  to  his  home. 

A  few  months  after  resuming  civil  life  Mv. 
l)owis  tool?  to  himself  a  companion  in  the  person 
of  Miss  Elizabeth  Elliott,  the  rites  of  wedlock  be- 
ing celelirated  between  them  February  8,  I860. 
The  bride  was  born  in  Kentucky,  April  17,  1844, 
is  a  daugiiter  of  Hiram  and  Adeline  (Steele)  El- 
liott, and  a  lady  whose  estimable  character  endears 
her  to  many  friends. 

In  Januarj',  1884,  Mr.  Dowis  came  to  Kansas, 
and  selecting  a  location  in  Downs  Township,  this 
county,  bought  a  farm,  upon  which  he  lived  until 
1886,  when  be  rented  it  and  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  at  Perth.  The  business  is  con- 
ducted under  the  firm  name  of  Dowis  &  Son,  and 
is  steadily  increasing,  owing  to  the  tact  displayed  ,in 
its  management,  and  the  honorable  manner  in  which 
its  patrons  are  treated.  The  junior  member  of  the 
firm.  Greene  E.  Dowis,  was  born  July  17,  1868, 
and  i.s  the  only  child  of  our  subject  and  his  estima- 
ble wife.  The  young  man  gives  promise  of  becom- 
ing a  thorough  and  successful  business  man,  as  he 
already  exhibits  a  mercantile  capacity  creditable  in 
one  so  young. 


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•<»--K^';j(-^ 


^^hORGE  W.  FAUCHIER  is  an  old  settler  of 
I'll  (=  this  county,  his  settlement  in  Harmon 
^^ei  Township  having  been  made  in  1873,  at 
whicli  time  he  beg.an  to  develop  the  northwest 
quarter  of  section  27,  where  he  now  owns  and 
operates  eighty-five  improved  and  thoroughly  cul- 
tivated acres.  He  is  actively  pursuing  his  farm 
life,  and  with  his  chosen  companion  enjoying  the 
fruits  of  iiis  industry  and  the  esteem  of  their  manj' 
friends. 

Mr.  Fauchier  was  I'Oin   in  iMontgomcry  County, 


I. id.,  June  1,  1830,  and  was  twelve  years  old  when 
his  parents  moved  to  Parke  County,  thence  going 
to  Howard  County,  where  he  grew  to  manhood. 
He  received  as  good  an  education  as  could  be  ob- 
tained in  the  counties  in  which  his  home  was. 
and  on  arriving  at  a  suitable  age  learned  the  car- 
penter's trade,  wliich  he  followed  in  his  native 
State  until  October,  186G,  when  he  changed  both 
his  residence  and  his  occupation.  At  that  date  lie 
determined  to  make  for  himself  a  home  farther 
west,  and  selecting  Franklin  County,  this  State, 
settled  there  and  engaged  in  farming,  leaving  that 
county  to  lake  uji  his  abode  here  at  the  date  before 
mentioned. 

The  grandfather  of  our  subject  was  John  Fau- 
chier, a  French  Revolutionist,  who,  being  exiled 
from  his  native  land,  sailed  to  Boston,  Ma.ss..  and 
made  for  himself  and  famil3-  a  home  on  American 
soil.  He  died  in  Parke  County,  Ind.,  when  ripe  in 
years.  His  son,  John  B.,  father  of  our  subject,  was 
born  in  Boston,  and  adopted  the  occupation  of  a 
farmer.  He  was  married  in  Kentucky,  to  Miss 
Sarah  Broyles,  a  native  of  Virginia.  The  result  of 
their  union  was  the  birth  of  fifteen  children,  of 
whom  our  subject  was  the  fourth.  John  Fauchier 
died  in  Howard  County,  Ind.,  and  his  widow  died 
in  the  same  county,  February  7.  18'J0,  aged  eight^'- 
five  years. 

The  marriage  of  our  subject  took  place  in  How- 
ard County.  Ind.,  February  3,  1853,  and  his  bride 
was  Miss  Martha  A.  Scott,  a  native  of  Putnam 
County,  where  her  birth  occurred  December  11, 
1834.  Her  father,  Thomas  M.  Scott,  was  born  in 
North  Carolina,  and  her  mother,  whose  maiden 
name  was  Leta  Anderson,  was  a  native  of  Tennes 
see.  The  parents  settled  in  the  county  where  Mrs. 
Fauchier  first  saw  the  light,  subsequently  removing 
to  the  county  wherein  she  was  married,  and  in  the 
latter  they  departed  this  life.  Their  family  con- 
sisted of  eight  children,  and  Mrs.  Fauchier  is  the 
second  in  order  of  birth.  To  our  subject  and  his 
estimable  wife  four  children  have  been  born: 
James  J.  married  Miss  Alice  I.  Collins;  Sarah  J.  is 
the  wife  of  F.  P.  Willey;  Rachel  C.  is  the  wife  of 
J.  S.  Farris ;  and  Enos  F.  married  Miss  Hattie  Dor- 
sett. 

Mr.  Fauchier  has  hekl  some  of  the  school  offices, 


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and  has  proved  an  elHcient  servant  of  tlie  [jeople  in 
the  cause  of  education.  For  seven  years  he  was 
Justice  of  tiie  Peace.  Since  tlie  organization  of  the 
Republican  parly  lie  lias  been  a  sound  believer  in 
the  principles  embodied  in  its  ])latform,  and  has 
been  an  active  worker  in  the  [lolitical  fielil.  Mrs. 
Fauchier  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church. 
Both  are  honored  by  their  fellow-citiz  ns  for  tiieir 
intelligence,  uprightness,  kind  hearts,  and  earnest 
endeavor  to  fidrtll  all  their  duties  in  life. 


♦^J»t**^»t:3»^^«^ji^-«i«e- . 


DSOX  WKK^INS.  A  pleasanMy  located 
farm  of    two   hundred   and   forty  acres   on 

'  section"26,  .Sumner  Township,  is   the  home 

of  this  gentleman,  who  is  engaged  in  the  occupa- 
tions of  farming  and  stock-raising,  and  who  has 
been  a  resident  of  tiie  county  for  twenty  years.  His 
home  is  one  of  comfort  and  good  cheer,  and  while 
not  occupying  any  prominent  public  position,  Mr. 
AViggins  in  his  own  quiet  and  straightforward  man- 
ner performs  the  duties  of  citizenship  and  of  the 
individual  in  a  manner  entitling  him  to  the  respect 
of  his  fellow-men. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  were  natives  of  Ver- 
mont, and  in  that  State  he  of  whom  we  write  was 
born  August2,  1837.  His  father,  Peter  Wiggins,  was 
a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  died  in  his  n.ative 
State  at  the  age  of  sixty-eight  years.  The  mother, 
who  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Elmira  Stephens,  is 
still  living,  and  is  now  seventy-two  years  old.  The 
parental  family  comprised  seven  children,  namely: 
Elizabeth,  Albert,  Charlotte,  Edson,  Elias  S.,  Frank 
and  (^alista;  of  these,  Edson  and  Calista  are  the 
only  survivors. 

pjdson  AViggius  was  reared  on  a  farm,  early  ac- 
quiring a  practical  knowledge  of  the  occupation 
which  he  has  since  followed,  and  being  the  recipi- 
ent of  a  good  common-school  education,  grew  to 
manhood  in  possession  of  the  thrift3-  and  sturdy 
characteristics  which  seem  to  belong  to  natives  of 
the  Green  Mountain  State.  In  1865  he  became  a 
resident  of  Kansas,  s[)ending  the  first  five  years  of 


his  citizenship  in  .Jackson  Count}',  whence,  in  1870, 
he  mtjved  to  Sumner  County.  He  pre-empted  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  Government  land,  add- 
ing to  the  acreage  as  prosperity  attended  his  labors, 
and  making  upon  his  estate  such  improvements  as 
are  expected  of  an  enterprising  agriculturist. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Wiggins  was  celebrated  in 
June,  1876,  tlie  lad}'  with  whom  he  was  united 
being  Miss  Amanda  Cross,  who  was  born  in  Ohio, 
March  13,  1843.  Her  father,  Albert  Cross,  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  of  Kansas,  and  was  engaged  in 
farming.  His  death  took  place  when  he  had  reached 
the  ripe  age  of  seventy-two  years.  He  had  held 
several  minor  offices,  and  for  many  years  was  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wiggins 
five  children  have  been  born,  named  respectively: 
Lizzie,  Albert,  Elsie,  Laura  and  Frank.  The  latter 
died  when  one  year  old;  the  survivors  are  being 
carefully  trained  by]  their  estimable  mother,  and 
receiving  such  educational  advantages  as  ^befits 
their  years. 


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I   I 


^ILLIAM  W.  LEMMON,  M.  D.  Few  phy- 
sicians in  this  county  have  attained  to  a 
more  enviable  position,  considering  the 
time  they  have  been  in  practice,  than  Dr.  Lemraon, 
who  is  popular  and  prominent  among  the  people 
of  South  Haven,  where  he  established  himself  in 
1884.  For  two  years  after  locating  here  he  was 
engaged  in  the  drug  business,  but  has  since  aban- 
doned this,  his  time  being  all  occupied  in  his  pro- 
fessional duties.  He  is  a  Western  man  by  birth, 
his  native  place  being  Dubois  County,  Ind.,  where 
he  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light  September  15, 
1845.  He  spent  the  Brst  eighteen  years  of  his  life 
upon  a  farm,  where  he  grew  up  healthy  in  mind 
and  body,  and  was  trained  to  those  jirinciples  of 
right  and  honesty  which  have  characterized  his 
dealings  with  iiis  fellow  men. 

Soon  after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  young 
Lemmon  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier  in  Company 
E,  Twenty-fourth  Indiana    Infantry,  and  served  as 


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a  private  three  yeais.  He  saw  iniicli  of  active 
service,  participating  in  tlie  l)attle  of  Ft.  (iibson, 
the  siege  of  Vicksbiirg,  the  fight  at  .lackson.  Rliss., 
and  was  at  Ft.  Biakele^'  and  otiier  in;portant  points 
held  l)y  the  eneni_\'  during  the  war.  Altliougli  often 
in  tlie  tliiclvest  of  tlie  fight,  lie  escaped  without 
injiny  and  received  an  honorable  discharge.  Re- 
turning then  to  Indiana,  he  snpplcniente<l  his  edu- 
cation iiy  an  attendance  of  two  years  at  Asbury 
(now  DePauw)  Iniversity,  in  (Ireencastle,  and  than 
s|)ent  two  years  on  the  old  farm. 

At  the  expiration  of  this  time,  Mr.  Lemnion  de- 
cided to  take  up  the  study  of  medicine,  and  enter- 
ing the  Jledical  College  at  Indianapolis,  he  was 
graduated  from  that  institution  in  1873,  after  tak- 
ing a  full  course.  Later,  he  attended  lectures  three 
terms  at  Detroit  and  Indianapolis.  Locating  in 
Washington,  Ind..  he  there  began  the  regular  prac- 
tice of  his  profession,  and  later  removed  to  Ilunne- 
well,  Kan.,  from  which  place  he  came  to  -South 
Haven  in  1884. 

Dr.  Lemmon  was  married  in  Greencastle,  Ind., 
March  10,  1874,  to  Miss  Matilda,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward 11.  and  Desire  (WaterLouse)  Crow.  Mrs. 
Lemmon  was  l)orn  "Slay  29,  1850,  in  Greencastle, 
and  by  her  union  with  our  subject  has  become  the 
mother  of  four  children — William  (i.,  Helen,  Jacob 
and  Eddie;  the  latter  two  are  deceased.  The  little 
family  occupies  a  snug  home  in  the  southern  |)art 
of  the  town,  and  numlier  among  their  friends  and 
acquaintances  its  most  cultured  i)eoi)le.  The  Doc- 
tor meddles  very  little  with  political  affairs,  but 
keeps  himself  posted  upon  current  events  and 
votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He  is  a  charter  mem 
bcr  of  Post  No.  407,  G.  A.  R.,  at  South  Haven, 
which  was  organized  in  1887,  and  has  now  a  niem- 
l)ership  of  about  fort}'.  He  held  the  post  of  Com- 
mander for  two  3ears.  He  also  belongs  to  Lodge 
No.  107,  A.  F.  A  A.  M.,  at  Greencastle,  Ind.,  and 
the  Commandery. 

The  father  of  <jur  subject  was  Jacob  Lemmon, 
likewise  a  native  of  I)ul)ois  County,  Ind.,  where 
he  was  reared  to  man's  estate.  There  also  he  was 
married  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Corn,  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, and  they  became  the  parents  of  nine  chil- 
dren. The  mother  departed  this  life  at  (ireeu- 
castle,    Ind.,  in    ISGil.      She  was    a    lady    of    man}- 


estimalile  qualities,  and  a  member  in  good  standing 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church.  Jacob 
Lemmon  survived  his  wife  six  years,  dying  on  the 
old  home  farm  in  Didiois  County,  Ind.,  in  187.5. 
The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  also  named 
Jacob,  removed  fi'om  \'irginia  to  Kentucky  .at  an 
early  date,  and  finally  to  Indiana,  where  he  anil  his 
wife  spent  their  last  days. 

The  parents  of  Mrs.  Lemmon  were  natives  re 
spectively  of  Kentucky  and  Maine,  and  the  vari- 
ous members  of  the  family  belonged  to  the  Metho- 
dist Episco|)al  Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  H.  Crow- 
are  still  living  in  Indiana,  and  are  the  parents  of 
eleven  children. 


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,^^,  AMUEL  NUTT.  The  main  points  in  the 
^^^^  history  of  this  prominent  citizen  and 
liL£_-*J  "'ell-to-do  resident  of  South  Haven  may 
be  gained  in  the  following  compara- 
tively brief  outline.  A  native  of  Vermont,  he  was 
born  May  20,  1840,  and  lived  there  until  a  youth 
of  fifteen  years.  His  father,  Isaac  15.  Nutt,  was  a 
native  of  Massachusetts,  whence  he  removed  to 
\'ermont  in  earl}'  manhood.  He  was  there  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Sarah  Monroe,  a  native  of  that  State, 
and  within  its  limits  they  s|)ent  the  remainder  of 
their  lives,  Mr.  Nutt  dying  December  4,  18.53.  He 
served  as  a  minute  man  in  the  War  of  1812.  The 
mother  subsequently  removed  to  Blassachusetts, 
and  .Samuel  being  the  youngest  at  home,  virtually 
became  the  head  of  the  family.  They  were  left  in 
limited  circumstances,  and  at  an  early  age  Sauuu'l 
began  learning  the  trade  cif  a  shoemaker,  at  which 
he  worked  in  Massachusetts  until  the  outbreak  of 
the  Civil  War.  The  mother  in  the  meantime  had 
died,  in  18o7,  in  the  faith  of  the  P>ai)tist  Church. 
On  the  lath  of  April,  18()1,  the  subject  of  this 
notice  enlisted  as  a  I'nion  soldier  in  Company  II, 
Thirteenth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  and  i'l  August 
following  was  promoted  to  be  Corporal.  He  re- 
mained in  the  army  until  the  fall  of  18(!2.  when  he 
was  obliged    to  accept   his   honorable  discharge  on 


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415 


account  of  contiiuierl  illness.  It  was  believed  by 
all  that  he  sim|)ly  went  home  to  die.  He  had  par- 
ticipated in  tiie  battle  of  Winchestei'  an<l  other 
minor  enuagements,  and  exi)erienccd  the  various 
hardships  and  privations  of  a  soldier's  life.  After 
the  close  of  the  war,  leaving  New  England,  he 
went  to  New  York  City,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
boot  and  siioe  business  as  foreman  of  a  factory  and 
where  he  continued  variously  occupied  in  different 
liranches  of  his  business  until  liS75. 

.Tanuarj'  1,  1867,  at  Worcester,  Mass.,  the  suljject 
of  this  notice  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Mary  E.  S.,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Foster) 
French.  Mrs.  Nult  was  born  in  (Irafton,  Mass., 
February  14,  1841.  Her  parents  were  also  natives 
of  the  Bay  State.  Her  paternal  great-great  grand- 
father was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Massachu 
setts,  locating  probably  not  far  from  the  time  at 
which  the  Bay  Colony  sought  that  region  for  its 
home.  He  was  of  Irish  birth  and  parentage,  and 
spent  his  last  days  in  Massachusetts.  The  next  in 
line  of  descent  was  Joshua  Franch,  who  was  one  of 
fourteen  sons  born  when  the  United  States  was 
composed  of  fourteen  colonies,  in  one  of  which 
each  one  settled.  Joshua  chose  Massachusetts  for 
his  abiding-place,  within  which  he  si)ent  most  of 
his  life,  dying  in  New  York  State. 

Un  the  maternal  side  the  grandfather  of  Mrs. 
Nutt  was  Abner  Foster,  a  native  of  Worcester 
County,  Mass.,  and  of  English  ancestry  from 
the  second  generation  settling  on  American  soil. 
His  wife,  Judith  Weatherbee,  likewise  traced  her 
ancestry  to  Eiigland,  and  she  also  was  of  the 
second  generation,  many  of  whom  fought  valiantly 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.  Grandfather  Benjamin 
Nutt,  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  was  a  Captain  in 
the  Vermont  Rangers  during  the  struggle  for  in- 
dependence, and  received  an  honorable  wound  in 
the  service.  He  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  Vermont,  where  he  reared   his  family  and  died. 

In  1875  Mr.  Nutt,  leaving  New  York  City,  emi- 
grated to  Linn  County,  Iowa,  and  located  at  Cen- 
tral City,  where  he  engaged  in  the  boot  and  shoe 
business.  He  remained  there  until  1878,  coming 
thence  to  Rooks  County,  this  State.  He  changed 
his  residence  to  South  Haven  in  April,  1884,  when 
the  present   site  of   the    town  was  unmarked  save 


by  a  lilacksmith-shop,  an  hotel,  a  general  store  and 
a  drug-store.  That  same  season  he  put  up  his 
present  residence  and  shops,  and  established  him- 
self in  the  boot  ami  shoe  business,  which  he  has 
since  conducted  successfully.  In  the  meantime  he 
had  become  iirominent  in  local  affairs,  being 
elected  the  first  Mayor  of  the  city  soon  after  its 
organization,  in  the  fall  of  1887.  Politically,  he 
alfiliates  with  the  Union  Labor  party,  and  while  a 
resident  of  Rooks  County  served  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and  has  been  the  candidate  of  his  party  for 
State  Treasurer  and  Sheriff  of  the  county. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nutt  there  have  been  born  tvro 
sons — Vincent  S.  and  Vivian  J.  Mr.  Nutt  while  a 
resident  of  New  York  City  identified  himself  with 
Lodge,  No.  632,  A.  F.  it  A.  M.,  and  he  also  belongs 
to  Palestine  Chapter,  No.  255,  in  which  he  lias 
taken  seven  degrees.  He  is  also  a  Knight  of 
Labor  at  South  Haven,  being  a  member  of  Lodge 
No.  8,685,  with  which  he  became  identified  at  its 
organization,  and  in  which  he  is  a  Master  Work- 
man. He  also  belongs  to  the  Anti-Monopolists  of 
S|)ringfield,  Mo.,  and  is  National  Vice-Foreman. 
He  is  a  liberal-minded  and  ]>ublic-spirited  citizen, 
one  who  keeps  himself  thoroughly  posted  upon 
events  of  general  interest,  and  who  is  always  to  be 
found  on  the  side  of  the  enterprises  calculated  to 
benefit  the  people  at  large. 


EV.  AVAN  LA  VANCE,  M.  D.  This  vet- 
eran in  the  medical  profession  is  a  man  whose 
personal  history  possesses  very  many  points 
V^  of  interest,  he  having  had  a  large  experi- 
ence of  life  and  being  possessed  of  that  quality  of 
observation  in  regard  to  what  has  been  going  on 
around  him  in  the  world,  which  has  proved  of  great 
value  in  a  moral  and  intellectual  point  of  view.  He 
is  a  gentleman  of  fine  tastes  and  has  one  of  the  most 
attractive  homes  in  South  Haven.  The  interior  has 
been  decorated  largely  by  the  handiwork  of  its  in- 
mates, the  Doctor  and  his  amiable  wife  and  their 
daughter,  Viola,  all  of  whom  possess  rare  skill  with 


A\C, 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


the  pencil  and  hiush.  It  is  at  once  recognized  as 
llie  luinie  of  cultuix'  and  reliiicincnt  :ui<i  is  ih>  less 
indic"itive  of  ample  means. 

Dr.  lia  N'anee  was  born  in  tlie  city  of  I'aris, 
France,  June  22,  1818,  but  when  a  mere  child  re- 
moved from  there  with  his  parents.  -loseph  and 
Anna  (Napoleon)  La  Vance,  they  settling-  on  tjie 
Rhine  where  their  son  was  reared  and  educated.  In 
1831  they  emigrated  to  America,  locating  in  Ban 
gor.  Me.  In  that  citj'  the  |)arents  spent  the  remain- 
der of  their  lives,  both  dying  at  aliout  the  age  of 
sixty  eight  _years.  They  likewise  were  natives  of 
France  and  of  pure  Fiench  ancestry.  When  a  young 
man  the  subject  of  this  sketch  began  the  study  o 
meilicine  in  the  Eclectic  College  of  New  York  City 
and  tlie  (_)ld  School  of  Boston,  Mass.,  from  lioth  of 
which  he  was  graduated.  lie  liegan  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Dorcester,  Mass..  when  about 
tweut3'-two  years  old.  Later  he  was  a  resident  of 
Boston  seven  years  and  he  also  resided  in  Plymouth 
a  number  of  years.  From  there  he  went  to  New 
York  City  and  thence,  in  1819,  to  California.  The 
wild  life  of  the  West,  however,  not  being  congenial 
to  his  tastes  he  returned  the  following  year  and  two 
years  later  took  up  his  abode  in   Henderson,  Ky. 

After  a  three  year's  residence  in  the  above-men 
tioned  place,  Dr.  La  Vance  turned  his  eyes  once 
more  westward  and  we  next  find  him  in  Carlinville, 
111.  He  remained  there  until  1807,  then  came  to 
this  State,  locating  in  Marion  during  the  pioneer 
days  of  that  region.  He  now  entered  upon  a  widely 
different  held  of  labor  from  that  to  which  he  had 
been  accustomed,  liding  on  horseback  across  the 
open  prairie,  frequently  forty  miles,  when  there 
were  no  roads  or  bridges  and  he  had  nothing  to 
guide  him  but  his  compass.  Indians  still  infested 
the  country  and  the  intrepid  physician  never  ven- 
tured out  without  a  brace  of  revolvers  to  protect 
himself  from  them  and  other  natural  enemies.  The 
few  white  settlers  were  located  i)rincipally  along 
the  creeks  and  the  red  man  was  troublesome  and 
dangerous.  The  settlers  put  up  a  substantial  school- 
house  at  Marion  which  they  enclosed  with  a  stone 
wall  and  this  served  as  a  fort  to  which  they  retreated 
in  times  of  danger.  Dr.  La  Vance  in  addition  to 
the  [iractice  of  his  profession  interested  himself  in 
the  settlement  of  the  country,  locating  many  farms 


for  the  emigrants.  He  practiced  in  that  region  until 
188  I.  in  the  meantime  watching  the  growth  and  de- 
veUipment  of  the  country  with  warm  interest  and 
assisting  to  this  end  whenever  possible.  He  finally- 
decided  to  cast  his  lot  with  the  people  of  South 
Haven  and  settled  here  when  the  present  nourishing 
town  was  a  village  of  a  very  few  houses.  His  in- 
tention was  to  gradually  retire  from  i)ractice,  l)ut 
at  South  Haven  he  found  (piite  a  number  of  old 
Illinois  friends  who  still  call  upon  him,  unwilling  to 
be  put  aside. 

The  first  marriage  of  Dr.  La  A'ance  took  place  in 
the  city  of  New  Orleans  with  Miss  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Sarah  (Jackson)  Moore.  This  lady 
was  born  in  Louisiana  and  died  at  New  Orleans  in 
1840,  where  the  Doctor  had  located  temporarily. 
There  were  born  to  them  two  children,  both  of 
whom  died  young.  The  present  wife  of  our  subject, 
to  whom  he  was  married  .lanuarj'  G,  1857,  at  Mont- 
gomery, III.,  was  formerly  Miss  Parthenia,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Eveline  (Hamilton)  Bagby.  She  was 
born  in  Macoupin  County,  111.,  March  20,  183'J. 
This  union  resulted  in  the  birth  of  five  children  one 
of  whom.  Napoleon,  died  wlieu  two  years  old;  Kiz- 
pah  is  the  wife  of  Ira  1'.  Smith  of  Montgomery 
County.  III.;  John  resides  in  South  Haven,  and 
Eldora  the  youngest  is  at  home  with  her  parents. 
Viola  is  the  wife  of  C.  B.  Wolfe  of  Wabaunsee 
Countj',  Kan. 

Mrs.  La  Vance  and  her  daughters  are  members 
in  good  standing  of  the  Christian  Church,  in  which 
the  Doctor  has  labored  as  an  Evangelist  for  more 
than  thirty  years.  He  organized  the  church  at  Pal- 
myra, 111.,  and  while  living  there;  olliciated  as  Elder, 
and  he  has  also  organized  a  nunilier  of  societies 
since  coming  to  Kansas.  He  is  still  devoted  to  his 
ministerial  labors,  confining  his  attention  mostly  to 
this  Slate,  although  sometimes  called  out  of  it.  The 
Sunday-school  has  ever  received  his  earnest  and 
faithful  attention,  He  was  born  and  reared  a  Cath- 
olic, in  the  faith  of  which  chuixh  his  father  lived 
and  died.  The  son  was  converted  to  the  Protestant 
religion  when  a  young  man  and  at  once  began 
preaehing  and  working  in  the  Sunday-school.  The 
mother,  who  had  been  Iiorn  and  reared  a  Catholic, 
changod  her  religious  views  at  the  same  time  that 
her  son  embraced  Protestantism  and  dieil   a  nu'ui- 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


417 


ber  of  the  Protestant  Methodist  Cburcli.  Dr.  La 
Vance  has  exercised  a  wide  influence  and  has  been 
the  means  of  causing  many  adherents  of  the  C'atlio- 
lic  faith  to  come  under  the  pale  of  the  Christian 
Church.  He  is  a  man  of  broad  and  liberal  views  and 
fine  intelligence — one  of  those  who  will  be  remem- 
bered long  after  he  has  been  gathered  to  his  fathers. 


•'WV-\t2£j2/©'S@*  I 


|->*^-a/ZW?r».» -w.- 


^1  AMES  F.  ROBERTSON,  M.  D.  In  every 
qualification  which  pertains  to  good  citizen- 
ship, this  j-oung  gentleman  has  a  prominent 
place,  and  in  the  professional  ranks  of  Cald- 
well he  is  an  able,  well-informed  and  busj'  man. 
He  has  built  up  an  excellent  practice  in  the  medi- 
cal profession  during  the  few  years  in  which  he 
has  been  a  resident  here,  occupies  a  leading  posi- 
tion among  the  practitioners  of  the  place,  and  has 
a  reputation  s  coud  to  none.  He  may  well  be 
called  a  self-made  man,  as  his  education  was  the  re- 
sult of  his  own  exertions,  and  the  knowledge  which 
he  acquired  from  books  and  observation,  has  been 
made  of  [iractical  use  by  his  discrimination  and 
wise  application  of  theories. 

From  worthy  parents  Dr.  Robertson  derives  the 
characteristics  which  belong  to  the  "canny  .Scot." 
His  father,  Amelious  Robertson,  was  born  in  Scot- 
land, in  October,  18  HI,  and  was  brought  to  America 
by  his  parents  when  a  ci.ild.  The  famil}-  settled  in 
Black  Hawk  County,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1830  removed 
to  Wood  County,  Ohio,  where  the  remainder  of  his 
life  was  passed,  and  whei-e  he  breathed  his  last,  .July 
5.  1888.  His  occupation  was  that  of  a  fanner. 
His  wife,  Margery  Frazier,  was  Itorn  in  Scotland, 
;\Ia3- .T,  1824,  and  still  survives.  She  came  to  Amer- 
ica with  her  parents  when  about  fifteen  yeais  old, 
the  family  settling  in  Wood  Count}-,  Ohio.  Ame- 
lious and  Margery  Robertson  were  the  parents  of 
eight  children,  of  whom  our  subject  is  the  second 
in  order  of  birth. 

Dr.  Robertson  was  liorn  in  Ilaskins  County,  Ohio, 
May  2,  18.")."),  and  was  reared  on  the  farm  in  Wood 
County ,acquiring  a  common-schoi'l  education  there.' 


In  1874,  he  began  reading  medicine  with  Drs.  Peck 
and  Powers,  of  Prairiesburg,  Ohio,  and  after  at- 
tending the  Detroit  (Mich..)  Medical  College  three 
sessions,  was  graduated  with  high  honors  in  the 
spring  of  1877.  He  at  once  located  in  Haskins 
County,  Ohio,  began  the  practice  of  his  profession, 
and  remained  in  that  place  until  1882,  at  which 
time  he  removed  to  Caldwell,  Kan.  He  has  since 
been  constantly  engaged  in  professional  work,  and 
together  with  his  professional  reputation,  has  ac- 
quired a  worthy  one  as  a  private  individual. 

Dr.  Robertson  has  been  a  member  of  the  Cald- 
well Cit}'  Council  for  six  years,  and  is  still  serving 
on  that  board.  He  belongs  to  the  F'ree  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  the  Encampment  of  the  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
and  the  Ancient  Order  of  United  Workmen.  At 
tlie  home  of  the  bride  in  Haskin,  Ohio,  June  17, 
1879,  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Corne- 
lia J.  Meagley.  The  bride  was  a  native  of  the 
town  in  which  she  was  married,  was  born  in  1834, 
and  is  a  lady  of  intelligence,  refinement,  and  those 
sterling  straits  of  character  which  endear  her  to  her 
acquaintances.  She  and  her  husband  are  the  happy 
parents  of  one  son,  Wright. 


ARON  T.  BALL.  Cashier  of  the  Bank  of 
Geuda  Springs,  although  still  a  young 
man.  has  displayed  decided  business  quali- 
fications, and  exhibits  a  high  nioralit}'  and 
courteous  bearing  in  private  as  well  as  in  public 
life,  winning  respect  and  friendlj-  regard  on  all 
sides.  He  is  a  sou  of  the  lloosier  .State,  and  the 
youngest  of  six  children  born  to  John  and  Mary  J. 
(Br3'ant)  Ball.  His  father  was  born  near  Louisville, 
Ky.,  about  the  year  1818.  and  having  moved  to  Ful- 
ton County,  Ind.,  when  a  young  man,  spent  the  re- 
ujainder  of  his  life  there,  breatliing  his  last  in  1854. 
He  was  a  farmer,  possessed  of  considerable  nieat)s, 
held  some  minor  ofliees,  and  was  for  many  years 
connected  with  the  Methodist  Episcoi)al  Church. 
The   mother  of  our  subject    was  born  in    Fulton 


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PORTRAIT  AND  15l()( :  liAl'II  ICAI,   ALIU'AI. 


County,  Ind.,  and  in  tliat  county  breathed  her  last. 
Tlie  brothers  of  Auron  Ball  were  christened  An- 
sel B..  Daniel  U.,  (ieorsjo  W..  .lohii  II..  and  Will- 
iam. 

The  subject  of  this  .<l<etch  lirst  opened  ills  eyes 
lo  the  light  Octobei' 8,  1860,  in  Fulton  County  Ind.. 
and  was  reared  on  the  parental  estate,  acquiring  an 
excellent  educati'>u  at  Kl.  Wayne.  He  was  Deputy 
Auditor  of  the  county  seven  3'ears.  In  18G'.).  he 
went  to  Red  Cloud,  Neb.,  and  after  sojourning 
lliere  a  year,  returned  l<i  hi.s  native  State,  going 
again  to  Red  Cloud  in  1879.  and  remaining  there 
in  the  employ  of  the  Chicago,  Burlington  ife  Quincj' 
Railroad  until  1882.  He  next  removed  to  Geuda 
Springs,  Kan.,  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile 
business  for  a  ])eriod  of  two  years,  when  he  sold 
(lut,  and  until  August,  1888.  had  no  regular  occu- 
pation. The  Bank  of  Gueda  Springs  was  then  or- 
ganized, and  he  has  since  been  its  cashier;  he  is 
also  a  stock-holder  in  the  institution. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Warsaw.  Ind.,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1875,  Aaron  Ball  and  Miss  Mary  Mctirew 
were  united  in  marriage.  Mrs.  Ball 'was  born  near 
Goshen,  Ind..  March  10.  1855,  possesses  an  estima- 
ble character  and  many  womtinly  virtues,  and  lier 
chief  object  has  ever  been  to  make  her  home  happy, 
and  attractive  to  her  husband  and  the  son  who  was 
born  to  them,  October  30,  1876.  The  bright  lad 
who  is  the  only  offspring  of  Mr.  and  iMrs.  15all, 
bears  the  name  of  Chester  B.  Mr.  Ball  lielongs  lo 
the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  in  the  En- 
campment Degree.  He  is  a  believer  in.  and  sup- 
porter of  tlie  princi|)lps  iif  the  Rcpiililic-an  parly. 


<?!  felLLlAM  II.  BROWN.  Among  the  liisl 
\/\Ji  sel  tiers  of  South  Haven  may  be  mentioned 
^^sl/  Mr.  Brown,  who  |)itciied  his  lent  in  the 
embryo  village  in  .hine,  I  885,  and  established  him- 
self in  the  livery  business.  There  were  then  but 
comparatively  few  people  who  could  act  as  patrons 
to  such  an  enterprise,  but  by  the  exercise  of  pa- 
tience, with  a  seasonable   .■iniuunt  uf  waiting,  satis- 


tacii.iy  results  began  to  develop.  Mr.  Brown  has 
now  a  large  barn  stocked  with  a  fine  assortment  of 
horses  and  vehicles,  and  is  doing  a  paying  business. 
He  runs  a  hack  line  to  and  from  the  railroad  depot, 
and  by  his  courteous  treatment  of  those  with  whom 
lie  has  dealings,  has  fully  established  himself  as  a 
successful  business  man. 

A  native  of  Steuben  County,  N.  Y.,  the  subject 
of  this  notice  w.as  born  September  17.  1830.  to 
Samuel  and  Marj'  (Burr)  Brown.  The  following 
year  Samuel  Brown  resolved  to  seek  the  farther 
West,  and  taking  with  him  his  little  fat.iil}",  emi- 
grated to  Tazewell  County,  111.  He  settled  upon  a 
farm,  and  there  W^illiam  H.  grew  to  be  a  lad  of  fif- 
teen years.  The  family  then  changed  their  resi- 
dence to  Jefferson  County,  and  later  the  parents 
removed  lo  Fulton  County,  where  they  spent  their 
last  j"ears,  dying  at  an  advanced  .age.  Thej'  were 
most  excellent  and  worth}'  people,  and  members  in 
good  standing  of  the  Baptist  Church.  There  bad 
been  born  to  them  twelve  children,  of  whom  Will- 
iam H.  was  the  sixth  in  order  of  birth. 

The  i)atcrnal  grandparents  of  our  subject  were 
Thomas  and  Mary  Brown,  who  lived  in  New  York 
Stale  a  number  of  years,  and  then  accompanied 
their  son  to  Illinois.  Thom.as  Brown  was  a  noted 
pre.achcr  of  the  Baplist  Church  for  many  years,  an 
active  worker,  preaching  until  p.ast  his  threescore 
years  and  ten.  and  organizing  manj-  societies  of 
that  denominalion  both  in  New  York  and  Illinois. 
No  fancy  salaries  were  paid  in  the  pioneer  days, 
and  Grandfather  Brown's  labors  were  mostly  gratu- 
itous. His  duties  were  performed  mainly  on  the 
Sabbalh  day.  while  during  the  week  he  attended 
to  the  cultivation  of  his  farm.  lie  passed  away 
firm  in  the  faith  which  he  had  professed  for  so 
many  years,  justly  feeling  that  he  had  earned  the 
reward  of  a  good  and  faithful  servant. 

The  early  education  of  William  11.  Brown  was 
obtained  in  the  district  schools  of  Tazewell  County, 
111.  When  the  family  removed  to  Jeflferson  County 
the  latter  contained  a  large  area  of  land  still  be- 
longing to  the  Government.  He  assisted  his  lather 
in  transforming  a  portion  of  this  into  a  comforta- 
ble homestead,  much  of  the  sod  being  turned  by 
the  old  fashioned  wooden  mold-board  plow.  In 
Jefferson  County  he  developed  fully  into  manhood, 


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419 


and  when  ready  to  estfiblisli  a  fireside  of  his  own 
was  joined  iii  wedlock  with  Miss  Mary  Estcs. 

Soon  after  their  marriage  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown 
removed  to  Fulton  County,  111.,  settling  on  a  farm 
where  they  lived  about  two  years.  Tiiere  their 
oldest  child.  Columbus,  was  born.  Illinois,  how- 
ever, was  not  quite  far  enough  West  to  suit  Mr. 
Brown,  and  so.  in  1857,  gathering  togelhei-  his  lit- 
tle family  and  his  household  effects,  lie  pushed 
across  the  Ftither  of  Waters  into  Douglas  County, 
this  St^xte.  Settling  on  a  homestead  claim,  he  op- 
erated in  true  pioneer  style  until  1872.  That  3ear 
he  came  to  this  county,  and  locating  near  Caldwell 
engaged  as  a  dealer  in  live-stock  about  two  years. 
Then,  removing  to  Hunneweil,  he  established  him- 
self in  the  liver3'  business,  and  was  thus  occuuied 
until  coming  to  South  Haven. 

Mr.  Brown  was  wedded,  October  23,  1873,  at 
Wichita,  to  IMrs.  Lydia  (Molicre)  Edwards.  This 
lady  was  born  in  Indiana,  December  31,  1841,  and 
is  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  ( Aughee)  Mo- 
liere,  who  were  natives  of  Pennsylvania,  and  ai'e 
now  deceased.  Mrs.  Brown  was  first  married,  in 
Indiana,  Januarv  12,  18C0, to  Samuel  Edwards,  who 
served  in  the  Union  arm3'  during  the  late  Civil 
War,  and  subsequently  located  in  Sumner  County, 
this  State,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  earliest  pio- 
neers, and  where  he  died  in  1872.  There  was  born 
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edwards  one  child,  a  son,  Mjron, 
who  is  now  a  resident  of  .South  Haven. 

Jlr.  Brown  wdiile  a  resident  of  Hunneweil  served 
as  a  member  of  the  City  Council  two  terms,  and 
has  held  the  same  position  tlie  same  length  of  time 
in  .South  Haven.  During  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
War  Mr.  Brown,  in  August,  18G2,  enlisted  in  the 
First  Kansas  Battery,  under  the  command  of  Nor- 
man Allen,  of  Lawrence.  Mr.  Allen  died  in  .Inly, 
1863,  and  was  succeeded  in  the  command  by  51.  D. 
Tinne.y.  Mr.  Brown  served  until  the  clo.se  of  the 
war,  in  the  meantime  being  promoted  to  Corporal. 
He  participated  in  a  number  of  important  engage- 
ments, being  at  Newtonia,  Mo.,  Ft.  Wayne,  Kane 
Hill,  A'an  Buren  and  others.  In  the  spring  of  1863 
he  returned  to  Lawrence,  and  from  there  was  or- 
dered to  Ft.  Leavenworth,  where  the  battery  ob- 
tained fresh  lioises,  and  thence  proceeded  to  Holla, 
Mo.     Next  they  went  to  St.  Louis,  and   from  there 


to  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  after  which  they  drove  tiie 
raider  Morgan  from  the  soil  of  Ohio.  Returning 
then  to  St.  Louis  they  went  from  there  to  Cairo, 
and  next  to  Columbus,  Ky.  After  sojourning  there 
one  month  they  returned  to  Cairo,  where  they  re- 
mained five  months. 

Afterward  Mr.  Brown  was  at  Chattanooga,  and 
in  August,  1865.  returning  to  Ft.  Leavenwortii,  re- 
ceived his  honorable  discharge.  Although  not 
being  wounded  or  captured,  his  health  was  under- 
mined by  the  exposures  and  hardsiiips  which  lie 
endured,  and  which  induced  rheumatism,  from 
which  he  has  since  suffered.  He  belongs  to  South 
Haven  Post,  G.  A.  R.,  and  South  Haven  Lodge, 
No.  114,  I.  O.  0.  F.,  being  a  charter  member  of 
both  lodges.  Mrs.  Brown  belongs  to  Rebecca 
Lodge,  No.  97,  I.  O.  O.  F. 


.g-J^Ls^e^-^^ 


^;  AMES  P.  ELSEA  is  a  large  land  owner,  one 
of  the  most  extensive  cattle  men  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country,  and  who.  although  do- 
ing some  general  farming,  devotes  his  atten- 
tion almost  wholl_v  to  the  handling  of  stock,  buj-- 
ing,  feeding  and  shipping,  in  laige  numbers.  He 
owns  five  hundred  and  sixty  aires  of  land  in  this 
county,  and  an  extensive  range  in  Barber  County, 
having  a  controlling  interest  in  about  nineteen  hun- 
dred acres  theie.  At  this  writing  he  has  about 
one  hundred  and  seventj'-five  head  of  cattle,  and 
his  herds  number  far  more  at  some  seasons, 

Mr.  F^lsea  was  born  in  Elkhart  County,  Ind.,  l^e- 
cember  4.  1847,  and  there  gre\y  to  manhood,  ac- 
quiring a  fair  education  under  the  fine  system  of 
the  Hoosier  Stale,  and  residing  in  his  native  county 
until  the  spring  of  1873.  Flaving  chosen  Kansas 
as  his  future  home,  he  came  to  this  county  in  April 
of  that  year,  and  pre-empted  one  hundred  and  sixtv 
acres  of  laud  on  section  32,  Greene  Township,  where 
he  still  makes  his  home.  During  some  six  or  seven 
years  he  spent  much  of  his  time  in  the  Indian  Ter- 
ritory, looking  after  the  cattle  which  he  fed  upon 
the  ranges  there,  and   he  also   spent  two  or  three 


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PORTRAIT  AND  IJlUGRAiniiCAL  ALBUM. 


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^4^4— «^|^/zr3zr>v. 


years  ill  Uailicr  County,  althoiic(li  this  lias  been  liis 
home  since  he' first"  took  up  his' el:um''here.  He 
spent  two  years  upon  the  Pacific  Coast  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

"^  Mr.  Elsea  is  a  Democrat,  and  is  deeply  jnteresteil 
in  the  welfare  of  the  party,  although  he  has  no  po-  I 
lilieal  aspirations. ~ He  belongs  to  the  Masonic'fra- 
tcrnity.  He  is  one  of  the  most  energetic  of  ineii. 
jolly  an<l  cunipanionable.  and  with  the  exception 
that'he  still  pursues  a  life^of  sinole'l)lessedness,  hi.s 
citizenship  has'in  it  no  caiise"'of  complaint."  As 
mav  well  be  su|)post'd,  he  has  many  friends,  and  is 
\varnil\'  welcomed  in'soci.al  circles. 


(^^^OLNEY  S.  WIGGIN.S,  one  of  the  pioneers 
W, /// [of  Sumner  County,  was  born  near  Circle- 
^  ville.  Pickaway  County,  Ohio,  Aiioust  II, 
1855.  His  father,  H.  H.  Wiggins,  w.as  born  in  the 
Province  of  Ontario,  Canada,  and  was  a  son  of 
Samuel  Wiggins,  a  i)ioneer  of  that  iiro\ince.  where 
he  cleared  a  farm  and  eng.aged  in  agi'ieultural  pur- 
suits, continuing  to  reside  there  until  his  death. 

The  fatlier  of  our  subject  received  his  caily 
tr.tining  in  the  province,  and  when  a  young  man 
went  to  Ohio  and  pnrchasec)  a  tract  of  land  near 
Circlevillc.  Thinking  he  could  better  his  condi- 
tion liy  going  West,  in  18,')8  he  left  his  family  and 
made  his  way  to  Louisa  County,  Iowa,  wdiere  he 
purclnised  a  tract  of  praiiie  land  on  the  iowa  River. 
There  were  a  few  acres  broken,  and  that,  with  a 
log  house  of  which  he  immediately  took  possession, 
constituted  the  inqirovements.  A  few  nights  after 
his  arrival  there  he  was  awakened  by  a  strange 
sound,  and  juni|)ing  out  of  bed  found  himself 
nearly  waist  deep  in  w-alei'.  There  li.'id  been  a  sud- 
den rise  in  the  river,  and  the  banks  had  been  over- 
(liwed,  an  occurrence  winch  did  not  often  happen. 

The  father  was  soon  jnined  l)y  liis  family,  and 
continued  to  improve  the  farm,  upon  which  they 
lived  until  after  the  Civil  War.      He  then  sold  and 


bought  a  tract  of  wild  land  near  by,  which  was  tiie 
family  residence  until  18G9,  when  he  again  sold  out 
and  journeyed  farther  Westward.  This  time  he 
located  in  Crawford  County,  Kan.,  buying  a  claim 
to  a  tract  of  laud  one  and  a  half  miles  east  of  Oi- 
rard,  which  he  at  (uicc  liegan  to  improve.  He  had 
resided  upon  this  place  five  years,  when'he  found 
that  it  was  railroad  land,  to  which  he  could  secure 
a  title  only  by  paying  a  large  sum  to  the  railroad 
company.  He  therefore  abandoned  it.  and  ag.ain 
started  Westward,  on  this' occasion  coming  to  this 
county,  where  he  was  one  of  the  pioneers.  Deer 
and  antelope  still  roamed  over  the  prairie,  and  a  few 
miles  west  buffalo  abounded.  He  ma<ie  claim  to 
the  southeast  quarter  of  section  1.  in  what  is  now 
Osborn  Township,  and  prosecuted  the  labors  in- 
cidental to  the  improvement  of  the  primitive  soil. 
For  some  years  there  was  no  radroad  nearer  than 
Wichita,  and  that  city  was  the  nearest  market  for 
farm  products.  Prior  to  his  death,  which  occurred 
March  18.  188'J.  he  had  seen  tlie  county  develop 
to  one  of  tiie  most  poiiulous,  and  which  contained 
more  railcs'of  railroad  than  any  other  in  the  Slate. 

The  wife  of  H.  H.  Wiggins  and  mother  of  onr 
subject,' bore  the  maiden  name  of  Lncinda  Jones. 
She  was  a  native  of  New  York,  and  a  daughter  of 
N;ithanicl  .lones.  who  was.  as  far  as  known,  a  na- 
tive of  the  same  Stale,  and  who  was  a  carpenter  by 
traile.  Mr.  Jones  removed  from  New  York  to 
Ohio,  and  lived  in  Pickaway  County  a  number  of 
years,  after  which  he  went  to  ]owa.  and  thence  came 
to  this  State,  where  for  some  _years  he  lived  with  his 
daughter.  .Mrs.  Wiggins.  He  subsequentlv  went  to 
the  home  of  a  son  in  iNHchigan,  and  there  departed 
this  life.  Three  children  were  born  to  the  parents 
of  our  subject — Hiram,  Volney  and  Chaiies. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
was  three  years  of  age  when  his  parents  moved  to 
Iowa,  in  which  State  lie  attended  the  pioneer 
schools.  When  his  parents  came  to  Kansas  he  ac- 
COinpanicd  them,  and  as  soon  as  he  was  large 
enough  he  began  to  assist  his  fatlier  in  the  work  of 
the  farm,  and  adopting  his  fathci-'s  employment  has 
alw.ays  been  engaged  in  agricultural  |nirsnils.  In 
1882  he  located  upon  the  farm  which  he  now  owns 
and  occuiiies.  and  which  comprises  the  south  half 
of  the  southwest  quarter  of   section   6.  Wellington 


PORTRAIT  AND  JJIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


421 


Township.  He  stands  well  among  his  fellow  cili- 
zcns  as  a  j'ouiig  man  of  industrious  habits,  intelli- 
gence, and  good  i)iin(ji|)les,  and  one  who  merits 
their  respect. 

The  home  of  Mr.  '.Viggins  ij  brightened  by  tin- 
childish  f(n-ins  of  three  cliildren — Samuel,  Ijucinda 
J.  and  Josephine — who  have  blessed  his  union  with 
the  lad\-  who  exercises  such  pleasant  and  orderly 
control  of  the  household  affairs.  This  lady,  form- 
erly Miss  Lucy  Rumble,  native  of  Tower  Creek 
Tovvnship,  LaSalle  County,  111.,  and  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Elizabeth  Rumble,  whose  sketch  will 
DC  found  elsewhere  in  this  volume,  was  united  in 
marriage  to  BIr.  Wiggins  on  Dceemlier  3,  181S2. 


G "GEORGE  J.  MILLER  is  the  owner  and  occu- 
—  cu[tant  of  a  pleasantly  located,  well-im- 
__J)  proved  farm  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  on  section  34,  Wellington  Township.  This 
land  was  purchased  liy  him  in  1879,  and  was  then 
in  the  primitive  condition  of  unbroken  |)rairie. 
Taking  possession  of  it  in  1880,  he  has  erected  a 
set  of  farm  buildings,  which,  though  built  of  wood, 
are  substantial  and  well  designed.  He  has  fenced 
and  otherwise  improved  the  estate,  among  the 
notable  features  of  its  adornment  being  many  fruit, 
shade  and  ornamental  trees. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Benning- 
ton, Wyoming  County,  N.  Y.,  July  27,  LS53,  and 
is  the  oldest  member  of  the  parental  family.  His 
father,  George  Miller,  was  born  in  Germany,  and 
came  to  America  when  a  young  man.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  a  miller  in  his  native  laud,  and  fol- 
lowed this  for  some  time,  later  purchasing  a  farm 
in  Bennington  Township,  where  for  many  years  he 
prosecuted  agriculture.  He  is  now  living  in  War- 
saw, the  same  county.  The  maiden  name  of  his 
wife,  the  mother  of  our  subject,  was  Kate  Clar. 
Her  father,  Adam  Clar,  was  a  native  of  France,  and 
spent  his  last  years  in  Wyoming  County.  Beside 
our  subject  the  members  of  tli"  parental  family 
were  JNIaigaret.  John.  Charles,  Sarah  and   Lizzie 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  early  ed- 
cation  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
prosecuted  the  stuily  of  higher  branches  at  the 
Union  School  at  Batavia.  When  not  engaged  in 
the  schoolroom  he  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm, 
early  acquiring  a  practical  understanding  of  a  far- 
mer's life  and  labors.  At  the  age  of  twenty  years 
he  left  the  parental  roof- tree  and  started  out  in  life 
for  himself,  visiting  different  parts  of  the  Slate  of 
Michigan  during  the  next  few  months.  He  then  went 
to  Ohio,  and  after  spending  the  winter  in  another 
section,  visited  Toledo,  where  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion vvith  the  Water  Compan}^  f or  a  year,  following 
which  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Summit  Street 
Railway  Corajjany,  remaining  with  them  until  he 
became  a  citizen  of  Kansas. 

Though  young  in  years  Mr.  Miller  exhibits  a 
judgment  and  discrimination  equal  to  that  shown 
by  many  older  men,  and  manages  his  estate  pru- 
dently and  discreetly.  He  possesses  an  upright  and 
manly  character,  and  is  highly  respected  among 
those  with  whom  his  lot  is  cast. 


yilAAAil     B.    L'OEUVVELL. 
man  is  a  Justice  of  the  Pe; 
^   ^.      and  is  well   known  as    a  st 


ILLIAM  B.  COLD  WELL.  This  gentle- 
Peace  in  Oxford, 
stock-raiser,  his 
S|)ecialty  being  Jersey  cattle,  of  which  he  has  the 
best  herd  in  the  count}-,  made  up  of  the  A.  J.  C.  C, 
registered  Jerseys.  Mr.  Coldwell  is  not  only  widely 
known  as  a  Jersey  cattle  dealer,  but  has  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  filled  a  prominent  position  in  Oxford 
as  a  business  man  and  a  public  servant,  and  he  still 
holds  positions  of  public  responsibility  for  which 
a  long  experience  in  mercantile  and  clerical  ca[)aci- 
ties  has  well  fitted  him.  His  home  estate  com- 
i)riscs  seventy'  acres  adjoining  the  town,  and  he 
also  owns  one  hundred  ancl  sixty  acres  in  another 
part  of  the  townshi|i. 

Mr.  Coldwell  is  a  son  of  T.  M.  (,'oldwell  and  a 
grandson  of  Abiram  Coldwell.  The  latter  was  a 
native  of  Virginia  and  the  son  f)f  a  man  who  came 
from  Scotland.     He  grew  to   maturity    in   the  Old 


42-2 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


Doiiiiiiiiin,  ini'l  tlicn-  iii:iirierl  a  Miss  IMonlgonierj, 
after  which  lie  moved  to  the  eastern  jiart  of  Ten- 
nessee anrl  engnired  in  farming,  siibscqiientiv  goinic 
to  Dicixson  County.  'I'enn.,  where  lie  died.  He 
reined  a  faniil\-  of  fifteen  ciiiidren.  Of  tliese, 
Thomas  M.  was  horn  in  Uecember,  1808,  in  l>ick- 
son  County,  and  there  grew  to  maturity  on  his 
father's  farm.  After  his  marriage  to  Miss  Eliza- 
heth  Rfll.  he  removed  to  Shelbyviile,  where  lie 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  groeeries  and  produce,  and 
where  he  remained  until  liis  death,  which  took 
jilace  in  1871.  IIc^  was  an  able  financier  and  a  suc- 
cessful business  man.  but  lost  heavily  in  the  war. 
saving  but  ^2;>0  out  of  the  wreck  made  of  his 
fortunes  at  that  time.  He  was  an  Elder  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century.  He  was  kind  and  affectionate  in  his  home 
leiatitms  and  a  jirominent  and  respected  citizen 
of  his  countv.  He  was  the  father  of  nine  chil- 
(h-eii.  of  whom  all  but  one  are  still  living. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  the  first-born  in  the 
parental  family.  The  second  son  and  child.  Imu- 
raett,  is  now  engaged  in  the  foundry  l)usiness  at 
Birmingham.  Ala.;  Alice  is  the  wife  of  William  K. 
Mathews,  of  Shelbyviile,  'J'enn.;  Mary,  who  died 
ill  November,  1872,  was  the  wife  of  B.  F.  Pea- 
cock, of  this  townshi|).  John.is  now  agent  for  the 
Adams  Express  Comiiany  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.;  he 
came  to  Oxford  in  1871,  and  resided  here  twelve 
years.  The  above-named  children  wore  born  to 
the  (list  wife  of  T.  M.  Coldwell.  and  after  her 
death  he  married  Miss  .lane  Cannon,  of  Rutherford 
County,  Tenn.,  who  became  the  mother  of  four 
cliildreii.  Joseiih  C.  is  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Elizaliethtown,  Ky.;  Emma  is  still  at 
home;  AbVae  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  Black,  of  Louis- 
burg,  Tenn.:   Maggie  is  with  her  mother. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Shelby- 
viile, Tenn.,  Jannary  18,  1839.  and  grew  to  man's 
estate  in  his  native  place,  finisliing  his  education  at 
Shelbyviile  Academy.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Civil  War.  in  1861,  he  went  to  Nashville,  Tenn., 
and  entered  the  Comniissarv  Dcpartnient  of  Oeii. 
Thomas'  (ominand.  having  charge  of  Taylor  depot, 
with  two  or  three  million  dollars'  worth  of  stores, 
shippiuL;  to  the  front  all  the  time.  He  next  en- 
tered the  large  retail    (b-\--gooiis   house  of   Col.  W, 


W.  Berry  it  Co.,  on  College  Street,  Nashville,  and 
subsequently  handled  the  penitentiary  productions 
— wagons,  stores,  etc. — in  the  same  city,  with 
Messrs.  .McCamphell  and  Michael.  He  next  held 
the  position  of  Inspector  of  Customs  in  New  York 
City  during  the  years  1869-70,  and  then  returned 
to  his  youthful  home  to  assist  in  settling  his  father's 
estate. 

In  October.  1872,  Mr.  Coldwell  came  to  this 
place,  where  there  were  but  few  people,  and  where 
deer  were  so  plentiful  that  he  could  shoot  all  he 
wanted  within  the  distance  of  half  a  mile,  and 
herds  of  antelope  were  to  be  seen  on  Slate  Creek, 
There  were  several  Indian  scares  after  he  came 
here,  but  it  was  found  that  they  were  gotten  up  by 
desperate  characters  who  had  gathered  here  from 
various  [joints,  and  the  object  was  to  steal  horses. 
In  the  fall  of  187:^  Mr.  Coldwell  went  into  Harper 
County  on  a  hunt  .and  found  but  one  white  man 
in  that  county.  His  first  claim  here  was  the  north- 
east quarter  of  section  22,  upon  which  he  made  im- 
provements, and  in  1871  moved  to  the  land  which  he 
now  occupies,  where  he  has  also  erected  good  build- 
ings and  placed  the  land  under  excellent  cultiva- 
tion, erected  a  windmill,  and  set  out  fruit  and  shade 
trees.  At  the  same  time  he  engaged  in  the  dry- 
goods  business,  opening  one  of  the  first  establish- 
ments of  the  kind  in  Oxford  and  after  a  time 
beginning  a  trade  in  agricultural  implements,  which 
he  continued  for  ten  or  twelve  years.  He  then  en- 
gaged ill  the  breeding  cif  thoroughbred  .lersey 
stock  and  good  grades  of  horses,  and,  as  before 
stated,  has  become  well  known  in  this  business. 

Mr.  Coldwell  was  .Secretary  of  the  Committee 
which  was  appfiinted  to  secure  a  wagon  bridge 
across  the  Arkansas  Hiver,  his  coadjutors  being  H, 
Barrett.  .lasper  Sumnierville,  (1.  J.  Hess  and  Dr. 
I.  .1.  Maggard.  They  raised  a  [)rivate  subscription 
and  the  county  gave  assistance,  and  the  highway 
was  secured.  Our  subject  is  manager  of  the  co- 
operative store  at  Wellington,  which  is  controlled 
by  the  Farmers'  Alliance,  and  has  been  elected  See- 
retarv  of  the  ( )xf(ud  Farmers'  Elevator  and  .Mill 
Company,  composed  fif  members  of  the  same  body, 
which  is  soon  to  erect  the  buildings  indicated  in 
the  title  of  their  association.  Mr.  Coldwell  has 
never  desired  oflice.  but  has    been  willinii;  to  serve 


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his  fellow-citizens  "hen  called  upon  to  fill  any 
p(jsilion  vviiicli  does  not  reqnire  his  absence  from 
home.  lie  has  lliciefoie  served  as  Township  Clerk. 
and  in  1888  was  elected  as  Justice  of  the  Peace.  Ho 
h:is  also  been  Chaii-man  of  the  Democratic  Town- 
ship Committee.  Of  more  than  ordinary  intelli 
gence,  undiudjted  ability  and  excellent  character, 
Mr.  Coldwcli  is  highl3-  respected  bj'  all  who  know 
him. 

The  wife  of  Mr.  Coldwell  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Nellie  Malaby,  and  their  marriage  was  cele- 
Ijr.nted  at  her  home,  in  Palestine  Township  on  the 
■  last  day  of  1 878.  The  bride  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
\ania  April  27,  18ij4.  and  moved  to  Illinois  with 
her  parents,  and  in  1871  came  with  them  to  this 
county,  where  her  mother  is  still  living.  Ilcr 
father,  the  late  George  A.  Malaby,  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  this  count}-.  He  married  Mi.ss 
I'^slber  Johnson,  and  their  family  comprised  Bve 
sons  and  six  daughters.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Coldwell 
are  the  happy  parents  of  five  interesting  children, 
who  are  named  respectively:  Irma,  Irene.  Irving, 
Ivan  and  Ion. 


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^lAMKS  W.  IK  )L'SE  WORTH.  The  work  of 
the  biographer  is  particnlarly  pleasant  when 
to  a  record  of  financial  prosperity  and  suc- 
cess one  c:in  add  that  of  a  useful  career  on 
the  field  of  battle  and  in  various  departments  of 
liical  affairs,  and  a  character  above  reproach.  Such 
a  life  and  character  may  well  be  recorded  for  the 
benefit  of  future  generations,  who  will  eagerly 
glance  backward  to  learn  what  worth}'  examples 
have  been  given  by  their  progenitors.  The  gentle- 
man who  is  the  subject  of  this  sketch  can  look  back 
over  years  well  spent  since  his  early  manhood, 
and  turning  his  thoughts  to  the  future,  may  con- 
fidently hope  for  still  more  extended  usefulness 
through  his  personal  efforts  and  the  family  whom 
he  has  reared. 

Mr.  Houseworth  is  the  third  in  a  family  of  fif- 
teen children,  twelve  of  whom  grew  to  maturity. 
Their    parents  were  Abram    H.  Houseworth,  who 


was  born  near  Orange  Court  House,  Va.,  anil  Lucy 
A.  Black  well,  who  was  also  a  native  of  the  Old 
Dominion.  This  worthy  couple  wore  married  in 
Kentucky,  and  resided  there  until  1842.  when  they 
removed  to  Clark  County,  Ind.,  locating  on  a 
farm.  They  sojourned  in  the  rural  districts  but  a 
short  time  ere  removing  to  the  county  seat,  where 
Mr.  Houseworth  again  occupied  himself  at  his  trade 
of  a  mechanic.  Four  j'ears  later  they  returned  to 
their  farm,  upon  which  they  remained  until  1878, 
when  they  settled  in  Carroll  Count}-.  Mo.  The 
mother  departed  this  life  in  188.5,  and  the  father 
in  1888. 

The  gentleman  of  whom  w-e  write  was  born  at 
Sirapsonville,  Shelby  County.  Ky.,  June  29,  1841, 
and  was  still  an  infant  wlien  the  family  removed 
to  the  Hoosier  State,  in  the  district  schools  of 
which  he  received  a  good  com'mon-school  educa- 
tion. He  began  life  for  himself  when  he  still  lacked 
a  year  of  his  majority,  by  enlisting  at  the  breaking 
out  of  tlie  Civil  War  in  Company  B,  Eighty-first 
Indiana  Infantr}'.  The  command  was  sent  to  Nash- 
ville, Tenn..  and  forming  a  part  of  Gen.  Rosen- 
crans'  arm}-,  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Stone  River, 
and  thence  went  to  Chattanooga,  later  participat- 
ing in  the  battle  of  Chickamauga,  and  fighting  al- 
most continually  until  the  siege  of  Atlanta. 

Under  the  command  of  Gen.  Thomas  they  next 
participated  in  the  engagement  at  Jonesboro. 
whence  they  returned  to  Nashville,  fighting  in  the 
battle  of  Franklin  on  their  way  thither,  engaging 
in  another  hard  contest  at  their  objective  point  and 
driving  away  Gen.  Hood's  army.  Their  next  move- 
ment was  to  Huntsville,  .41a.,  following  which  they 
entered  East  Tennessee,  and  then  went  to  North 
Carolina  on  a  scouting  expedition.  At  the  con- 
clusion of  this  expedition  they  returned  again  to 
Nashville,  where  they  remained  until  mustered  out 
of  service,  at  Camp  Harper,  in  June,  1865.  Dur- 
ing the  battle  of  Stone  River,  Mr.  Houseworth  was 
struck  on  the  left  elbow  by  a  minie  ball,  but  re- 
mained with  his  company  notwithstanding  the 
wound.  He  entered  the  ranks  as  a  piivate.  and 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  Corporal. 

After  being  honorably  discharged,  Mr.  House- 
worth  returned  to  his  father's  farm,  happy  in  the 
conscioiisnoss  that  there  was  no  cause  for  regret  in 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


(I  retrospective  view  of  his  conduct  during  tlie  war, 
and  tliat  tlie  years  wLicli  lie  had  devoted  to  tlie 
service  of  his  counlrj-  had  been  well  and  nobly 
spent.  During  the  winter  after  his  return  home  he 
attended  school,  and  the  following  spring  rented  a 
farm,  which  he  oiicrated  about  a  3'ear.  He  then 
purchased  thirty-two  acres,  which  he  lived  upon 
until  1868.  wiien  he  removed  to  Missouri  and  set- 
tled in  Carroll  County,  where  he  purchased  a  farm 
of  fortj'  acres,  which  was  his  home  until  1877, 
when  ho  came  to  Kansas  and  settled  on  the  farm 
which  he  now  occupies.  This  comprises  two  hun- 
dred acres  in  Ryan  'J'ownship.  and  when  he  took 
possession  of  it  everj'  acre  was  in  the  raw  condi- 
tion of  the  Sumner  County  prairie.  One  hundred 
and  sixty  acres  are  now  devoted  to  crops,  and 
the  owner  divides  his  attention  equally-  between 
the  raising  of  crops  and  stock.  Ti  e  estate  bears 
the  usual  improvements,  the  dwelling,  which  was 
erected  in  the  year  1879,  having  been  added  to 
in  1887,  forming  a  pleasant  and  commodious  resi- 
lience. In  1S87  Mr.  Ilouseworlh  went  to  Garfield 
Count}'  and  took  up  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
of  land  as  a  soldier's  lioniestead,  and  on  that  tract 
he  has  broken  forty-dvc  acres  of  ground  and  dug 
a  good  well. 

The  marriage  of  .Mr.  IluHseworth  was  celebrated 
in  Indiana,  March  20,  1806.  his  bride  being  Miss 
Elizabeth  Mitchell,  who  was  born  in  Clark  County, 
of  that  State,  January  ."^O.  1840.  She  was  the  re- 
ci[iicnl  of  a  good  common-scliool  education,  has 
many  womanly  virtues,  and  possesses  a  character 
which  endears  her  to  many  hearts.  Her  parents, 
John  and  Rachel  (St.  Clair)  Mitchell,  were  natives 
of  Pennsylvania,  but  lived  for  a  time  in  Ohio  and 
later  in  Indiana.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  a  farmer.  Fie 
died  in   1879,  and  his  wife  in  1858. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  llouseworth  are  the  parents  of  six 
childien:  Theodore  E.,  Rachael  EstoUa,  John  Leno 
and  Abram  Leman  (twins),  Frances  Olga  and  Lucy 
(iertrude.  The  oldest  son  is  now  teaching  in  Schocil 
District  No.  137;  Rachael  Estella  teac'hes  five  miles 
north  of  .Milan;  Abram  Lcniaii  is  teacliing  four 
and  one  half  miles  northwest  of  Argouia. 

Mr.  llouseworth  is  a  member  of  the  Farmers'  Al- 
liance, and  of  .b.hii  Goldy  Post.  No.  90,  (}.  A.  R., 
of  iMilan.  being  Chaplain    in    the    latter  organiza- 


tion. He  is  Director  of  School  District  No.  123, 
and  has  been  elected  Justice  of  the  Peace ;  he  is 
also  serving  his  second  term  as  Trustee  of  Ryan 
Township.  While  a  resident  of  Missouri,  he  was 
twice  elected  Township  Collector,  and  was  also 
Registering  Oflicer.  He  takes  an  active  interest  in 
politics,  and  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  Mrs. 
Houseworth  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church  and  ;\fr.  Houseworth  of  the  Christian 
Church,  and  he  has  taught  in  the  Sunday-school. 


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BERLE  D.  WHITESIDE.  In  noting  the 
►p«j  business  men  of  Caldwell, Sthejiame  of  Mr. 
LL^  Whiteside  deserves  more  than"a  passing 
mention.  In  revei  ting  to  the  incidents  of  his  earl}' 
life,  we  find  that  he  was  l)orn  in  Casey  County, 
Ky.,  Januar}'  13,  1863,  and  is  the  son  of  Christo 
pher  and  Elizabeth  (Wilson)  Whiteside,  who  were 
natives  of  Kentucky.  The  latter  lived  in  the  Blue 
Grass  State  until  about  1865.  then  emigrated  to 
Illinois,  and  four  years  later  to  Cherokee  County, 
Kan.  The  elder  Whiteside  spent  his  early  years 
mostly  in  farming  pursuits,  but  is  now  engaged  as 
an  hotel-keeper  at  Neosha.  He  Ix'ars  the  re[)uta- 
tion  of  an  honest  man  and  a  good  citizen,  is  a  worthy 
member  of  the  Christian  Church,  a  Democrat  in 
l)olitics,  .and  belongs  to  the  Masonie  fraternity. 
The  mother  i»also  still  living.  The  parental  fam- 
ily included  nine  cliililien.  who  were  named  re- 
spectively: William  A..  James  1".,  .Mattie,  John, 
Eberle  D..  Eliza.  Kittle,  Lizzie,  and  Charles  C. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  the  (ifth  child  of 
his  parents,  and  was  reared  on  the  farm  in  Chero- 
kee County,  this  State,  accjuiring  a  practical  educa- 
tion in  the  common  school.  He  made  good  use  of 
his  timi>  and  opiiortunities  for  the  acquisition  of 
useful  knowledge,  and  for  a  time  followed  teaching. 
Later  he  entered  the  priijting  office  of  the  Colum- 
bus Times,  where  he  learned  the  "art  preservative" 
and  was  engaged  at  this  until  1883.  That  year  he 
became  the  emploj'c  of  the  Long  Bell  Lumber  Com- 
pany, with  which   he  has  since  conliuuid.   Iiaxing 


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charge  of  this  business  at  Caldwell  since  1885.  He 
possesses  fine  business  qualifications,  and  is  evi- 
dently bound  to  make  of  life  a  reasonable  success. 
He  votes  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  belongs  to  the 
Ancient  Order  of  Tnited  Workmen. 

On  the  ■29tli  of  December,  1886,  Mr.  Whiteside 
was  wedded  to  Miss  Mamie  Hammett,  of  Colum- 
bus, Kan.  Mrs.  AVhiteside  was  born  in  Martha's 
A'ineyard,  Mass.,  May,  1865,  and  is  a  daughter  of 
John  M.  and  Conlelia  (Tilton)  Hammett,  likewise 
natives  of  the  Bay  State,  and  now  of  Columbus, 
Kan.  There  has  licen  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White- 
side, one  el)ild.  Gladys  E.,  July  29,  1888. 


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^  I*;ILL1A.M  D.  MOOHK,  proprietor  of  the 
\rJ/i  Wellington  Foundry,  Stove  and  Machine 
W^  Works,  is  numbered  among  the  stirring 
business  men  of  the  city,  and  estalilished  himself 
in  his  present  business  in  January,  1886,  being  lo- 
cated at  the  intersection  of  Harvey  Avenue  and  C 
Street.  He  gives  employment  to  several  men,  and 
is  contributing  his  full  quota  to  the  industrial  in- 
terests of  Sumner  County. 

pjsscnlially  a  Western  man,  Mr.  Moore  was  born 
in  Sangamon  Couniy,  111..  .luly  6,  1856,  and  was 
reared  to  manhood  on  his  father's  farm  twelve 
hiiles  south  of  Springlield.  He  conqileted  a  thor- 
ough education  in  the  university  at  Champaign, 
being  gi-aduated  in  tlie  Class  of  '83,  from  the  me- 
chanical and  civil  engineering  departments.  Soon 
afterward  he  assumeil  the  position  of  Assistant  Su- 
l)erinten<lent  of  River  Survey  on  the  ^Mississippi 
River  in  the  employ  of  tiie  Government.  He  was 
thus  occupied  one  year,  and  ihen  went  into  the 
C!l"iami)aign  machine  shops,  where  he  worked  also 
one  year,  and  acquired  a  practical  knowledge  of 
the  business.  At  the  expiration  of  this  time,  com- 
ing to  Wellington  he  purchased  a  small  foundry, 
and  was  ready  for  lousiness  on  the  1st  of  January, 
1886. 

From  the  start  Mr.  Alooie  has   been    prosperous. 


being  obliged  to  increase  his  facilities,  and  now  has 
one  of  the  best-equipped  shops  in  the  city,  giving 
employment  to  ten  men  during  the  bus}'  .season. 
He  devotes  his  entire  attention  to  his  business,  hav- 
ing neither  time  nor  inclination  for  politics,  sim- 
pl}'  casting  his  vote  in  support  of  the  Democratic 
party. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  married  at  Au- 
burn, III.,  February  17,  1887,  to  Miss  Mattie  Hill. 
Mrs.  Moore,  like  her  husband,  was  born  in  Sanga- 
mon County,  III.,  and  is  the  daughter  of  William  R. 
and  Jane  (Mason)  Hill,  the  former  of  whom  was  a 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  and  the  latter  of  Illinois. 
Mrs.  Moore  received  excellent  parental  training, 
and  remained  under  the  home  roof  until  her  mar- 
riage. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Morrison  M. 
Moore,  who  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  and  born 
about  1810.  He  remove!  to  Kentucky  when  a  boj- 
where  he  grew  to  man's  estate,  and  then  emigrated 
to  Sangamon  County,  111.  There  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Sarah  Crow,  and  they  became  the  parents  of 
eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  Mrs.  Moore 
was  born  in  Kentuek\.  and  removed  with  her  par- 
ents to  Illinois  when  a  young  girl,  about  1830. 
She  and  her  husband  are  still  living  at  the  old  farm 
in  .Sangamon  Count}',  and  the  elder  Moore  votes 
tlie  Democratic  ticket.  Our  subject  and  his  family 
occupj'  a  neat  home  in  the  northern  part  of  the 
city,  and  enjoy  the  acquaintance  and  friendship  of 
its  best  people.  Mr.  Moore  has  recently  determined 
to  engage  in  the  manufacturing  of  stoves. 


W.    SHEARMAN.      Among    those    who 
have  borne  no  unimportant  part  in  build- 
l4>    ing  up  the  town  of  Wellington,  aad  whose 
^^  interests  have  centered  here  for  these  many 

3'ears,  the  subject  of  this  notice  deserves  special 
mention.  Notwithstanding  that  lie  has  witnessed 
changes  that  seemed  more  like  a  dream  than  a  reality, 
and  was  in  Wellington  during  its  earliest  settlement. 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


lie  is  still  R  man  in  the  prime  of  life,  having  been 
born  September  23,  1836.  His  native  plaee  was 
Yates  Countj'.  N.  Y..  where  he  was  reared  on  a  farm 
and  attended  the  common  school.  The  death  of  his 
mother,  when  he  was  a  bo}-  of  thirteen  years,  re- 
sulted in  his  .going  out  in  the  world  to  earn  his 
own  livinji'.  and  he  worked  on  the  farm  in  the  sum- 
mer, and  in  the  winter  season  in  the  timber.  When 
a  youth  of  nineteen  j-ears.  he  went  into  Chemung 
County.  X.  Y.,  and  for  some  time  thereafter  was 
engaged  as  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  boot  and  shoe 
house.  lie  then  returned  to  his  native  county, 
and  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Penu  Y''ann, 
remaining  there  until  1 85 1 .  Afterward  he  changed 
his  residence  to  Niagara  County,  and  became 
Superintendent  of  Gen.  Whitney's  farm,  holding 
the  position  seven  \-ears.  In  1858,  he  repaired  to 
Louisiana  and  became  overseer  of  a  plantation, 
sixty  nine   miles  above  the  citj-  of  New  Orleans. 

We  next  find  Mr.  Shearman  again  in  the  North, 
in  consequence  of  the  outbreak  of  the  Rebellion, 
located  near  (leneva,  N.  Y.  In  1862  he  enlisted  as 
a  I'nion  soldier  in  Company  F,  One  Hundred  and 
Twenty- sixth  New  York  Infantry.  The  regiment 
soon  afterward  was  ordered  to  Harper's  Ferr3'. 
In  Septemlier,  that  year,  Mr.  Shearman  wascai)tured 
with  13,000  otiiers.  The  next  day  they  were 
p:iroled.  sent  to  Chicago.  111.,  and  Mr.  Shearman 
w:i.s  discharged  on  account  of  disability.  In  Febru- 
ary, following,  he  returned  to  New  York  State,  and 
lived  one  yi^ar  in  Ontario  County.  Me  then  clerked 
one  year  in  Fenn  Yann,  and  going  from  there  to 
ICimira.  engaged  again  as  a  salesman  for  a  boot  and 
shoe  house  three  years.  He  next  established  him- 
self in  the  grocery  business  at  Penn  Yann.  sojourn- 
ing there  until  1871.  although  for  two  years,  he  was 
not  engaged  in  anj-  active  business. 

In  the  year  last  mentioned.  Mr.  Shearman  turned 
his  face  towards  the  Great  West  with  the  intention 
of  settling  in  some  new  town.  Coming  to  Kansas, 
he  visited  a  brother  in  Leavenworth,  and  there 
learned  that  a  new  town  named  Meridien  had  just 
l)een  started  in  Sumner  County.  He  accordingly- 
set  out  for  that  point,  going  by  rail  to  Emporia, 
then  the  Western  terminus  of  the  Santa  Fe  Road, 
and  from  there  by  stage  to  Wichita.  There  being 
no  stage  from  this  point  as  he  expected,  and  deter- 


mined not  to  abandon  his  enterprise,  he  started  out 
on  foot  with  another  man,  and  about  two  and  one- 
half  miles  southeast  of  the  present  site  of  Welling- 
ton, he  found  the  village  of  Meridien.  This  con- 
sisted of  a  few  tents  near  the  timber.  The  pro- 
prietors of  the  land  offered  Mr.  Shearman  two  lots 
if  he  would  put  up  a  store  building  and  embark  in 
merchandising.  He  sto|)ped  over  night  with  them, 
and  the  following  day  two  gentlemen  named  Wood 
and  Godfrey  invited  him  to  their  camp,  one  mile 
distant.  I'pon  arriving  there,  they  unfolded  to  him 
their  plans.  The3'  were  about  to  lay  out  a  village 
where  Wellington  now  stands,  and  offered  him  two 
business  lots  and  two  residence  blocks  for  himself 
and  his  brother. 

]\Ir.  Shearman  had  ahead}-  made  arrangements 
with  a  friend  at  Emporia  to  send  him  lumber,  and 
who  at  once  dispatched  teams  for  this  place,  and  on 
the  4th  of  .\pril,  in  company  with  others,  com- 
menced laying  out  the  town.  As  soon  .as  his  lumber 
arrived,  he  i)ut  up  the  first  building  erected  in 
Wellington,  and  as  it  approached  completion. 
placed  within  it  a  stock  of  general  merchandise,  in- 
eluding  most  everything  in  genernl  use.  This,  with 
the  exception  of  Mr.  Godfrey's  drug  store,  w.as  the 
only  store  in  the  town  for  many  years.  Mr.  Shear- 
man gave  his  sole  attention  to  his  mercantile  busi- 
ness about  eight  years,  and  then  served  two  years 
as  under  sheriff.  When  the  Wells-Fargo  Expiess 
Company  established  an  oHice  here,  he  accepted  the 
agency  and  discharged  the  duties  of  this  position 
until  the  office  was  consolidated  with  that  of  the 
Adams  Express  Company.  He  then  embarked  in 
the  grocery  business,  which  he  is  still  conducting. 

When  Mr.  Shearman  came  to  this  county,  deer, 
antelope  and  buffalo  were  numerous,  and  the  land 
was  ovvi'cd  by  the  Govcinment.  It  was  sold  for 
$1.25  per  acre  to  homesteaders,  who  are  now  in 
possession  of  valuable  and  productive  farms.  Mr. 
Shearman  has  lived  to  see  the  surrounding  countr}- 
settled  up  with  an  intelligent  and  prosperous  i)eo- 
ple.  and  a  city,  numbering  probably  0,000  souls, 
grow  up  from  the  prairie.  Since  attaining  his  ma- 
jority, Mr.  Shearman  has  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket.  He  was  the  first  Trustee  of  Wellington 
Township,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Countv  Commissioners  during  the  erection   of  the 


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court  house  in  1881.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  C'ty  Council,  anrl  served  as  Mayor  three  years. 
As  one  of  the  old  landmarks  he  is  i<nown  to  a 
large  portion  of  the  peojiie  of  Sumner  County,  and 
will  he  gratefully  remembered  long  after  he  has  de- 
parted hence. 

The  first  marriage  of  Mr.  Shearman  occurred 
December  1 4,  1866,  tlie  bride  being  Miss  Ophelia 
Bennett.  This  lady  was  likewise  a  native  of  New 
York  State,  and  died  in  Penn  Yann  in  1868.  In 
187y,  Mr.  Shearman  contracted  a  second  marriage 
with  Miss  Alwilda  DeArmand,  who  was  born  in 
Butler  County,  Ohio.  Of  the  first  marriage  there 
was  born  one  child,  a  daughter,  Helen,  who  is  now 
the  wife  of  P.  J.  Ivers.  The  second  union  resulted 
in  the  l)irth  of  three  cliildren — Grace,  Shirley  and 
John. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  John  Shearman, 
a  native  of  Dublin,  Ireland,  and  the  son  of  George 
Sheirman,  who  probably  was  born  in  the  same 
country,  and  spent  his  entire  life  tiiere.  George 
Siiearman  was  an  attorney,  and  successfully  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  The  maiden 
name  of  his  wife  was  Rebecca  Brown.  She  was  born 
in  England,  and  died  in  the  city  of  Dublin  at  the 
advanced  age  of  one  iiundred  and  five  years.  Both 
were  Kpiscopalians  in  religious  belief.  Four  of 
tiieir  children  emigrated  to  America — James,  John, 
Frank  and  George — settling  in  Yates  County,  N.  Y. 
Frank  and  James  never  married.  George  reared 
u  family.  John  acquired  an  academic  education  in 
his  native  city  and  sailed  for  America  when  a 
a  youth  of  nineteen  years.  Later  he  engaged  in 
farming  in  Y'ates  County,  N.  Y.,  but  a  few  years 
after  marriage  removed  to  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  and 
embarked  in  the  distillery  business.  After  a  twenty 
years'  residence  there  he  returned  to  Y'ates  County, 
and  purchased  a  flouring  mill,  which  he  operated 
some  years.  He  died  in  that  county  in  1807,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-seven  years. 

The  mother  of  our  subject  bore  die  maiden  name 
of  Anna  Woodruff.  She  was  born  in  Connecticut, 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Elisha  Woodruff,  who 
[irobably  was  also  a  native  of  that  State,  and  who 
emigrated  to  Yates  County,  N.  Y..  during  its  pio- 
neer days,  purchasing  a  tract  of  timber  land  in  the 
wilderness.  This  was  long  before  the  days  of  canals 


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and  railroads,  and  for  a  time  the  nearest  mill  to 
Grandfather  Woodruff  was  at  Elmira,  sevent3'-five 
miles  distant,  to  which  he  carried  his  grist  on  horse- 
back. He  cleared  a  farm,  and  resided  there  until  his 
death.  Mrs.  Shearman  spent  her  last  days  with  her 
son  in  Tompkins  County,  N.  Y.  To  her  and  her 
husband  there  have  be^n  born  nine  children,  four 
sons  and  five  daughters,  viz.:  Frank,  Charlotte. 
Bradley,  Rhoda.  Anna,  John.  Mary.  A.  W.,  and  one 
who  died  in  infancy. 


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EXRY  L.  BENEDICT,  Postmaster  at  Milan, 

)  is  one  of    those    deserving  citizens    whose 

history  the  biographer  takes  great  pleasure 

For  more  th.an  a  decade  he  has 

resided  in  Ryan  Township,  and  during  those  3ears 
he  has  filled  positions  of  re3|)onsibility  among  his 
fellow-men,  and  has  ever  been  found  faithful  in 
the  discharge  of  his  duties,  both  in  those  public 
capacities  ,and  in  those  of  private  life.  Hislo3'alt3- 
and  devotion  to  his  country'  were  manifested  during 
the  Civil  War,  and  proved  him  a  worthj'  son  of  a 
father  who  had  served  in  the  AVar  of  1812,  under 
ths  leadership  of  William  Henry  Harrison. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Obadiah  Benedict,  a  native  of  Scotland,  anil  a 
(Quaker  in  his  religious  belief;  his  wife  was  of 
A\  elsh  ancestry.  Among  the  progeny  of  this 
vvorthy  couple  was  Asahel  Benedict,  who  was  born 
in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  adopted  the  occupa- 
tion of  farming.  During  the  second  contest  for 
American  relief  from  British  tyranny,  he  became  a 
teamster,  driving  oxen  and  carrying  stin'cs  and 
ammunition,  and  using  a  musket  on  various  occa- 
sions. He  participated  in  the  battle  o*  Tippecanoe, 
and  during  the  war  became  very  strongly  atlaclied 
to  Gen.  Harrison,  with  whom  he  at  one  time 
swapped  horses. 

Asahel  Benedict  married  Miss  Evelina  Moore, 
a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  a  daughter  of  Chandler 
Moore,  of  England,  ivho  served  in  the  Colonial 
Army  during   the   Revolution,  and    was    wounded 


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by  a  Siibre  cut  at  the  b.ittle  of  Branfl}'\vino.  This 
couple  was  united  in  inarriage  in  Ohio,  and  per- 
manently resided  in  that  State,  liaving  been  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  Pranklin  C'aunt3'.  'I'liey 
were  the  parents  of  nine  ciiildren,  two  of  whom  are 
now  living.  Four  sons  grew  to  manhood,  and  all 
served  in  the  Union  Army  during  the  Rebellion  — 
Anson  was  a  member  of  the  P'ourteenth  Ohio  In 
fantr3\  and  died  from  disease  at  Kingston,  Ga. ; 
Flavel  T.  belonged  to  the  Ninety-fifth  Ohio  In- 
fantry, and  served  under  Oen.  Thomas  at  the  battU 
of  Nashville,  during  which  he  received  a  death 
wound;  Charles  W.  belonged  to  the  Tiiird  Ohio 
Infantr}',  and  was  captured  by  the  Confederates  in 
the  early  }'ears  of  the  war,  but  was  exchanged,  and 
continued  to  serve  his  country  until  the  close  of 
the  contest.  The  mother  of  this  family  died  in 
1839,  and  the  father  survived  until  1881,  when  he 
passed  aw.iy  at  the  age  of  eighty-nine  years. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
was  the  second  member  of  the  parental  family,  was 
born  in  Franklin  County,  Ohio,  April  1,  1827,  and 
was  reared  to  the  age  of  sixteen  at  the  place  of  his 
birth.  lie  received  a  common  school  educaiion  in 
the  district  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
years  began  life  for  himself  as  a  farm  hand,  work- 
ing by  the  month.  Three  years  later  lie  went  to 
Louisiana,  and  was  engaged  in  checking  timber  and 
in  sawmill  work  near  New  Orleans  for  about  four 
years,  after  which  lie  spent  a  year  getting  out 
timber  in  the  swamps.  lie  became  of  age  while 
there,  and  cast  his  first  vote  for  Gen.  Zachary 
Taylor  for  President. 

After  the  lumbering  and  milling  experiences  in 
the  South,  Mr.  Benedict  turned  his  face  Northward 
and  settled  in  Washington  County,  Ind.,  on  a 
farm,  continuing  to  reside  in  the  Hoosier  State 
and  occupy  himself  with  agricultural  labors  until 
1871,  with  the  exception  of  the  time  which  he 
devoted  to  his  country's  service  on  the  field  of 
b.atllc.  At  the  date  last  mentioned  he  removed  to 
Kansas,  settled  on  a  farm  in  Cowley  County,  and 
six  years  later  removed  to  the  farm  which  he  now 
occupies.  His  estate  comprises  one  hundred  and 
sixty  .acres  of  land,  all  improved,  and  suiiplled 
with  a  full  assortment  of  buildings  in  good  con- 
dition, and    everything   about   the   place  indicates 


tliat  its  owner  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  iho 
iletails  of  his  chosen  occupation,  and  a  cr.pablc 
judge  of  the  needs  of  the  countiy,  and  conse- 
quently discriminating  in  regard  to  stock  and  crops. 
Mr.  Benedict  was  appointed  Postmaster  at  ]\Iilan, 
June  24,  1889,  and  beside  conducting  the  ollicc, 
which  is  a  fourth-class  anil  money  order  one.  he 
handles  a  stock  of  groceries. 

"The  shot  heard  round  the  world  "  li;id  scared}- 
ceased  to  re-echo  throughout  the  land  ere  Mr. 
Benedict  had  determined  to  do  what  lay  in  his 
power  to  prevent  the  dissolution  of  the  Union.  lie 
enlisted  July  13,  18G1,  as  a  private  in  Coinp.<)ny  K, 
Twenty-third  Indiana  Infantry ,  and  six  months  later 
was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Corporal.  The  command 
was  sent  to  St.  Louis,  and  thence  to  Paducah,  Ky., 
and  served  under  Gen.  U.  S.  Grant  until  after  the 
fall  of  Vicksburg,  following  which  they  were  under 
the  leadership  of  Gen.  Logan,  Gen.  McPhci-son 
and  of  Gen.  F.  P.  Blair.  Still  later  Mr.  Benedict 
was  a  member  of  the  force  under  command  of  Gen- 
Grcsham,  and  still  later  fought  under  (ten.  Sher- 
man. He  participated  in  the  trying  contests  of 
Fts.  Henry  and  Donelson,  on  the  bloody  field  of 
Sliiloli,  throughout  the  siege  of  Vicksburg.  at  Hay- 
nioiid.  .lackson  (Miss.).  Champion  Hill  and  Black 
River.  Ho  took  part  in  a  running  fight  with 
Bragg's  arm)-,  in  the  .Sherman  raid  to  Meridian, 
Miss.,  in  the  affra\-  at  Big  Shanty,  and  in  the 
notable  engagement  at  Kenesaw  Mountain;  lie 
celebrated  the  Fourth  of  July,  1864.  by  taking 
part  in  the  rattle  of  musketry  and  the  clash  of 
arms  on  the  Chattahoochie  River,  and  during  the 
following  day  also  spent  the  hours  in  renewed 
attempt  to  preserve  the  life  of  the  Nation  that  had 
been  born  eighty-eight  j'ears  before.  A  few  days 
after  this  engagement,  the  threc-j-ears  term  of 
service  for  which  the  regiment  had  been  enlisted 
having  expired,  they  were  sent  to  '{othwell,  Ga., 
discharged,  and  going  to  Chattanooga,  Tcnn.,  were 
there  mustered  out  of  the  service.  Although  Mr. 
Benedict  did  not  attain  to  a  high  rank,  and  his 
name  was  not  blazoned  before  the  world  as  a  great 
general  or  the  leader  of  some  dashing  exploit,  he 
is  nevertheless  as  brave,  g.allant  and  worthy  a  sol- 
dier as  could  be  found  in  all  the  ranks.  Praise 
and  honor  are  justly  due  to  the  great  leaders  whose 


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capacitj'  to  plan  and  to  execute  campaigns  led 
victor}-  to  perch  upon  the  banners  of  the  Union 
forces.  But  to  the  noble  men.  who,  like  our  sub- 
ject, left  home  and  loved  ones  and  endured  all  the 
privations,  dangers,  and  arduous  toils  of  "  life  on 
the  tented  field,"  no  less  is  a  meed  of  honor  due; 
no  less  is  the  heart  of  a  lover  of  his  country  thrilled 
by  recollection  of  all  they  suffered  and  all  vviiicli 
we  owe  to  them.  And  what  shall  be  said  of  the 
noble  women  wiio.  after  bidding  their  loved  ones 
a  fond  good-bye,  took  up  the  great  burden  of 
anxiety  and  suspense  regarding  their  safety,  adding 
it  to  the  other  burden  of  family  support,  which  so 
often  devolved  upon  them.  The  wife  of  Mr. 
Benedict  was  left  with  four  small  ciiildren  wlien  lie 
took  lip  arras,  and  during  the  weary  months  of  his 
absence  she  filled  a  father's  place  to  them,  exercised 
a  wise  oversight  over  their  worldly  affairs,  and 
proved  that  she  too  could  sacrifice  and  endure  in 
her  country's  cause. 

This  lady,  who  for  many  years  has  stood  b.y  Mr. 
Benedict's  side,  sharing  in  his  trials  and  his  joj's, 
and  with  him  endeavoring  to  worthilj'^  fill  their 
sphere  in  life,  bore  the  maiden  name  of  Sarah  E. 
Andrew.  She  is  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Andrew,  a 
native  of  North  Carolina  and  a  mechanic,  who 
departed  this  life  in  1878,  and  of  Lucy  Dollans.  a 
native  of  Virginia,  whose  death  took  place  in  187-1. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Andrew  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children.  Mrs.  Benedict  was  the  thirtl  in  order  of 
birth,  first  opened  her  cj'cs  to  the  light  May  24, 
1831.  and  was  united  in  marriage  with  our  subject 
September  13,  1849.  Two  of  her  brothers,  Will- 
iam and  .John,  entered  the  Union  .\rmy,  and  the 
latter  died  in  the  service  in  1865.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Benedict  eight  children  have  been  born,  and 
six  are  now  living.  These  are  named  respectively: 
John  A.,  Caroline,  Robert  A  .  Charles  II.,  May 
and  Crowder. 

Mr.  Benedict  belongs  to  John  Goldy  Post,  No. 
90.  (i.  A.  R.,  and  was  ^' ice  Commander  in  1888. 
He  is  much  interested  in  educational  matters,  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  School  Board  for  several 
years.  He  was  Treasurer  of  Ryan  Township  in 
18H7,  and  he  is  one  of  the  gentlemen  who  named  it. 
In  politics  he  is  always  activelj*  interested,  and  is  a 
never   failing  siipi)orter  of   the    Kepuljlican  ticket. 


Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  Church,  in  which  he  is  a  Trustee 
and  the  Chairman  of  the  Board,  and  the  entire 
family  take  an  active  part  in  the  work  of  the  .Sun- 
day school.  Mrs.  Benedict  has  been  a  member  of 
the  church  since  1842,  having  identified  herself 
with  that  religious  body  at  the  age  of  eleven  j-ears. 


^  AMES  C.  DAVIS  is  the  owner  and  occupant 
of  the  southeast  quarter  of  section  2.5.  Jackson 
Township,  where  he  has  resided  for  several 
years,  and  where  he  has  erected  a  good  set 
of  farm  buildings,  planted  a  fine  orchard,  and  made 
other  improvements  such  as  are  usually  accom- 
plished by  a  thorough  farmer.  His  grandfaihcr. 
Samuel  Davis,  was  born  in  Wales,  in  which  countiy 
the  ancestors  had  been  living  for  generations.  He 
came  to  America  and  in  A'ermont  continued  his  la- 
bors as  a  farmer,  and  in  that  State  departed  this 
life. 

Samuel  Davis,  Jr.,  son  of  the  above,  and  father 
of  our  subject,  was  born  in  Rutl.and  County,  Vt., 
and  reared  to  agricultural  pursuits.  He  first  re- 
moved to  New  York,  and  about  1820  went  to  Ohio, 
becoming  a  pioneer  resident  of  Miami  Count}'.  He 
took  up  a  tract  of  heavily  timbered  land  in  .Stan- 
ton Township,  erected  a  log  cabin,  and  resided 
there  until  1834,  when  he  sold  and  purchased  other 
timber  land  in  LTnion  Tf)wnship,  jMercer  County, 
building  a  log  cabin  in  that  wilderness  also.and  again 
undergoing  the  hardshi|is  and  trials  of  a  frontiers- 
man. Deer,  bears,  wolves,  coons,  wild  cats  and 
gra}'  foxes  were  numerous,  there  were  no  railroads 
or  canals  for  several  years,  and  the  nearest  town  of 
any  note  was  Pickaway,  fortj-  miles  distant.  He 
cleared  a  farm,  and  as  there  was  no  sale  for  timber, 
many  fine  logs  which  he  cut  were  rolled  together 
and  burned  to  get  riil  of  them.  On  that  place  he 
resided  until  a  short  time  before  his  death,  wlieii  he 
took  up  his  abode  with  his  children.  His  wife,  wlm 
was  born  in  New  York,  bore  the  maiden  name  of 
Laura    Spicer,  and  was  a  daughter   of  .Samuel  and 


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Sarah  (Riidd)  Spicer.  She  died  at  tlie  liomc  of 
her  cliikiroii  in  March,  1865.  Slie  had  reared  seven 
cliildren:  Samuel,  Laura,  .histu.s.  James,  Mary,  Sa- 
rah and  Kiiza.  .lusliis  and  .lames  took  part  as  sol- 
diers in  the  late  war. 

James  C.  l)avi.s  was  born  in  Miami  County. 
Ohio,  September  8,  1827,  and  being  a  lad  of  seven 
years  when  his  parents  removed  to  Mereer  County, 
he  was  iMaclically  reared  in  the  latter.  There  were 
no  free  schools  at  that  period,  and  institutions  of 
learnirig  were  ke|)t  up  by  subscription,  and  were 
held  in  log  houses,  with  beni-lies  made  by  splitting 
logs,  inserting  pins  for  legs  and  hewing  the  u|)per 
side  smooth.  As  soon  he  was  large  enough,  young 
Davis  began  assisting  his  father  on  the  farm.  Mui 
continued  soeniphtyed  until  1849,  when  he  bought 
a  tract  of  timber  land  near  the  jiarental  liomestead, 
built  a  log  eal>in.  and  commenced  housekeeping. 
He  cleared  the  land  and  worked  it,  residing  there 
until  1864,  when  he  entered  the  one  hundred  days' 
service  as  member  of  Company  K.  One  Hundred 
and  Fifty-sixth  Ohio  Lifantry.  At  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  service  he  resumed  farming,  and  re- 
mained u|ion  liis  original  homestead  until  1882, 
when  lie  came  to  Kansas,  locating  in  this  county. 
A  year  later  he  sold  his  Ohio  farm  and  bought  that 
u))on  which  he  is  now  residing. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Mercer  County, 
Ohio,  July  12,  1841),  Mr.  Davis  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Mary  II.  Gordon,  a  native  of  Har- 
din County,  Ky.  Her  grandfather,  John  C^ordon, 
was  born  either  in  Scotland  or  Ireland,  and  came 
with  his  father,  Hugh  Gordon,  to  America,  locating 
in  \'irginia.  Jn  1801  the^'  went  to  Kentucky,  set-  | 
tling  in  Washington  County,  where  he  cleared  :i 
tiact  of  land,  and  where  both  the  grandfatljcr  and 
great-grandfather  remained  until  their  death,  the 
latter  being  one  hundred  and  three  years  at  the 
time  of  his  decease.  The  wife  of  -lohn  GoKhm 
bore  the  maiden  name  of  Mary  Latham,  and  after 
the  death  of  her  liusband  she  went  to  Illinois,  and 
spent  her  last  years  with  her  children  tln^re. 

Henry  (Wjrdon,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Davis,  was 
born  in  Fauquier  County,  \i\.,  and  was  reared  and 
married  in  Kentucky,  in  his  manhood  settling  in 
Hardin  County,  where  he  lived  until  1840,  when 
he  removed  to  Mercer  County,  Ohio,  buying  a  tract 


of  timber  land,  which  he  cleared  and  made  his 
his  home  until  his  death.  His  wife.  Miss  Catherine 
Drury,  was  born  in  Bennington  County.  \l..  and 
was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Drury,  a  saddler,  who 
after  working  in  New  York  City,  went  to  the  Green 
Mountain  Stale,  where  he  married  Miss  Hannah 
Hrnnson,  later  removing  to  Lake  (Jeneva,  N.  V., 
thence  to  Hardin  County.  Ky..  where  both  subse- 
quently died.  The  mother  learned  the  trade  of  a 
mantau-maker  in  Albany,  N.  Y..  and  also  learned 
to  spin  and  weave,  as  was  the  custom  in  that  day. 
Her  daughter.  Mrs.  Davis,  also  learned  to  sjiin  and 
weave,  and  now  has  in  her  i)ossession  coverlets  of 
her  own  manufacturing.  She  also  learned  the  trside 
of  a  tailoress. 


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^ORRANCE  R.  DONLKY.  This  sturdy  vet- 
eran bears  the  distinction  of  being  one  of 
the  oldest  living  settlers  of  .Sumner  County 
and  the  oldest  settler  in  the  village  of  Oxford.  He 
came  to  this  region  when  the  present  site  of  Ox- 
ford was  marked  simply  by  a  sawmill,  and  here  he 
has  since  maintained  liis  residence,  watching  the 
growth  and  development  of  the  country  an<l  piov- 
ing  himself  a    worthy    and    useful  citizen. 

When  Mr.  Donley  came  to  this  region,  in  the 
winter  of  1871,  he  staked  out  a  claim  just  west  of 
the  town  of  Oxford  and  also  made  a  home  at  the 
mill  which  he  liad  renio\'e(l  fi-om  Winlield.  'J'his 
latter  was  operated  by  steam,  and  the  lirst  structure 
of  the  kind  in  the  county.  Three  years  later  >Ir. 
Donliy  traded  the  mill  for  land.  Later  he  and  Mr. 
Chandler  embaiked  in  the  furniture  trade,  and  put 
up  a  substantial  new  building  in  the  central  part  of 
tdwn,  bringing  into  the  lalter  the  first  full  slock  of 
furniture,  they  oiierating  under  the  lirm  name  of 
Cl'.andler  iV  Donley.  A  jear  later,  however,  Mr. 
Donley  disposed  of  his  interest  in  the  business, 
and  in  due  course  of  time  commenced  dealing  in 
live  stock,   being  thus  occupied   for  a    number  of 


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j'ears.  He  was  also  at  one  time  engaged  in  a  store 
of  general  merchandise  and  groceries,  in  company 
with  Mr.  A.  (Tridle}',  wlio  had  the  post-office  in  the 
store  and  who  was  the  second  post-master  there. 

His  real  estate  comprises  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  sixty  acres,  wiiich  is  conducted  under  his  sup  r- 
vision.  .Mr.  Donley  settled  in  Oxford  Towi?ship 
prior  to  its  organization  or  that  of  the  school  dis- 
tricts. He  has  served  as  Township  Trustee,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  town  council  two  terms.  He 
has  supported  the  principles  of  the  Republican 
party  since  becoming  a  voter. 

A  native  of  Cattaraugus  County,  N.  Y.,  Mr. 
Donley  was  born  April  2,  1845,  and  lived  there  un- 
til a  youth  of  eighteen  years.  In  the  meantime  he 
pursued  his  studies  at  tiie  schools  of  Little  Valley 
and  Perry  ville.  During  the  progress  of  the  Civil 
War  he,  in  1863,  joined  a  construction  corps  and 
assisted  in  building  bridges,  houses,  platforms, 
store-rooms,  etc.,  in  the  meantime  assisting  to  build 
the  bridge  at  Bull  Run  and  Bridgetown.  Later  he 
went  to  Richmond,  Va.,  expecting  to  assist  in  build- 
ing the  bridge  across  the  James  River,  but  the  war 
ended  before  it  was  completed. 

We  next  find  Mr.  Donley  in  Salamanca,  N.  Y., 
where  he  purchased  property  and  conducted  a  gro- 
cer}' store  for  eigiiteen  months.  Then  coming  to 
Junction  Cit\'.  Kan.,  during  the  time  of  the  build- 
ing of  tlie  Union  Pacific  Railroad,  he  again  com- 
menced working  with  a  construction  corps.  The 
following  spring  he  repaired  to  Omaha,  Neb.,  so- 
journing there  until  1864.  Tliat  year  he  went  to 
Texas,  via  Ft.  Smith  ami  Memphis,  [)urchasing 
horses  and  cattle,  and  driving  the  latter  to  Abilene, 
Kan.  Wichita  was  then  a  hamlet  of  a  few  log 
liouses.  Subsequently  yir.  Donley  was  in  Labette 
County,  this  State,  and  afterward  made  an  over- 
land trip  to  Ft.  Smith  in  order  to  recover  the  bag- 
gage he  had  left  tliere.  That  same  winter  Mr. 
Donley  purchased  a  sawmill  at  Ciietopa,  Kan., 
"liichhe  removed  first  to  Winfield  and  then  to 
( )xf()r(l.  During  these  years,  althougii  making  sev- 
eral changes,  he  jirospered  financially,  and  is  now 
indepen  lent. 

On  the  -iijth  of  November,  1878,  Mr.  Donley 
was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Virginia  H. 
Cheuvront  at  the  bride's    home   in    Oxford  Town- 


ship. Mrs.  Donley  was  born  in  West  Virginia. 
June,  13.  1856,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Morris 
Cheuvront,  who,  upon  leaving  the  old  Dominion, 
settled  near  Fairmount,  111.,  where  his  daughter, 
Virginia,  grew  to  womanhood.  Later  the  familv 
came  to  Kansas.  Of  this  union  there  have  been 
born  four  <  hililren — Torrance  E..  Morris,  June  and 
a  babe,  Hermon. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  I'orrance  R.  Don- 
ley, Sr.,  who  married  Miss  Margaret  Cain.  They 
sjjent  the  greater  part  of  their  lives  in  Cattaraugus 
County.  N.  Y.,  where  their  remains  are  laid  to  rest. 


OHN  BOTKIN  is  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Sumner  County,  and  is  the  owner  of  several 
farms  within  its  limits,  which  he  rents  while 
himself  living  in  Wellington,  practically- 
retired  from  active  pursuits.  He  has  had  an  ex- 
tended observation  of  life  oti  the  Plains  and  in  the 
Rocky  Mountain  regions,  and  can  tell  many  an  in- 
teresting tale  of  experience  in  the  Western  wilds. 
He  was  born  in  Morgan  Count}-,  Ohio,  Jlaj'  8, 
1842,  and  is  of  remote  Scotch  ancestry,  although 
the  family  for  a  time  resided  in  Ireland,  and  prob- 
ably one  generation  at  least  was  born  in  the  f^mer- 
ald  Isle. 

The  first  of  the  family  to  settle  in  America  was 
Robert  Botkin,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  and  on 
coming  to  this  country  located  in  Lancaster  County. 
Pa.,  where  he  operated  a  farm,  and  also  ran  a 
ferry-boat  across  the  Susquehanna  River  at  a  point 
known  as  Crab's  Ferry.  He  had  a  son  who  bore 
his  own  name,  and  who  was  but  a  boy  when  they 
came  to  America.  Robert  Botkin,  Jr.,  was  reared 
and  married  in  Lancaster  County,  whence  he  went 
to  Fayette  County,  and  later  to  Greene  County. 
In  the  latter  he  rented  land  and  farmed  for  many 
3ears,  spending  his  latter  days  in  Morgan  County, 
Ohio,  with  his  children.  His  wife  was  Miss  Sarah 
Hoiner,a  native  of  Lancaster  Count}',  and  a  daugh- 
ter of  Robert  and  Sarah  (Cook)  Horner.  Her  death 
took  place  in  Greene  County,   Pa.,  where   her  son. 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


Amos  II.,  the  father  of  onr  subject,  was  born.  Octo- 
ber 15,  1815. 

Amos  H.  Botkin  was  reared  in  the  Keystone 
State,  and  when  aI)out  of  age  went  to  Ohio,  mak- 
ing ills  home  in  Belmont  County  for  a  time,  and 
then  removing  to  Morgan  Countj',  wiiere  he  was 
engaged  in  farming  and  where  he  continued  to 
reside  until  1850.  He  then  removed  to  Indiana, 
and  locating  in  Clark  County,  fifteen  miles  from 
Charleston,  lived  in  the  Hoosier  State  two  years. 
He  next  started  for  Iowa  with  a  team,  and  after 
spending  a  few  months  in  Christian  County.  111., 
continued  on  to  the  Ilawkeye  State  and  became  an 
early  settler  of  Van  Buren  County.  He  bought  a 
tract  of  land  there,  and  another  in  Uavis  County, 
and  resided  upon  the  former  until  1878,  when  he 
came  to  this  place,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  The  maiden  name  of  his  wife  was  Sarah 
Ann  Bony,  and  she  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Pa.  Her  parents  wore  Jacob  and  Sarah 
(Ault)  Bony,  who  were  natives  of  York  Count}', 
Pa.,  whence  they  removed  to  Ohio  in  1830,  making 
their  first  settlement  in  the  Buckeye  State  in 
Guernsey  County,  and  later  changing  their  resi- 
dence to  Morgan  Connty.  The}'  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Iowa,  where  Mr.  Bony  spent  his  last 
years.  He  was  a  shoeniuker.  and  followed  liis  trade 
all  his  life. 

John  Botkin.  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch, 
was  but  four  years  old  when  his  parents  removed 
to  Clarke  County,  Ind.,  and  was  in  his  seventh 
j'ear  when  they  settled  in  Iowa.  There  he  attended 
the  pioneer  sciiools,  and  in  the  intervals  assisted 
his  father  in  improving  the  farm.  He  was  still 
residing  with  his  parents  when  he  determined  to 
devote  his  energy  to  the  iJnion  cause, and  in  April, 
18G3,  though  not  yet  of  age,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany G,  Seventh  Iowa  Cavahy.  He  served  until 
after  the  close  of  the  war,  his  duties  carrying  him 
into  Missouri,  Arkans.as,  Kansas,  Wy'oming,  Colo- 
rado, Dakota,  Idaho,  Utah  and  New  Mexico,  and 
including  much  hard  riding,  as  all  the  marches 
from  State  to  State  and  from  Territory  to  Terri- 
tery  were  made  on  horseback.  The  various  phases 
of  cavalry  campaigns  became  familiar  to  him,  and 
he  also  acquired  a  considerable  knowledge  of  the 
untrodden    wilderness,    and    unsettled    plains    and 


valleys  of  that  little   known  region  on  the  eastern 
slope  of  the  Bockics. 

After  l)eing  discharged  from  the  array  in  June. 
1866,  Mr.  Botkin  returned  to  Davenport.  Iowa, 
and  thence  to  the  paternal  home,  where  he  re- 
mained eleven  months,  after  which  he  crossed  the 
plains  to  the  Rocky  Mountains.  At  that  time 
innumerable  numbers  of  buffaloes  traversed  the 
plains,  and  deer,  antelope,  elk  and  mountain  sheep 
were  plentiful.  Mr.  Botkin  spent  nearly  three 
years  in  Wjoming  Territory  engaged  in  getting 
out  timber  to  be  used  in  the  construction  of  the 
Union  Pacific  Railroad,  and  also  in  getting  wood 
and  hay  for  the  (Government.  Returning  again  to 
his  home,  he  remained  in  Van  Bnren  County  a 
few  months,  and  then  started  to  cross  the  plains 
again,  but  at  Columbus,  Neb.,  he  met  his  brother 
Simon,  and  concluded  to  come  to  Southern  Kansas 
to  locate. 

The  brothers  therefore  bought  teams  and  drove 
across  the  country  nearly  four  hundred  miles, 
arriving  in  Wichita  in  June.  That  nourishing 
city  was  tiien  a  small  village,  azul  Indian  tepees 
lined  the  banks  of  the  Liilie  Arkansas  River. 
Our  subject  took  a  claim  on  a  school  section,  but 
remained  in  that  vicinity  but  a  few  weeks,  when 
he  again  pursued  his  investigations,  and  in  Sep- 
tember settled  in  the  southwestern  quarter  of  sec- 
tion 27,  in  what  is  now  Wellington  Township,  this 
county,  and  is  inclmled  in  the  present  city  limits 
of  Wellington.  At  that  time  there  was  not  a 
house  where  the  city  now  stands,  and  the  land  was 
owned  tiy  the  Government.  The  general  survey 
was  not  yet  completed.  There  was  no  r.'iilro.ad 
nearer  than  Emporia,  and  Wichita  was  the  nearest 
l)OSt-ofiice.  Mr.  Botkin  built  a  log  house  covered 
with  sod  in  lien  of  shingles,  and  began  to  break  the 
soil  and  im()rove  the  land.  The  following  s|)ring 
the  village  was  platted  a  half-mile  distant.  Mr. 
Botkin  contiued  farming  and  stock-raising  until 
1887,  when  he  took  advantage  of  the  boom  here 
and  sold  his  farm  to  a  syndicate  and  built  where 
he  now  resides.  After  selling  his  original  farm  he 
bought  other  tracts  of  land  in  different  parts  of 
the  county,  and  is  deriving  a  comfortable  income 
from  their  rental. 

On  Jannru'v  11.  1877,   the  rites  of   wedlock  were 


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celebrated  between  Mr.  Botkin  and  Miss  Anna, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Anna  E.  Ellington.  Tlie 
bride  was  born  in  Clark  Joiinty,  111.,  and  pos- 
sesses many  womanly  virtues.  Their  family  com- 
prises four  living  children — Everett,  Grace,  Laura 
and  Bessie.  Harry,  the  fifth  child,  died  at  the  ag  t 
of  twenty-nine  days;  John  Q.  died  when  nin  ( 
months  old. 

Mr.  Botkin  is  interested  in  the  .social  orders,  and 
holds  membership  in  the  James  Shields  Post,  No.  57, 
G.  A.  R.,  and  in  Wellington  Lodge,  No.  150, 
A.  F.  &,  A.  M.  He  is  an  intelligent  and  reliable 
citizen,  a  man  of  good  character,  and  has  many 
friends  in  the  community. 


^^-'^^^Vt^^^:5^ 


fiit,  AVID  STEPHENS.  In  noting  the  lead- 
ing pionesrs  of  Sumner  County,  due  men- 
tion should  be  made  of  Mr.  Stephens,  who 
established  himself  as  a  resident  of  South 
Haven  Township,  at  a  time  when  the  nearest  market 
was  at  Wichita,  to  which  point  he  and  his  neigh- 
bors hauled  all  their  produce  overland  with  teams. 
For  several  seasons  there  were  to  be  seen  only  a 
few  rude  dwellings  in  the  open  country  where 
wolves  and  antelopes  were  plentiful.  He  has  since 
been  a  continuous  resident  of  the  township,  and 
lias  evinced  that  warm  interest  in  its  growth  and 
development  which  is  only  felt  by  intelligent  mem- 
bers of  the  coramunitj'.  He  is  a  Virginian  by  birth, 
and  first  opened  his  e3'es  to  the  light  in  Rocking- 
ham County',  March  11,  1825. 

The  early  years  of  Mr.  Stephens  were  s|jent  on  a 
farm  in  his  native  State,  and  about  1831  his  par- 
ents, Louis  and  Ellizabeth  (Alder)  Stephens  emi- 
grated to  Madison  Count}',  Ohio.  The  father  took 
up  a  tract  of  new  land  and  prosecuted  farming  in 
the  Buckeye  State  until  1 849.  That  j'ear  he  pushed 
on  further  westward  into  Knox  County,  III.,  where 
he  purchased  a  piece  of  raw  prairie,  frorr  which  {v. 
built  up  a  valuable  homestead,  and  there  spent  his 
last  days,  passing  away  in  August,  1887,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  eigiity-four  years.    The  mother  sur- 


vived her  husband  one  year,  dying  in  August,  1888, 
at  the  age  of  eighty-three.  They  were  the  parents 
of  ten  chihlren,  seven  of  whom  survive,  and  of 
whom  David  was  the  third  in  order  of  birth. 

The  paternal  grandfather  of  our  subject,  was 
Mark  .Stephens,  a  native  of  Germany,  who  emi- 
grated to  America  when  a  young  man,  paj-ing  his 
passage  by  working  at  seven  cents  per  day.  When 
landing  he  located  in  Virginia,  and  in  due  time  was 
there  married  to  Miss  ^lary  Wolf,  a  native  of  Ger- 
many. Tiioy  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  Old  Domin- 
ion, and  became  well-to-do,  rearing  a  fine  family  of 
children,  and  there  closed  their  eyes  to  earthlj- 
scenes. 

On  the  maternal  side  (Jrandfather  Michael  Alder, 
was  likewise  a  native  of  German^-,  also  crossed  the 
Atlantic  early  in  life,  settled  in  Virginia,  and  mar- 
ried Miss  Barbara  Moyers.  Grandmother  Alder 
was  likewise  a  native  of  the  Fatherland.  To  them 
was  born  a  family  of  sons  and  daughters,  and  the}- 
spent  their  last  da3's  on  the  soil  of  the  Old  Domin- 
ion. They  passed  through  man}'  thrilling  scenes, 
having  located  in  a  wild  country  where  Indians 
were  numerous.  About  that  time  Jonathan  Aider, 
an  uncle  of  Michael,  was  captured  by  the  Indians 
when  a  boy  of  eight  years,  and  lived  with  them  un- 
til a  man  of  thirty  years.     He  died  in  Ohio. 

Mr.  Stephens  when  a  young  man  went  from  Illi- 
nois to  Virginia,  and  was  there  married  to  Miss 
Arminda,  daughter  of  Evan  and  Margaret  (Burn- 
sides)  Hinton.  Mrs.  Stephens  was  born  in  X'lv- 
ginia.  Her  parents  were  also  natives  of  the  Old 
Dominion,  and  her  paternal  grandfather,  a  stanch 
tory,  who  located  there  at  an  early  day,  also  died 
there,  together  with  her  parents.  Soon  after  their 
marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Stephens  took  up  their 
abode  on  a  farm  in  Knox  County,  111.,  where  they 
sojourned  until  1874,  coming  then  to  this  county. 
Mr.  Stephens  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  land  about  two  and  one-half  miles  north 
of  the  present  site  of  the  city,  and  establ.'shed  him- 
self with  his  little  family  in  a  small  box  house, 
which  constituted  their  domicile  for  several  years. 
From  this  land  the  father  improved  a  good  home- 
stead, and  secured  eighty  acres  adjoining.  He 
placed  one  hundred  an, I  eighty  acres  under  a  good 
state  of  cultivation,   planted  an   orcharfl  of   apple 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


trees,  also  otlier  fruit  trees,  and  effeclert  good    im 
provcmenls.      He  sold  this  farm  in  ISSO,  and  lived 
tlieroafter  near  South  Haven   nnlil    IhSG,    wliin    he 
removed  to  South  Haven. 

Eiglif.  childien  were  horn  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ste- 
phens, one  of  vvlioni.  lOvan,  died  when  (|nit(' younii'. 
The  seven  survivor.s  are  named  respectively  :  Ezra, 
Evan,  lluhama,  Charles,  Wilson,  .Mherl.  .'ind  Les- 
ter: Mrs.  Siei)hens  dei)arted  this  life  in  Ivnox 
County,  111.,  in  1870,  in  the  faith  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  of  which  slie  had  been  a  consist- 
ent member  severs  1  ^ears. 

In  1886  Mr.  Stephens  contracted  a  second  mar- 
riage at  South  Haven,  witii  jMrs.  U.achel  (PolU) 
Swine^'.  This  lad}-  was  born  in  Hamilton  County, 
Ohio,  and  when  quite  young  removed  with  her  i)ar- 
enls  to  Madison  County,  Iml.,  where  she  was  first 
married  to  Thomas  Swiney.  I'hey  settled  in  Knox 
County,  111.,  where  Mr.  Swiney  died  in  1884.  Mrs. 
Stephens  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episeoi)al 
Church.  Mr.  Stephens,  politically,  afHIiates  with 
the  Democratic  i)arty,  and  is  a  member  of  Pacific 
Lodge,  No.  400,  A.  E.  &  A.  M.,  at  Kuoxville.  also 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  at  the 
same  place. 


\f;  AMES  H.  OWENS.  The  agricultural  inter- 
ests of  Sumner  County,  arc  worthily  repre- 
sented by  Mr.  Owens,  who  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  farmers  of  O.^ford  Townshii),  where, 
besides  his  home  farm  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres 
on  section  10,  he  also  owns  two  quarter-sections  a 
little  furllu-r  \\'est.  He  came  to  this  region  in  187") 
and  selecte<l  a  line  location  west  of  Oxford  Center, 
where  he  now  has  one  of  the  most  attractive  homes 
in  the  township.  He  commenced  at  first  principles 
in  the  construction  of  his  farm,  which  had  been 
suliJHCted  to  very  little  improvement  when  lie  as- 
sumed ownership.  He  |)ut  up  a  fine  residence  in 
1877,  which  still  stands  flanked  by  a  substantial 
barn  and  all  other  necessary  outbuildings,  besides 
forest  and  fruit  trees  and  shrubbery.  He  avails 
himself  of  first-class  ma';hiner3'   in  the  prosecution 


of  his  calling,  including  a  costly  windmill,  and  he 
has  operated  with  such  thoroughness  and  skill,  that 
he  has  secured  the  reputation  of  being  one  of  the 
most  successful  farmers  in  the  county.  His  landed 
possessions  altogether  embrace  six  hundred  and 
twenty-four  acres,  forming  as  fine  a  body  of  land 
as  can  be  found  in  the  Sunflower  State.  He  rents 
all  but  the  home  farm. 

For  the  past  seven  years  Mr.  Owens  has  been 
quite  extensively  engaged  in  the  breeding  of  thor- 
oughbred Short-horn  cattle.  Of  these  he  has  a 
very  fine  herd  from  which  he  sold  in  the  fall  of 
188!),  fort^-nine  head  at  a  good  round  sum.  He  is 
also  a  successful  breeder  of  blooded  horses.  In 
bringing  his  farm  to  its  present  fine  condition,  he 
Ins  expended  much  time,  labor  and  mone_y,  but 
they  have  |)ioved  a  wise  investment.  Mr.  Owens 
is  a  liberal  and  public-spirited  citizen,  a  stanch  sup- 
[lorter  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  a  member  in 
good  standing  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  is  a 
man  of  standing  in  his  community,  exercising  no 
small  influence  among  his  fellow-citizens,  b}-  whom 
he  is  universally  respected. 

Born  in  Posey  County,  Ind.,  December  4,  1836. 
INIr.  Owens  lived  there  until  a  youth  of  fifteen  years. 
His  parents  were  James  H.  and  Sarah  (Cox)  Owens, 
natives  of  North  Carolina,  the  former  of  whom  re- 
moved to  Indiana  when  a  child  of  five  years.  The 
mother  died  at  the  birth  of  her  son,  James  H.  The 
father  and  son  removed  to  DeWitt  County,  111.,  in 
18,")1,  where  the  former  carried  on  farming,  and  the 
latter  acquired  his  education  in  the  common  school. 
When  eighteen  years  old  he  began  farming  for 
himself,  prosecuting  this  successfully  until  his  mar- 
riage on  the  Uh  of  INIarch,  1SG2,  with  ]Miss  Jane 
Marquis.  The  young  people  began  the  journey  of 
life  together  on  a  farm  in  Macon  County,  111., 
where  they  sojourned  until  coming  to  Kansas.  The 
elder  Owens  in  the  meantime  died  in  1801.  While 
ill  Illinois,  James  H.  held  the  office  of  Township 
<  ommissioner  until  resigning,  and  since  that  time 
has  carefully  refrained  from  accepting  the  respon- 
sibilities of  ollice.  although  he  is  acknowledged  as 
a  leading  man  of  this  townshi|>. 

Mrs.  .lane  Owen.s  w^as  bmii  in  I'osey  County, Ind., 
Septenibi-r  22,  18MG.  and  is  the  daughter  of  Pleas- 
ant   Martjuis,  who   spent   his    last  years  in    Posey 


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County,  Ind.  Of  her  union  with  our  subject  there 
liave  been  born  five  children,  four  of  whom  are 
living:  Minnie  is  tlie  wife  of  A.  A.  Richards,  of 
Wellington;  Robert  remains  with  his  father;  Fanny 
died  when  two  years  old.  The  two  j'ounger  are 
KfKe  and  Alfred.  Effie  is  attending  school  at 
Wichita.  Mr.  Owens  believes  in  education,  and 
has  carried  out  his  theory  in  regard  to  his  own  chil- 
dren. 


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^  I^ILLIAM  H.  NOTTINGHAM  was  reared 
\./t^/f  ^'^  ii^rm  (pursuits,  and  among  the  young  agri- 
^^/^  eulturists  of  the  county  lias  a  high  rank  as 
one  who  is  thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  details 
of  farm  work,  and  wise  in  his  adoption  of  methods 
for  adding  to  the  resources  of  the  soil.  He  gives 
his  entire  attention  to  farming  and  the  stock  busi- 
ness, and  the  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  im- 
proved land  on  section  3,  Caldwell  Township, 
which  is  his  place  of  abode,  presents  an  orderly 
and  attractive  appearance  to  the  passer-!)y. 

Mr.  Nottingliam  is  a  native  of  Vinton,  Benton 
County,  Iowa,  was  born  July  29,  1856,  and  re- 
ceived an  excellent  common-school  education  in 
the  schools  of  his  native  town.  When  fourteen 
years  of  age  his  parents  became  residents  of  Sum- 
ner County,  Kan.,  and  after  assisting  his  father 
upon  the  home  place  until  he  had  arrivc^d  at  a 
suitable  <ige  to  do  so,  he  pre-empted  some  (iovern- 
menl  land,  and  began  his  individual  life  as  a 
farmer. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  Morgan  J.  and 
Caroline  (Underwood;  Nottingham,  early  settlers 
of  Sumner  County,  to  wiiich  they  came  in  1871. 
Morgan  Nottingham  was  born  in  Virginia,  fifty- 
four  years  ago,  and  was  five  years  of  age  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Ohio.  In  the  year  1850  he 
took  up  his  residence  in  Benton  County,  Iowa, 
whence  he  came  to  this  State  and  county-,  pre- 
empting one  liundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
Oxford  Township.  Although  he  learned  the  trade 
of  a  carpenter  in  his  early  life,  he  has  followed 
farming  the  most  of  the  time,  and  is  still  so  occu- 


pied. He  is  numbered  in  the  rsnks  of  the  Repub- 
lican party,  and  in  the  social  order  of  the  Ancient, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is  Justice  of  the 
Peace  and  a  worthy  member  of  the  Christian 
Church.  His  wife  was  born  in  Franklin  Count}'. 
Ind.,  and  departed  this  life  in  Sumner  County, 
Kan.,  in  1873,  at  the  age  of  thirty -three  years. 
Siie  had  borne  seven  children— William  H.,  L.  G.. 
Ella  M.,  Susie,  Anna  D.,  James  W.  and  John. 

At  the  home  of  the  bride,  January  9,  1883,  the 
the  subject  of  this  biography  was  united  in  mar- 
riage with  Miss  Lula  King,  an  attractive  and  in- 
telligent young  lad}-,  whose  birth  occurred  in  Kos- 
ciusko County,  Ind.,  January  14,  1863.  Siie  is  a 
daughter  of  Aaron  and  Lydia  (Hoover)  King, 
natives  of  Ohio.  Botli  parents  are  now  deceased. 
The  union  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Nottingham  has  been 
blessed  by  the  birth  of  three  children — Bernerd  F., 
Murl  and  Ray — and  they  have  suffered  the  loss 
of  the  second  born.  Mr.  Nottingham  follows  his 
father's  example  in  being  a  stanch  member  of  the 
Republican  part}'  and  a  consistent  member  of  the 
Christian  Church.  He  l)elongs  to  the  Farmers 
Alliance. 


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I  ftlLLIAM  N.  BLAMPIED  is  one  of  the 
\^//  pioneers  of  Sumner  County,  Kan.,  and  re- 
W^  sides  on  section  3,  Belle  Plaine  Township, 
whore  he  came  in  the  summer  of  1871.  although 
for  two  previous  years  he  h.ad  sojourned  in  the 
Sunflower  State.  He  is  a  prominent  citizen,  both 
socially  and  politically,  being  a  supporter  of  tlie 
principles  of  the  Republican  party,  and  identihed 
with  any  movement  tending  to  improve  the  county. 
Having  been  born  August  6, 1850,  Mr.  Blampied 
is  now  in  the  prime  of  a  useful  life.  Gue^-nsey 
County,  Ohio,  w-is  his  native  place,  and  hi.s  pater- 
nal ancestry  is  supposed  to  have  been  of  French 
extraction.  His  father,  Thomas  Blampied  enlisted 
in  the  Union  army  in  1862;  he  was  taken  jjrisoner 
in  Monucacy,  Va.,  and  died  in  the  Lynchburg 
prison  from  hardshii)  and  exposures.     The  mother. 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


H;inn:ili  (Ih'liii)  r>l:iini)ii>(l  is  now  livins  in  Belle 
Pliiine.  K;in.  She  was  a  native  of  tbe  Old  Domin- 
ion, anil  renioveil  to  Ohio  at  an  early  'lay  in  the 
history  of  onr  eonntry,  where  she  married  Thomas 
ISlanipicd,  a  native  of  the  Buekeye  State.  Their 
family  coniprised  fonr  ohildren,  of  whom  three 
snrvive:  Kaehel,  wife  of  Harry  Ilalpin;  Milton, 
William  N.;  onr  snbject;  Mary  is  deceased. 

Onr  subject  remained  in  Obit)  until  be  reached 
tbe  nineteenth  year  of  his  age,  and  in  his  yonth 
worked  at  harness-making  for  aliout  two  years. 
He  also  served  two  years  in  tbe  Ohio  State  Militia 
and  did  duty  at  Camp  Chase,  being  subject  to  State 
call.  He  enlisteir  as  a  jjrivate  in  Company  (i, 
Fort3-seventh  Regiment.  Oliio  National  (iuards. 
After  serving  with  them  be  returned  to  (luernsey 
County,  and  once  moi'e  engaged  in  farming.  Me 
left  tbe  Buckeye  State  about  1868,  and  went  to 
Polk  County,  ]\Io.,  where  he  worked  as  a  farm  La- 
borer for  a  few  years.  He  sojourned  in  Davis  (now 
Geary)  Country,  Kan.,  and  in  other  counties  of  the 
same  State  about  two  years,  coming  in  the  summer 
of   1871  to  Sumner  County. 

Not  a  furrow  had  ever  been  turned  on  tiie  one 
hundred  and  sixty-acre  farm,  which  Mr.  Blam|)ied 
then  commenced  to  iniiM'ove.  transforming  it  from 
a  wild  trad  of  raw  land  to  a  well-regulated  estate. 
Some  of  this  property  has  been  sold,  the  farm  now 
consisting  of  one  hundred  and  twenty  acres.  ^Ir. 
Blampied  was  married  in  Ohio  May  22.  1873,  to 
Miss  Sarah  J.  Rose,  wbi>  was  born  in  Harrison 
County,  Mo.,  August  16,  1855.  Her  father,  Timothy 
Rose,  was  a  native  of  Ohio,  and  her  mother,  (Cath- 
erine (Cpstor)  Rose,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania. 
Mrs.  Blampied  accompanied  her  mother  to  Ohio 
when  eleven  years  of  age,  her  father  having  been 
killed  during  the  Civil  War  in  Missouri  by  Qnan- 
trell's  gang,  and  it  is  said  that  Quantrel!  himself 
cominitled  the  murder.  In  company  with  eleven 
men  he  was  returning  home  on  a  furlough,  when  all 
except  one.  fell  victims  to  the  enemy's  unerring 
fire.  Mrs.  Blampied  has  two  brothers,  Benjamin 
and  Timothy,  both  rcsidentg  of  Ohio.  After  the 
death  of  her  husband,  ^Irs.  Rose  was  again  married 
to  William  N'ansickel,  by  whom  she  had  five  chil- 
dren, namely:  Ida  B.,  wife  of  Willard  Little,  of 
Ohio;  William    M.,   of  Ohio;   Eddie,    who    is    de- 


ceased; Joseph  and  Harry,  who  live  in  Ohio.  Mrs. 
Vansickel  died  in  Ohio  in  December,  1886. 

When  Mrs.  Blampied  was  a  girl,  she  removed 
with  her  mother  and  other  membeis  of  the  family 
to  Guernsey  County,  Ohio,  where  she  remained 
until  her  marri.age.  To  her  and  her  husband  have 
been  born  eight  children,  namely:  Ida  A.,  Klmer 
C  Lillian,  Charles,  .lesse,  Willis  H..  (deceased) 
and  ()ra  Y.,  (deceased),  anil  an  infant  daughter 
unnamed.  The  children  are  receiving  good  educa- 
tions in  the  district  schools,  and  are  being  carefully 
trained  for  future  positions  of  responsibility.  Mrs. 
IMampicd  is  a  member  of  the  I'nited  Brethren 
Church  and  with  her  husband  occupies  a  prominent 
position  in  society.  They  have  endured  hardships 
of  frontier  life,  and  have  been  interested  witnesses 
of  tbe  development  of  the  country  from  a  wild 
state  to  a  laud  of  plenty,  where  well-cultivated 
farms  are  liie  rule  and  not  the  exception. 


KNRY  11.  .lACOBS.  The  subject  of  this 
notice,  tbe  present  I'ostmaster  of  Perth, 
_^^  first  struck  the  soil  of  Kansas  March  20, 
,^)  1886,  coming  directly  to  this  county  and 
locating  on  the  northeast  quarter  of  section  14, 
Downs  Township,  where  he  has  since  successful!}' 
prosecuted  farming  pursuits.  He  was  born  March 
9,  1837,  and  is  a  native  of  York  County,  I'a.  His 
father,  George  .lacobs,  was  also  born  in  that  county, 
in  1804,  and  died  there  in  his  prime,  aged  forty- 
five  years,  five  months  and  seventeen  days.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  a  member  in  good 
standing  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  'I'he  Jacobs 
family  was  of  German  extraction  and  noted  princi- 
pally for  their  substantial  and  reliable  ti'aits  of 
character  and  the  industiy  which  has  made  of  them 
well-to-do  citizens,  who  have  always  been  useful 
members  of  their  community. 

Mrs.  Klizabeth  (Cromer)  J.acobs,  the  mother  of 
our  subject,  w.as  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1807,  and 
is  still  living,  making  her  home  with  her  daughter 
in  Perth.     The  parental  household  included  seven 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


437 


cliildi'en,  viz.:  Susannah,  .Mary,  IIeni'3'  H.,  George 
W.,  Amelia  S.,  Elizahetli  A.,  and  Jolin  (^.  Elizabeth 
(lied  at  the  age  of  four  years,  four  months  and 
twelve  days;  John  died  when  a  little  lad  of  five 
yeai's;  Henry  IL,  the  third  child  of  the  family, 
spent  his  boyhood  and  youth  after  the  manner  of 
most  farmers'  sons,  attending  the  district  school 
and  assisting  his  father  on  the  farm.  He  remained 
a  resident  of  his  native  county  until  coming  to  this 
State.  His  homestead  lies  adjacent  to  the  town 
limits  of  Perth,  and  he  was  api)ointed  to  the  office 
of  Postmaster  in  1889.  He  is  also  connected  with 
the  Farmers'  Mutual  Insurance  Comi)any  of  Sum- 
ner County.  In  politics,  he  is  decidedly'  Repub- 
lican. 

In  November,  18G2,  during  the  progress  of  the 
Civil  War,  Mr.  .Jacobs  enlisted  as  a  Union  soldier 
in  Company  F,  One  Hundred  and  Sixty-tifth 
Pennsylvania  Infantrv,  serving  until  July  of  the 
following  year.  He  is  a  prominent  man  in  church 
matters,  and  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
Lutheran  Church  at  Perth.  He  was  married  in 
his  native  county,  February'  2,  18G0,  to  Miss 
Elmira  F.  Heagey.  Mrs.  Jacobs  was  born  in 
Adams  County,  Pa.,  Blarcli  8,  1841,  and  is  the 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Rachel  (Schriver)  Heagey, 
who  were  likewise  natives  of  that  State,  and  spent 
their  last  days  in  Pennsylvania.  Six  children 
have  been  born  to  Mr.  and  Sirs.  Jacobs,  whom 
they  named  respectivelj' :  Luther  H.,  P";inier  E., 
Annie  E.,  Emer}'  G.,  Allen  G.  and  Melvin  H. 
Luther  died  at  the  age  of  nine  months  and  twelve 
days,  and  Elmer  was  taken  from  the  home  circle, 
aged  one  year  and  thirteen  days.  The  other  ehil- 
dien  are  with  their  parents. 


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B.  FREEMAN  is  a  prominent  and  rising 
young  physician  of  Wellington,  where  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession  for  about  four  years.  He  has 
bnilt  up  an  excellent  and  growing  piaclice  among 
the  belter  class  of  citizens,  and  is  highly  spoken  of 


by  those  who  know  him  as  a  man  of  ability  in  his 
chosen  field  of  labor  and  of  strict  integrity  in  all 
transactions. 

Dr.  Freeman  was  born  in  Metcalf  County,  Ky.. 
in  1859,  and  is  a  son  of  Albert  L.  Freeman,  wlio 
was  born  in  the  same  county  about  thirty  years 
prior  to  his  son's  birth.  The  father  was  married  in 
that  county  to  Miss  Juliette  S.  Morrison  and  car- 
ried on  his  occuiiation  of  tilling  the  soil  there  until 
188,5  when  he  removed  to  this  county.  Here  the 
parents  and  their  thi'ee  children  now  live,  two  sons, 
E.  P.  and  W.  L.,  being  engaged  in  farming.  The 
entire  family  are  members  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  Church  in  Wellington. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  notice 
received  an  excellent  education,  acquiring  the 
fundamental  branches  in  his  native  State  and  com- 
pleting tlie  literary  course  in  Cumberland  Univer- 
sity at  Lel)anon,  Tenn.  He  then  read  medicine 
under  Dr.  J.  W.  Good,  of  Hisevillo,  Ky.,  taking 
his  lectures  in  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
Louisville  University  and  being  graduated  there- 
from in  the  class  of  1885.  Thinking  the  West  af- 
forded a  better  Held  for  a  young  physician  than 
localities  in  the  i'^ast  where  there  were  so  many  old 
established  practitioners,  he  came  to  Kansas  and 
opened  an  office  in  Home,  this  county,  wliere  he 
sojourned  but  nine  monlhs  ere  coming  to  this 
place,  with  the  result  already  noted. 


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^  OHN  W.  PARKS,  a  successful  general  far- 
mer of  Sumner  County,  came  to  this  legion 
from  the  Blue  Grass  State  within  which  he 
was  born,  on  the  27th  of  October,  1851,  in 
Logan  County.  He  was  reared  there  on  his  father's 
farm,  the  father  being  Leander  A.  Parks  who  is 
represented  elsewhere  in  this  work.  When  a  .young 
man  of  twenty-three  years  John  W.came  to  Kansas 
and  took  up  a  claim  of  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
ori  section  32.  Two  months  later,  however,  he  re- 
turned to  Kentucky,  but  came  back  to  Kansas  the 
following  spring  and  i)urchascd  one   hundred   and 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


sixty  iici'cs  of  l;in(l,  which  is  now  the  property  of 
his  lirolher  11.  iS\  After  fencing  his  fiehls  and 
effacting  otlier  iinprovoments,  j\Ir.  Parks  traded 
this  i)rcperty  to  his  Ijrotlior  f(}r  that  wiiicli  lie  now 
owns  and  operates. 

Having  now  estalilislied  liimself  on  a  firm  basis 
and  secured  the  wiiei'owilhal  to  keep  a  family,  Mr. 
Parks  was  married,  A|n'il  5,  18^>8,  to  Miss  Sarali 
Kinehari.  Tliis  lady  is  tlie  daugliter  of  George  Rine- 
Lart,  a  native  of  C'arioll  ('oiinty,  Oiiio,  and  who  is 
now  a  resident  of  lliis  county.  Wlien  Mr.  Parks  first 
came  to  lliis  section  liis  nearest  grain  market  was 
at  Wicliita.  Wild  animals  were  jilentiful  and  buf- 
falo coidd  be  found  witliin  a  d.ay's  drive  west.  In 
the  fall  of  1873  Mr.  Parks  set  out  with  a  party  of 
four  men  on  a  luift'alo  hunt,  and  during  their  ab- 
sence of  two  weeks  killed  twenty-two  of  the  mon-  i 
arehs  of  the  i)lain.  j 

Mr.  Parks,  in  addition  to  lieini;'  a  good  farmer,  \ 
has  become  a  poi)ular  citizen.  He  was  elected 
Township  Treasurer  in  the  fall  of  1889,  an  office 
of  which  he  is  still  an  iucundient.  lie  belongs  to 
the  Farmers'  Alliance,  and  with  his  estimaljle  wife 
is  a  member  in  good  standing  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 


^s\  IIARLKS  WICllKRN,  the  oldest  settler  of 
[I r^v.^  tills  county,  who  is  now  a  resident  of 
^^y  Wellington,  was  born  near  IIaml)urg, 
Germany,  October  28,  1831).  His  grandfather 
John  Henry  Wichern,  was  a  native  of  Hamburg, 
and  siient  his  entire  life  in  his  native  land.  He  was 
a  vvell  educated  man  and  an  accomplished  linguist 
and  .acted  as  translator  in  the  courts.  His  son, 
John  II.  Wichern,  D.  1).,  was  also  born  in  Ham- 
burg and  attended  the  schools  very  steadilv  in  his 
yoVith,  afterward  studying  theology  and  then  en- 
gaging in  home  missionary  work  independently  of 
any  churcli  or  society.  He  held  various  oflicial  posi,- 
tions  under  the  Prussian  Government.  He  was  for 
atime  an  ollicer  of  the  Department  of  the  Interior, 


the  whole  prison  department  licing  under  his  su- 
peivision.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Evangelical 
Church  and  was  the  founder  of  several  benevolent 
and  educational  institutions.  Like  his  father  he 
spent  his  entire  life  in  his  native  land,  where  his 
death  took  place  in  1881.  He  was  the  father  of 
nine  children — Caroline,  Elizabeth,  Charles,  So- 
phia, Henry,  Amanda,  John,  Mary,  and  Louis.  All 
were  reared  to  maturity  except  Mary,  who  died 
young. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  w.as  the  eldest  son, 
and  the  only  member  of  the  family  who  ever 
came  to  America.  He  attended  the  Hamburg 
schools  very  steadily  until  be  was  sixteen  years  of 
age,  and  then  went  to  Prussia  and  advanced  his  edu- 
cation by  attendance  .at  an  acadeni}'  and  univer- 
sity. At  the  .age  of  twenty-one  he  entered  the 
Prussian  army  and  after  being  in  active  service  a 
year,  was  promoted  to  a  Lieutenancy  and  served 
in  the  Reserve  Corps  until  1869.  During  this 
time  he  .acquired  the  reputation  of  an  energetic  and 
active  young  man,  a  credit  to  himself  and  his 
worthy  parentage.  He  then  came  to  America, 
and  after  sojourning  for  a  time  in  A'irginia,  in 
1870  started  to  go  to  California  but  stopped  at  Sa- 
lina,  Kan.,  and  concluded  to  investigate  the  terri- 
tory' of  Southern  Kansas.  There  being  no  railroads, 
he  purchased  a  pony  and  started  for  tlu'  head 
waters  of  the  Liitle  Arkansas  River,  and  on  arrival 
there  found  Indians  and  buffalo  in  abundance  and 
no  white  settlers. 

Having  heard  of  the  new  town  of  Wichita,  which 
had  just  been  laid  out,  he  concluded  to  make  his 
way  there  and  on  his  arrival  found  a  few  buildings 
in  process  of  erection.  Tiie  surrounding  country 
was  owned  by  the  Government  and  was  very 
sparsely  settled.  He  stopi)ed  with  a  man  named 
Weikert  and  from  his  home  started  out  to  find  a 
suitable  place  to  est.''blish  a  ranch  for  cattle-raising. 
He  wisheil  to  lindalract  including  both  (irairie  and 
tindjcr  land  close  to  water,  and  finally  selected  the 
northwestern  part  of  section  3,  township  30  south, 
range  1  west,  now  known  as  Sumner  County.  The 
land  had  not  yet  been  surveyed  but  he  built  a  house 
of  Cottonwood  logs  and  went  to  Emporia,  one  hun- 
dred and  twenty-five  miles  distant,  which  was  the 
nearest  railroad  station,  and  there  procured  lumber 


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with  which  to  finish  his  cabin.  When  the  Govern- 
ment survey  was  made  he  was  obliged  to  move  his 
house  a  short  distance. 

Immediately  after  locating,  Mr.  Wiclioin  en- 
gaged in  the  stock  business  but  in  the  winter  of 
1871-72  Ids  iierds  all  died  and  he  then  undertook 
general  farming,  in  which  lie  has  lieen  highly  [iros- 
pered.  lie  has  added  to  his  landed  estate,  and  at 
tlie  present  time  owns  three  hundred  and  twenty 
acres,  three  hundred  of  which  is  under  cultivation. 
He  continued  to  reside  upon  his  farm  until  1884, 
when  he  rented  the  estate  and  came  to  Wellingtou. 
where  he  has  since  lived  and  where  lieis  deserved!}' 
popular  and  respected.  In  politics  Mr.  Wichern  is 
independent,  voting  for  the  candidate  whom  he 
iliinks  best  fitted  for  office.  Me  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcoi)al  Church.  He  not  only  posses- 
ses an  excellent  education,  but  keeps  himself  well 
posted  regarding  general  topics  and  current  events, 
and  manifests  an  intelligent  interest  in  public  en- 
ter|(rises,  doing  his  share  in  bringing  up  the  status 
of  the  county  in  good  citizenship,  morality  and  in- 
telligence. 


LONZO  M.  I;EKCK,  is  one  of  the  promi- 
((^'AUJi  nent  farmers  in  this  county,  owning  a  finely 
It  improved  farm  of  eighty  acres,  on  which 
he  built  foi  himself  one  of  the  finest  dwell- 
ings in  this  part  of  the  countrj\  and  where  he  has 
the  largest  orchard  in  the  vicinity  coming  into 
fruitage.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
stock-raising  and  keeps  good  grades  of  stock. 

Williara  J.  Reece,  the  father  of  our  subject,  was 
liorn  in  Clark  County,  Ohio,  July  5,  1831,  and 
about  seven  years  later  made  his  advent  into  Lo- 
gan County. 111., with  his  father,  Samson  Reece,  who 
was  a  menilier  of  the  first  colony  that  came  to  that 
county.  There  he  grew  to  maturity  and  on  the 
23d  of  December,  1853,  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Hannah  Hull,  was  born  in  Madison 
County,  Ohio,  in  183G.  Jlavrying  young  and 
starting  in  life  with  but  one  horse  and  $100,  the 
father  of  our  subject  accumulated  a  fine  property, 


and  became  one  of  the  most  respected  men  in  this 
count,\',  in  which  he  held  various  township  and 
count}  offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Cumber- 
land Presbyterian  Church,  in  tlie  faith  of  which  he 
died  in  1882.  His  widow  is  still  living  on  the 
old  farm.  The  parental  family  comprised  four 
children — our  subject,  Oswald  T.,  Maria  C.  (now 
deceased),  and  William  .1. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  on  the  pa- 
ternal acres  in  Logan  County,  111.,  October  10, 
1854,  and  received  a  good  education  in  his  county, 
in  which  he  lived  unlil  187G.  At  that  date  he 
came  to  this  State  and  county  and  first  rented  a 
farm  at  Oxford  upon  which  he  lived  two  years.  He 
then  went  to  Harper  County  and  took  up  a  claim 
near  Harper  City  upon  which  he  proved  up,  and 
he  then  spent  a  year  -'on  the  range"  and  in  March, 
1883,  returning  to  this  county,  bought  the  farm 
upon  whicli  he  is  now  living  and  made  the  imjirove- 
ments  ui)on  it.  Mr.  Reece  is  one  of  the  represent- 
ative men  of  the  township  and  is  highly  respected 
by  all  who  know  him.  He  has  been  Trustee  of  the 
townsiiip  two  terms  and  proves  an  efficient  .and 
satisfactory  public  officer. 

In  Logan  County,  111.,  December  24,  1874,  the 
rites  of  wedlock  were  celebrated  between  Mr. 
Reece  and  Miss  Lucy  E.,  daughter  of  J.  R.  John- 
son, whose  history  is  found  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
Mrs.  Reece  was  born  in  Pleasurevillc, Henry  Count}-, 
Ky.,  March  7,  1855,  and  is  an  educated  and  cul- 
tured lady.  To  herself  and  husband  five  children 
have  been  born.  Carrie  died  at  the  age  of  two 
years.  The  survivors  are  Floyd,  Gertie,  Cora  and 
Bessie. 


^  n^,ILLIAM  H.  FITZ  HU(;H,  M.  D.  The 
\\/iJi  gentleman  with  whose  name  we  introduce 
™\v  this  biographical  record,  and  whose  home- 
stead is  familiarly  known  as  "The  Hive,"  has  the 
honor  of  being  the  largest  land-owner  and  stock- 
raiser  in  township  Seventy-Six.  He  possesses  the 
warrentee  deed  to  eight  hundred  acres,  having  his 
home  on  section  27,  where  he  has  erected  subslan- 


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tial  buildings  and  sits  under  his  own  vine  and  fig 
tree,  comparatively  independent.  He  developed 
the  greater  part  of  this  farm  from  land  lying  in  its 
liriniitive  condition  and  has  been  more  than  ordin- 
arily successful  in  his  lal)ors  as  a  tiller  of  the  soil 
and  his  investment  of  capital. 

In  noting  the  career,  especially  of  a  successful 
man,  it  is  natural  to  revert  to  his  antecedents.  The 
father  of  our  subject  was  William  H.  Fitz  Hugh,  a 
native  of  Washington  County,  Md.,  and  horn  Oc- 
tober 17,  1794.  He  was  of  English  descent  and 
followed  the  ])eaceful  pursuits  of  agriculture.  In 
earl}'  manhood  he  was  married  to  Miss  Maria  A. 
Hughes,  a  maiden  of  his  own  county  and  who  was 
born  Aptil  1,  1801.  After  marriage  the}'  settled 
in  Hagerstown,  where  they  reared  a  famil}'  of  nine 
children  and  spent  their  entire  lives.  Of  the  sons 
and  daugliters  born  to  them  four  are  living. 

Dr.  Fitz  Hugh  was  born  in  Hagerstown,  Md., 
Januarv  30,  1 82C.  He  was  reared  to  manhood  on 
his  father's  farm  and  attended  the  common  school 
there  until  a  lad  of  eleven  years.  Afterward  he 
received  instruction  from  private  tutors  at  home. 
AVIien  sufficiently  advanced  in  his  studies,  he  be- 
came a  student  of  the  Pennsylvania  College  at 
Gettysburg,  where  he  attended  three  years.  Then 
he  pursued  his  studies  further  in  the  academy  at 
Hagerstown  until  a  youth  of  eighteen  years. 

The  study  of  medicine  was  entered  upon  by 
young  Fitz  Hugh  at  Hagerstown,  Md.,  under  the 
tutoi-.ship  of  Drs.  Dorscy  &  Son,  in  whose  office  he 
remained  about  three  years.  Later  he  attended 
lectures  at  the  University  of  Maryland.  In  the 
meantime,  however,  he  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  the 
United  States  army  and  served  in  the  Mexican  War 
about  eighteen  months.  He  participated  in  the 
battles  of  Contreras,  Churubusco  and  Molina  Del 
Rey,  and  was  })rcsent  at  the  storming  of  Chapulte- 
jjec.  In  the  last  engagement  he  was  wounded  in 
the  head  but  soon  recovered.  Upon  leaving  the 
army  he  returned  to  Maryland  and  attended  another 
course  of  lectures  at  the  I'niversity,  receiving  his 
diploma. 

Entering  upon  the  i)ractice  of  his  profession  at 
Martinsburg,  Va.,  Dr.  Fitz  Hugh  resided  there  nine 
months  when  on  account  of  the  death  of  his  father 
he     returned    home    and    resumed    charge    of   the 


farm.  Upon  withdrawing  from  this  he  dropped 
his  professional  duties  for  a  time  and  engaged  as  a 
clerk  in  the  store  of  his  uncle  in  Pennsylvania  for 
one  year.  The  next  four  3'ears  were  spent  on  the 
old  farm,  which  he  operated  as  a  renter.  On  the 
27th  of  November,  18.5G,he  was  united  in  marriage 
with  Miss  Amelia  .1.  Alves  at  the  bride's  home  near 
Henderson,  Ivy.  The  newly  wedded  pair  took  up 
their  abode  in  Hagerstown  where  they  lived  until 
April,  1857,  then  removed  to  Logan  County,  111., 
where  Dr.  Fitz  Hugh  again  turned  his  attention  to 
farming  and  where,  with  the  exception  of  two  years 
spent  in  Pennsylvania  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle, 
he  sojourned  until  April,  1877. 

In  April  of  the  year  above  mentioned  Dr.  Fitz 
Hugh  came  to  Kansas  and  secured  eight  hundred 
acres  of  land  on  section  27,  in  Seventy-Six  Town- 
ship, of  which  he  has  since  been  a  resident.  He 
named  this  estate  the  '"hive"  after  the  old  farm  in 
Maryland.  He  commenced  his  live-stock  opera- 
tions upon  a  large  scale,  and  he  deals  in  cattle, 
sheep  and  swine.  He  has  all  the  facilities  for  the 
successful  prosecution  of  this  industry,  while  his 
good  judgment  and  ample  store  of  information 
upon  all  subjects  connected  with  agriculture  can 
scarcely  do  otherwise  than  insure  success. 

To  the  Doctor  and  his  estimable  lady  there  have 
been  born  two  children  only,  William  H.,  Jr.,  who 
married  Miss  Emmie  Alves,  and  Alves,who  is  a  resi- 
dent of  Wellington.  The  Doctor  has  always  taken 
a  warm  interest  in  politics  and  gives  his  support  to 
the  Democratic  party.  While  a  resident  of  Illinois 
he  officiated  as  Collector  of  the  township  for  sev- 
eral j'ears.  The  Doctor  and  his  wife  are  regular 
attendants  and  liberal  suiiporters  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.  The  paternal  grandf.ather  of  Dr.  Fitz  Hugh, 
also  named  William,  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Rev- 
olutionary War,  and  for  a  time  was  Aid-de-camp 
to  Gen.  Washington.  His  great-granilfather  won 
distinction  as  an  otticer  in  the  British  army.  Will- 
iam H.  Fitz  Hugh,  Sr.,  father  of  our  subject,  suf- 
fered the  affliction  of  blindness  several  years  prior 
to  his  death. 

Mrs.  Fitz  Hugh  was  born  near  Henderson,  Ky., 
October  7,  1833,  and  is  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Will- 
am  .1.  and  Augusta  (Hughes)  Alves.  Iler  father 
was  the  <>wnerof  a  plantation  known  as  "Hurrican- 


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nia."  Dr.  Fitz  Hugh  enlisted  as  a  private  in  the 
Mexican  War  and  on  account  of  excellent  service 
rendered  was  promoted,  first  to  be  Sergeant  and 
then  .Second  Lieutenant,  with  which  rank  he  was 
mustered  out. 


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'  OHN  R.  SPARR,  one  of  the  most  highly-re- 
spected j'oung  farmers  of  Illinois  Town- 
ship, operates  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres 
'  of  land  on  section  12.  and  by  his  straight- 
forward methods  in  his  business  affairs,  gives 
promise  of  occuijying  in  the  near  future  a  leading 
position  in  his  community.  He  was  born  in  Blair 
County,  Pa.,  June  14,  1865,  and  is  the  son  of  John 
Sparr,  a  native  of  Center  County,  that  State.  The 
latter  when  two  weeks  old  was  taken  by  liis  father 
to  the  vicinit\-  of  Williamsburg,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
reared  by  his  grandparents.  Christian  and  Mary 
Spair,  his  mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Foutz)  Sparr  having 
died  in  April,  1820,  two  weeks  after  the  birth  of 
her  son.  John  Sparr,  Sr.,  upon  reaching  man's  es- 
tate, was  married  in  Huntingdon  County,  Pa.,  to 
Miss  Susan  J.  Sliultz,  who  was  a  native  of  that 
county.  They  settled  upon  the  old  Sparr  home- 
stead and  Joiin  Sparr,  Jr.,  departed  this  life  May 
13,  1865.  His  remains  were  laid  to  rest  in  the  old 
family  cemetery.  The  paternal  great-parents  of 
our  subject  was  earl3f  settlers  of  the  Keystone 
State  and  are  supposed  to  have  been  of  German 
birth,  or  at  least  of  German  ancestrj',  and  the  fam- 
ily were  almost  without  exception  members  of  the 
Lutheran  Church,  in  the  faith  of  which  .John  Sparr, 
Sr  ,  likewise  passed  away. 

On  tlie  maternal  side  the  grandparents  of  our 
subject  were  John  and  Mary  (Beaver)  Shultz,  na- 
tives of  Huntingdon  County,  Pa.,  wdierein  they 
spent  their  entire  lives,  dying  on  the  old  farm 
where  they  reared  their  famil}'.  They  also  were 
members  of  the  Lutheran  Church.  An  earlj'  pro- 
genitor was  Heniy  Shultz,  also  a  native  of  Hun- 
tingdon Count}',  and  who  married  jMiss  Sarah 
Solnia,  of  that  county.    They  liclonged  to  the  Ger- 


man Baptist  Church.  Anthony  Beaver,  the  pater- 
nal great-grandfather  of  our  subject,  married  Miss 
Susan  Clapper,  both  of  whom  it  is  supposed  were 
natives  of  Pennsylvania  and  of  German  .ancestry. 

In  the  fall  of  1873  the  mother  of  our  subject 
came  to  this  county  with  her  five  children  and  pre- 
empted one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
London  Township.  They  commenced  farming  in  a 
primitive  stj-le,  marketing  their  produce  at  Wich- 
ita and  Wellington.  Their  first  dwelling  was  a 
structure  10x12  feet  in  dimensions,  built  of  Cot- 
tonwood boards.  But  few  houses  were  in  sight, 
the  country  being  open  and  the  land  mostly  the 
property  of  the  Government.  Mrs.  Sparr  kept  the 
post-office  in  her  own  house  one  year.  In  Januaiy, 
1875  the  sons  put  up  a  more  sul)stantial  dwelling 
which  the  family  occupied  until  1878.  Buffalos 
roamed  the  country  a  short  distance  west,  while 
antelopes  and  wolves  were  numerous.  There  were 
no  churches  and  religious  services  were  held  in 
sclioolhouses  and  private  dwellings.  Both  Jnhn 
Sparr  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Lutheran 
Church  in  the  faith  of  which  the  father  died  about 
1865. 

John  Sparr,  father  of  our  subject,  was  married 
twice;  his  first  wife  was  Sarah  Hall,  and  a  native  of 
Pennsylvania.  She  died  in  that  State  leaving  two 
children,  named — Lucy  J.,  now  deceased,  and 
William  M.,  living  now  in  Iowa. 


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APT.  JOSEPH  A.  CORBETT.  Who  is 
there  in  Chikaskia  Township  unacquainted 
with  or,  at  least,  unfamiliar  with  the  name 
of  Capt.  '^jorbott,  who  is  one  of  its  most  stirring 
citizens  and  the  hero  of  a  histor}-  of  more  than  or- 
dinary interest.  He  has  been  for  man}'  years  suc- 
cessfully engaged  in  farming  an(I  is  the  owner  of 
four  hundred  acres  of  choice  land,  well  improved 
and  finely  situated  on  section  9.  There  are  few 
enterprises  of  any  importance  and  none  affecting 
the   progress    and  advancement  of   the  people  to 


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which  he  lias  not  given  his  hearty  assent.  An  act- 
ive member  of  the  Republican  party,  he  takes  a 
lively  interest  in  polities,  reniaininu'  loyal  to  the 
old  Hag  since  the  time  when,  in  the  State  of  Ken- 
tucky, his  reliel  neighbors  twice  put  the  rope 
around  his  neck,  threatening  to  hang'  him  on  ac- 
count (jf  his  adherence  to  the  Union.  lie  has  served 
as  .lustice  of  the  l^eace  in  C'hikaskia  Township, 
has  uMici.ated  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  in 
his  district,  is  I'resident  of  Dobbs  Farmers'  Alli- 
ance, and  at  Milan  belongs  to  the  A.  IL  T.  A.,  is 
Secretary  of  the  iMasijnic  Lodge  and  Post  Comman- 
der of  John  Goldy  Lodge,  No.  90,  G.  A.  R.  In 
his  farming  operations  he  raises  the  crops  common 
to  this  region  and  is  somewhat  interested  in  live 
stock. 

The  fourth  in  a  family  of  live  children,  the  sub- 
ject of  tins  notice  was  liorii  October  20,  1838,  in 
Gallatin,  Sumner  County,  Tenn.,  and  is  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Agnes  L.  (Bigus)  Corbetl,  who  were 
natives,  respectively,  of  Pennsylvania  and  Virginia. 
The  father  emigrated  to  Tennessee  when  a  young 
man,  where  he  was  married  and  employed  himself 
as  a  carpenter.  He  left  Tennessee  with  his  family 
in  1854,  removing  to  Kentucky,  and  thence,  in 
1857,  crossing  the  Mississpi)i  into  St.  Charles 
County,  Mo.  The  mother  died  there  that  year, 
the  father  lived  until  18G5,  spending  the  closing 
years  of  his  life  in  Kentucky.  There  are  living  of 
the  parental  family  only  two  children,  the  one  be- 
sides Joseph  A.  being  D.  W.,  a  resident  of  Ken- 
tucky. One  son,  William  I).,  was  a  very  promi- 
nent physician  and  dicil  in  Hickman,  Ky.,  in  1878, 
from  the  effects  of  yellow  fever.  On  account  of  the 
services  which  he  had  rendered  during  that  terrible 
epidemic.  Gov.  Blackburn  recommended  the  appro- 
priation of  funds  by  the  Legislature  for  the  erec- 
tion of  a  monument  over  the  grave  of  him  who  had 
so  faithfully  performed  his  duties  amid  disease  and 
death. 

Leaving  home  when  a  youth  of  sixteen  years, 
young  Corbett  commenced  the  battle  of  life  wholly 
dependent  upon  his  own  resources,  having  no  capi- 
tal ami  few  friends  or  advisers.  He  was  a  cour- 
ageous and  adventurous  la<l  and  soon,  in  1857,  he 
joined  an  expedition  to  chastise  the  Alormons.  the 
enterprise  being  under  the  command  of  tieii.  Albert 


Sidney-  Johnston.  This  occupied  seven  months. 
Afterward  Mr.  Corl)ett  lived  in  INHssouri  onej'ear, 
then  returiiing  to  Kentucky'  located  in  Butler 
Count}-  and  engaged  in  farming  two  years  and  un- 
til after  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War.  On  January 
1,  1802,  he  enlisted  aS  a  Union  soldier  in  Com[)any 
B,  Twent3'sixtli  Jventucky  Infantry,  which  was 
attached  to  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland  in  Gen. 
Buell's  division.  Prior  to  this,  however,  he  had  been 
in  the  smoke  and  heat  of  battle,  eight  miles  west  of 
Kussellville,  Ky., where  there  were  about  three  thous- 
and rebel  cavalry  as  the  outposts  of  Gen.  Buckiier's 
army  at  Bowling  Green.  Capt.  Netter  of  Company 
B,  Twenty-sixth  Kentucky  Infantry,  took  sixteen 
men,  including  IMr.  Corbett, who  had  volunteered  to 
accomiiany  him,  and  procuring  turpentine  carried 
it  in  canteens  to  a  bridge  across  the  Whip-poor-will 
Biver,  which  w.as  guarded  liy  sixteen  rebels,  with 
whom  they  had  a  desperate  fight  but  carried  the 
d.ay.  firing  the  briilge  and  thus  cutting  off  commu- 
nication. They  left  tlieir  vvouuikHl  in  care  of  a 
Unicm  man  who  lived  in  the  vicinity  and  escaped 
from  a  whole  battalion  of  rebels  who  pursued  them 
for  forty  miles. 

After  entering  the  regular  service  our  hero  look 
part  in  some  of  the  in'incipal  battles  of  the  war, 
viz;  Shiioh,  Perryville,  Kingston,  Ft.  Fisher  and 
Wilmington.  After  the  fight  at  Perryville,  the 
regiment  was  transferred  to  the  Eastern  Army 
under  the  command  of  (Jen.  Scolield.  In  the 
meantime  Mr.  Corbett  had  been  promoted  to  be 
Sergeant  and  in  18fi4,  at  the  end  of  his  term  of  en- 
listment, he  veteranized.  He  fre(pu'ntly  executed 
important  commissions,  and  at  one  time  with  a 
squad  of  four  men  under  his  command  was  left  to 
guard  an  immense  quantity  of  stores  left  on  the 
bank  of  the  Cumberland  River  at  llarpeth  Shoals. 
He  succeeded  in  saving  the  stores  in  the  face  of  the 
army  of  (ien.  Wheeler,  five  thousand  strong,  being- 
assisted  by  Capt.  Allen  of  the  gunboat  --St.  Clair" 
and  his  marines. 

In  December,  1864,  Sergt.  Corbett  was  commis- 
sioned as  First  Lieutenant  by  President  Lincoln, 
being  attached  to  the  One-hundred  Twenty-fifth 
United  States  Infantry,as  Regimental  Quartermaster. 
He  remained  in  the  service  after  the  close  of  the  war, 
and  in  August,  l8G(J,was  presented  with  a  captain's 


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commission  and  made  tlie  acting  assistant  (Quarter- 
master at  Ft.  Cummings,  New  Mexico,  wiiere  be 
sojourned  tiiree  and  one-iialf  years.  Then  on  ac- 
count of  failing  iiealtli  he  was  obliged  to  send  in 
his  resignation. 

Returning  now  to  Kentucky,  Capt.  Corbett  fol- 
lowed the  peaceful  pursuits  of  agriculture  until 
18IS3.  That  year  he  left  the  Blue  Grass  regions, 
and  coming  to  Kansas  took  up  his  abode  in  Well- 
ington, and  was  there  engaged  as  a  dealer  in  real 
estate  two  years.  His  next  removal  was  to  his 
present  farm.  He  took  unto  himself  a  wife  and 
helpmate  in  the  person  of  Mrs.  Mary  J.  Jobnson, 
the  wedding  being  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home 
in  Kentucky,  :\lay  20,  188-2.  Mrs.  Corbett  was 
born  .Tune  25,  18.54,  in  Smith  County,  Tenn.,  and 
is  the  daughter  of  .John  and  Amanda  (Walker) 
Kittle,  who  were  natives  of  that  State,  and  there 
spent  their  entire  lives,  the  father  dying  in  1857 
and  the  mother  in  1876.  Their  family'  consisted 
of  five  children,  of  whom  Mrs.  Corbett  was  the 
third,  and  only  one  living.  The  Captain  and  his 
excellent  lady  are  the  parents  of  one  child  only,  a 
daughter,  Sierra  Florieta,  who  was  born  February- 
H,  1883.  Mrs.  Corbett  is  connected  with  the  Mis- 
sionary Baptist  Church  at  Milan.  In  his  3'ounger 
years  the  Captain  also  belonged  to  the  Baptist 
Church. 


'  AMP^S  <^  BROWN,  who  has  been  a  resident 
of  this  county  since  1875,  is  well  worthy  of 
representation  in  a  volume  of  this  nature, 
his  good  citizenship,  his  fine  moral  char- 
acter, and  his  intelligence  and  practical  ability  in 
agriculture,  alike  entitling  him  to  respect.  His  pa- 
ternal ancestry  is  of  Scotch  and  English  blood,  and 
the  long  line  of  honored  lineage  have  transmitted 
from  generation  to  generation,  sturdy  qualities  of 
manhood,  and  a  record  for  industry  and  honor 
which  are  the  best  inheritance  ;i  man  can  have. 

Going  back  to  the  fifth  generation  prior  to  our 
subject,  we  find  James  Brown,  who  was  born  in 
1686,  and  died  in  1770.     The  next  in  the  line  is 


another  .James,  born  in  Dorchester  County,  Md., 
in  1710,  who  married  Priseilla,  daughter  of  Judg-c 
Thomas  White,  and  who  died  in  171)4.  Following 
him  comes  his  son,  White  Brown,  who  was  born 
in  the  same  county  as  himself,  the  date  of  his  birth 
being  March  23,  1749.  After  reaching  years  of 
maturity,  White  Brown  engaged  in  tilling  the  soil  in 
Delaware,  and  was  a  resident  of  that  same  State  until 
1801,  when  he  emigrated  to  the  Northwest  Terri- 
tory', and  settled  in  what  is  now  Ross  Count}', 
Ohio.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  al- 
most untrodden  wilderness,  where  bear,  deer,  wild 
cats,  coons,  beavers,  and  wild  turkeys  were  numer- 
ous for  many  years,  and  where  many  privations 
and  hardships  and  frequent  dangers  beset  the  path- 
way of  the  frontiersman.  He  settled  on  military 
land,  buying  a  large  tract  for  twelve  and  a  half 
cents  per  acre,  which  is  still  owned  by  his  descen- 
dants. His  land  was  heavily  timbered,  with  an  ex- 
cellent water-power  on  it.  and  after  damming  the 
stream,  he  put  up  one  of  the  first  mills  ever  built 
in  that  section.  He  cleared  his  farm  and  operated 
it  and  the  mill,  continuing  to  reside  there  until  he 
had  reached  the  advanced  age  of  ninety- three  years, 
when  he  departed  this  life.  His  wife  bore  the 
maiden  name  of  Anna  Withgott,  and  she,  like  her 
husband,  earned  the  respect  of  their  contemporaries 
for  her  cheerful  and  arduous  labors  in  the  develop- 
ment of  a  new  country,  and  in  the  proper  rearing 
of  her  family. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  christened  Nelson, 
and  was  born  in  Newcastle  County,  Del.,  he  being 
twelve  years  old  when  his  parents  went  to  the  North- 
west Territory.  He  learned  the  trade  of  cloth  manu- 
facturing, and  built  a  woolen  factory  on  Deer 
Creek,  the  same  stream  his  father's  mill  was  on,  and 
after  operating  the  factory  some  years,  abandoned 
it  and  devoted  his  attention  entirely  to  farming. 
He  was  a  large  land  owner,  holding  thirteen  hun- 
dred acres  in  Ross  and  Pickaway  Counties,  and  on 
his  farm  he  resided  until  his  death  in  1862.  He 
was  an  old-line  Whig,  and  upon  the  disintegration 
of  that  party,  became  a  Republican.  His  wife  was 
Miss  Anna  Maria,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Hughes,  who  was  born  in  Marj'land,  add  who  de- 
parted this  life  in  Chill'cothe,  Ohio.  She  was  a 
worthy  member  of  the  IMethodist  Episcopal  Church. 


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The  parental  family  ';oiriprised  twelve  children,  and 
nine  reached  maturity.  Tliese  are:  Ellen.  Sarah. 
While.  James,  Eliza,  Rebecca.  Elizabeth,  Allen  V.. 
and  Alice. 

.lames  Q.  Biown.  the  sul»jei;t  of  tiiis  sketch,  was 
born  in  Ross  County,  Ohio,  November  13,  1828, 
and  was  reared  an<l  educated  there,  beginning  to 
assist  his  father  in  the  woolen  factory  as  soon  as  he 
was  large  enough,  and  later  bearing  his  share  in  the 
farm  labor.  He  remained  with  his  parents  until 
twenty  years  old.  and  then  farmed  in  connection 
Willi  his  father  for  a  time,  and  in  1849  went  to  Illi- 
nois on  horseback.  He  located  in  Pike  County, 
and  with  his  brother  bought  an  improved  farm, 
upon  which  he  lived  seven  years.  He  then  changed 
his  location  to  Macon  County,  and  bought  a  four 
hundred-acre  farm  seven  miles  from  Decatur,  mak- 
ing that  his  home  until  1864,  when  he  sold  it  and 
mo\'ed  into  the  town. 

While  a  resident  of  Decatur,  jSIr.  Brown  dealt  in 
land  and  lumber,  continuing  to  abide  there  until 
1873,  after  which  he  spent  two  years  in  Cameron, 
Mo.,  whence  he  came  to  this  county.  He  purchased 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  Wellington  Town- 
ship, where  he  still  lives,  and  where  he  h.as  erected 
buildings  suited  to  the  various  needs  of  agricultural 
life,  has  fenced  and  otherwise  improved  the  place, 
which,  when  he  took  possession,  had  no  improve- 
ments but  twenty  acres  of  broken  sod.  and  made  of 
it  a  highly  productive  and  attractive  estate.  In  ad- 
dition to  this  Mr.  Brown  has  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  in  Sumner  Townshi)).  At  the  date  of  his  ar- 
rival here,  Wellington  was  a  village  of  about  two 
hundred  and  fifty  inhabitants,  and  a  few  miles 
west  deer  and  buffalo  were  still  plentiful,  while 
Wichita,  thirty  miles  distant,  was  the  nearest  rail- 
road station. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Brown  took  place  in  Pike 
County,  III.,  in  18.")fi,  his  l)ride  being  a  native  of 
that  county.  She  bore  the  name  of  Sarah  F.  Che- 
noweth,  and  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Kachael 
Chenowetli,  whose  sketch  occupies  another  place  in 
this  volume.  The  happy  union  has  been  blessed 
by  the  birlli  of  two  children:  Seymour  N.  married 
.Sarah  G.  Gatliff,  and  li\es  in  Wellington;  Cleo  re- 
sides in  Kingman. 

.Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  have  been  members  of  the 


Methodist  Church  for  many  j'ears.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican, and  never  fails  to  cast  his  vote  in  the  inter- 
est of  good  government,  manifesting  an  intelligent 
interest  in  everything  which  pertains  to  the  good  of 
thei^ommunit}'.  J'ossessing  well-informed  minds  and 
pleasant  manners.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown  are  deserv- 
edly popular  among  their  neighbors  and  associates. 
The  wife  of  Sej'mour  N.,  died  .lanuary  21.  188!t, 
in  Wellington,  leaving  one  child,  nameS  Charle3' 
C,  .aged  nine  years,  who  makes  his  home  with  his 
grandparents,  our  subject  and  wife. 


to  e) 


-i.— 


lI/_^  ENKY  BOWERS,  a  retired  farmer  now  liv- 
Ijj;  ing  in  Wellington,  is  of  German  ancestry, 
'^y^'  and  two  generations  of  his  progenitors  were 
L^)  natives  of  the  Key.stone  State,  where  the 
line  was  planted  in  Colonial  times.  There  Daniel 
Bowers  first  opened  his  eyes  to  the  light,  and  so 
also  did  his  son,  .lohn,  who  was  born  in  1803. 
About  six  years  after  the  birth  of  the  latter,  the 
family  removed  to  Ohio,  and  among  the  pioneers  of 
Stark  County,  Daniel  Bowers  carried  on  his  em- 
ployments of  farming  and  butchering.  The  later 
years  of  his  life  were  passed  in  Allen  County',  and 
he  died  at  a  ripe  age. 

.Tohu  Bowers  grew  to  manhood  in  Stark  County, 
and  there  married  Miss  Elizabeth  Bysel,  who  was 
born  near  Harrisburg,  I'a.,  and  while  quite  3'oung, 
was  brought  by  her  father  to  Ohio.  Mr.  Bowers 
took  u|)  a  tract  of  timber  land,  and  cleared  and  re- 
sided upon  it  until  1835,  when  ho  undertook  the 
labors  of  a  frontiersman  in  Hancock  County,  by 
opening  \\\\  a  tract  of  timber  land  about  six  miles 
from  the  present  site  of  Findlaj'.  At  that  time  a 
few  log  houses  constituted  that  vill.age,  and  he 
built  a  dwelling  of  the  same  kind  on  his  farm. 
Timber  was  so  abundant  in  the  region,  that  it  was 
practically  valueless,  antl  large  black  walnut  logs 
were  rolled  together  and  burned,  to  get  rid  of 
them.  Deer,  bears,  wild  turkeys,  coons  and  wolves 
were  numerous,  and  the  nearest  market  w.as  San- 
dusky, sixty  miles  distant,  while    for   many    \-ears 


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railroads  were  unknown  in  that  region.  The  set- 
tlers were  praeticall)-  home  livers,  and  ISIrs.  Bow- 
ers cooked  by  a  fii'e-|jlace,  carded,  s|)iin  and  wove 
flax  and  wool,  and  clothed  her  family  in  cloth  made 
by  her  own  hands.  After  some  years  a  railroad 
was  extended  to  Findlay,  wooden  rails  with  a  strip 
oi  iron  nailed  on  the  top,  formino'  the  track. 

Mr.  Joim  Bowers  cleared  a  small  tract  of  the  land 
which  he  had  obtained,  and  after  sojourning  upon 
it  about  three  years,  sold  the  proi)erty  and  bought 
another  piece  of  timber  land  twelve  miles  west  of 
Kindla}'.  There  he  cleared  a  good  farm,  upon 
which  he  resided  until  his  death,  which  took  place 
July  G,  1887.  His  wife  passed  away  on  the  home 
farm  in  1870.  Their  family  comprised  seven  sons 
and  three  daughters,  and  the  subject  of  this  bio- 
graphy was  the  first  born :  Jonathan  is  now  living  in 
Hancock  County, Ohio;  Andrew  J.  lives  in  this  city; 
Philip  B.,  in  Seattle,  Wash.;  Daniel  on  the  home- 
stead in  Hancock  County,  Ohio;  Wesley  at  Geuda 
Springs,  this  county;  John  served  in  an  Ohio  Regi- 
ment, and  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Chickamauga; 
Lydia  married  John  Iladdox;  Elizabeth  married 
D.  F.  I5rooks;  and  Sarah  A.  married  Moses  Fer- 
min.  All  the  sisters  are  living  in  the  Buckeje 
State. 

The  maternal  grandfather  of  our  subject  was 
Philip  Bysel,  who  moved  from  Pennsylvania,  to 
Stark  County,  Ohio,  about  the  year  1823.  He 
leased  a  tract  of  land  for  a  time,  and  then  bought 
a  flour  mill  on  the  line  between  Stark  and  Wayne 
Counties,  and  operated  it  until  his  death.  During 
his  last  years  he  made  his  home  with  a  son  in 
Wayne  County. 

Henry  Bowers  was  born  near  Canton,  Stark 
County,  Ohio,  March  11,1 826,  and  was  a  lad  of 
nine  years  when  his  parents  moved  to  Hancock 
County.  The  removal  was  made  with  teams  through 
the  wilderness,  and  the  father's  circumstances  be- 
ing very  limited,  his  children  were  obliged  to  assist 
him  as  much  .as  possible  in  clearing  the  farm,  and 
securing  their  inheritance.  Our  subject  attended 
the  pioneer  schools,  and  in  the  intervals  labored  on 
the  homestead.  The  schoolhouse  was  built  of  logs 
with  the  chimney  on  the  outside,  constructed  of 
earth  and  sticks,  the  floor  of  puncheon,  and  roof 
and  door  of  boards;  the  windows  were  of  greased 


paper,  and  the  seats  were  made  by  splitting  logs, 
leaving  one  side  smooth,  and  inserting  pins  in  the 
other  for  legs. 

Mr.  Bowers  resided  under  the  parental  roof  un- 
til his  imrriage,  when  he  bought  a  tract  of  (iovern- 
roent  land  in  Putnam  County,  built  a  log  house, 
himself  siilitting  the  puncheon  for  the  floor  and 
clajj-boards  for  the  roof,  and  in  this  primitive  aljode 
the  young  couple  began  house  keeping,  the  wife  do- 
ing her  cooking  and  other  household  work  by  the 
fire-place,  as  was  the  custom  at  that  time  on  farms, 
and  in  the  frontier  settlements.  The  land  upon 
which  they  located  was  timbered,  and  Mr.  Bowers 
cleared  a  considerable  tract,  uiion  which  they  lived 
for  six  years 

In  1857,  Mr.  Bowers  purchased  some  [jrairie 
land  near  Gridley,  in  McLean  County,  111.,  thirty 
acres  of  it  being  under  cultivation,  and  a  log  house 
standing  upon  it.  On  this  farm  the  family  resided 
until  1875,  good  buildings  being  in  the  meantime 
erected,  and  the  acreage  thoroughly  cultivated  and 
improved.  At  the  date  above  mentioned,  they  re- 
moved to  this  county,  v.hich  Mr.  Bowers  had  vis- 
ited the  year  before,  and  where  he  had  imrchased 
one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land  near  this  cit}-. 
Twenty  acres  of  the  estate  were  broken,  and  there 
was  a  small  frame  house  upon  it.  The  nearest  rail- 
road ran  through  Wichita,  and'  Wellington  was  a 
village  of  two  hundred  inhabitants.  As  soon  as 
the  family  settled  in  their  new  home,  Mr.  Bowers 
set  to  work  to  farther  improve  the  estate,  and  when 
the  boom  came  he  took  advantage  of  the  high  price 
of  land,  and  sold  the  greater  part  of  his  qua?-tersec- 
tion.  •  He  still  owns  twenty  acres  .adjoining  the 
city,  and  is  now  also  the  fortunate  possessor  of  two 
farms  which  are  rented. 

Mr.  Bowers  has  been  twice  married.  The  first 
ceremony  took  place  in  1848,  the  bride  being  Miss 
Lydia  A.  Fisher,  who  was  born  in  Stark  Count}', 
Ohio.  She  departed  this  life  in  1880,  after  having 
borne  nine  children — Martha  J.,  Levi  B.,  Jasper  P., 
Clinton,  Annie,  John,  Eddie,  Minnie,  and  Abbie 
D,  The  second  mairiage  of  Mr.  Bowers  took  place 
in  1881,  and  the  lady  with  whom  he  was  then  united 
was  Miss  jNIar}'  J.  Layman.  Her  parents,  John  H. 
and  Catherine  (Royer)  Layman,  were  the  children 
of  German  parents,  and  were  born  in  Pennsylvania, 


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the  fatlier  in  Cuml)eil:uid  County,  and  the  mother 
in  Lancaster  Count}'.  Their  family  compri.si'd  five 
chiklren — I.ncinihx.  Mary  .1..  Sarah  A..  Daniel,  and 
PL  W.  Mr.  L.ayman  moved  to  Ohio  about  thej-ear 
1836,  and  settled  in  Portage  County,  whore  he 
bought  timber  land  and  cleared  an  excellent  farm. 
u|)on  which  his  death  took  place  in  1887.  In  that 
county  Mrs.  Bowers  first  opened  her  eyes  to  the 
light. 

Mr.  Bowers  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis 
copal  Church,  with  which  he  united  in  18,j8,  since 
which  time  he  has  served  as  Treasurer  and  Stew.ard. 
and  also  as  Class-Leader  for  man}'  j'ears.  His  first 
wife  was  a  worthy  member  of  the  same  denomina- 
tion, and  the  present  iMrs.  Bowers  i.s  a  member  in 
eood  standing  of  the  Christian  Church.  Li  his 
early  life  Mr.  Bowers  was  a  Democrat,  hut  differ- 
ing with  the  party  on  the  question  of  slavery,  at 
the  formation  of  the  Republican  party,  he  identi- 
fied himself  with  it,  and  has  ever  since  given  it  his 
suffrage.  The  upright  character,  industrious  hab- 
its, and  friendly  nature  of  Mi'.  Bowers  are  recog- 
nized and  appreciated  by  all  with  whom  he  comes 
in  contact,  and  they  accord  him  a  corresponding 
measure  of  respect  and  good  will. 


ON.  ALEXANDER  HANNIBAL  SMnH. 
There  are  few  people  sojourning  an}'  length 
S)^  of  time  in  Sumner  County,  who  are  unac- 
(l^  quainted  with  at  least  the  name  of  Mr. 
Smith,  who  is  recognized  as  one  of  its  most  popu- 
lar and  prosperous  citizens.  Nature  has  endowed 
him  with  fine  abilities,  intellectually,  and  with  great 
kindliness  of  disposition,  besides  the  qualities  which 
have  made  him  successful  financially.  He  is  of 
Southern  birth  and  antecedents,  his  liirth place  hav- 
ing been  in  the  vicinity  of  Bucksville.  Cumberland 
County.  Ky.,  where  he  first  opened  his  e}'es  to  the 
light  March  30,  1836. 

John  C.  Smith,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  no- 
tice, was  born  in  Eauquier  County,  Va.,  and  was 
the  son  of  Mathew  Smith,  a  native  of  the  city  of 


Ediiil)urg,  Scotland.  The  latter  left  home  when  a 
boy,  and  came  to  America  during  the  colonial 
times.  He  located  in  \irginia.  Init  later  entered  the 
Continental  Arm}-,  in  which  he  arose  to  the  com- 
mand of  a  company,  being  given  a  ca|)tain's  com- 
mission under  Cen.  Nathaniel  Green,  his  brother- 
in-law.  He  was  shot  through  both  limbs  and 
cripi)led  for  life.  Later  he  became  the  owner  of 
land  in  ^'irginia,  where  he  spent  his  last  days. 

Malhew  Smith  married  Miss  I'amelia,  a  sister  of 
Gen.  Nathaniel  Green,  who,  after  the  death  of  her 
husband,  removed,  in  1811  to  Kentucky.  The 
journey  was  made  overland  with  ox-teams,  and  the 
widowed  mother  was  accompanied  by  her  nine  chil- 
dren, taking  with  her  her  household  goods  and  farm 
implements.  .She  was  a  woman  of  great  courage 
and  resolution,  and  entered  a  tract  of  Government 
land  in  the  timber  of  Cumberland  County,  where, 
with  the  assistance  of  lier  children,  she  improved  a 
farm,  building  up  a  good  homestead. 

Late  in  life  she  removed  to  Warren  County, 
where  she  spent  her  last  years.  Her  son.  John  C., 
the  father  of  our  subject,  was  a  lad  of  nine  years 
when  the  family  removed  to  Kentucky,  where  lie 
was  reared  to  man's  estate.  After  his  marriage  he 
purchased  a  tr.actof  timber  land  in  Warren  Countv. 
in  what  was  known  as  .Smith's  Grove  A'alley.  lie 
put  up  a  log.cabin  in  the  most  primitive  style,  with 
puncheon  floor,  and  the  chimney  built  outside  of 
earth  and  sticks.  Li  this  pioneer  structure  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  born.  The  mother  was  a 
very  industrious  woman,  devoted  to  her  family. 
She  spun  and  wove  wool  and  flax,  manufacturing 
thus  all  the  cloth  used  in  the  family,  and  making 
up  the  garments  with  her  own  hands.  The  father 
cleared  a  considerable  extent  of  his  land,  and  was 
prospered  in  his  labors,  being  finally  enabled  to 
erect  a  good  brick  house.  Eor  some  time  after  the 
Smith  family  settled  in  that  region,  wild  game  of 
I    all  kinds  was  abundant,  including  deer  and  turkeys. 

Mrs.  Sally  1).  (Gearhart)  Smith,  the  mother  of 
our  subject,  was  born  in  Cumberland  County.  Ky.. 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Peter  Gearhart,  a  native 
of  Germany,  (iraud father  (Jearhart  was  reared  to 
farming  [lursuits,  and  emigrated  to  America  when 
u  young  man.  locating  in  Virginia.  He  was  there 
married  and  removed  to  Kentucky  at  an  early  d;iy. 


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settling  among  the  timber  of  Ciimbei'land  County. 
He  cleared  a  farm  and  died  there.  The  parents  of 
our  subject  resided  ontiiat  farm  until  their  decease, 
the  mother  passing  away  in  1855,  and  the  father  in 
1857  Six  of  the  ten  children  born  to  them  lived 
to  mature  years,  namely:  Alexander  II.  Hersehel 
P.,  Mercenia,  Carroll  .1.,  Dobney  W.,  and  .Julius  O. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  reared  to  man's 
estate  in  lii,?  native  count}',  and  acquired  his  early 
education  in  the  subscription  schools,  conducted  in 
a  log  schoolhouse.  The  temple  of  learning  was 
erected  and  fiirnisiied  in  tlie  most  primitive  man- 
ner, the  seats  being  of  split  logs,  upheld  by  wooden 
pins,  and  the  chimney  built  outside  of  earth  and 
sticks.  Light  was  admitted  through  an  aperture 
made  by  removing  a  log  from  one  side  of  the 
building,  and  closed  by  a  wooden  shutter.  The 
school  was  conducted  mostly' during  the  winter  sea- 
son, while  in  summer  young  Smith  assisted  his 
father  on  the  farm.  He  remained  with  his  parents 
as  long  as  the)'  lived,  and  then  being  the  eldest 
cinld,  the  care  of  the  family  devolved  upon  him. 
He  managed  the  farm,  and  reared  the  children,  tak 
ing  the  place  of  both  father  and  mother,  the  young- 
est child  being  then  two  and  one-half  years  old, 
and  his  oldest  sister,  a  little  girl  of  seven.  Tlie 
father  had  made  a  will,  giving  to  Alexander  the 
homestead  with  the  provision  that  he  was  to  look 
after  the  children  until  tiiey  should  be  able  to  take 
care  of  themselves.  He  fulfilled  the  duties  assigned 
him  in  an  admirable  manner  and  continued  to  re- 
side on  the  old  farm  until  1880.  He  was  a  I'nion 
man  during  the  Civil  War,  but  took  no  part  there- 
in, and  although  that  section  of  country  was  over- 
run by  both  armies,  he  did  not  in  any  wise  suffer 
from  personal  outrage  or  loss  of  property. 

Disposing  of  his  interests  in  the  Blue  Grass  State 
in  the  year  above  mentioned,  Mr.  .Smith  came  to 
Kansas  and  purchased  city  property  in  Wellington, 
also  farm  lands  in  Sumner  County.  He  has  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  adjoining  the  city  limits 
besides  other  lands  in  different  parts  of  the  county, 
and  has  been  identified  with  many  of  the  enter- 
prises which  have  assisted  in  the  growth  and  pros- 
perity of  Wcllinglon.  He  was  instrumental  in  the 
organization  of  the  State  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
elected  President,  and  still  holds  this  otiice.     Dur- 


ing his  early  manhood  he  was  a  Whig,  politicall)', 
but  later  developed  into  a  Jeffersonian  Democrat, 
lie  was  prominent  in  the  politics  of  his  native  State 
and  represented  Warren  Count)-  in  the  Kentucky 
Legislature,  casting  his  vote  for  James  B.  Beck  for 
Senator.  Since  coming  to  Kans.as,  among  other 
positions  of  trust  and  responsibility,  he  served  one 
term  as  Mayor  of  Wellington.  As  a  financier  he 
stands  pre  eminent,  and  is  now  in  the  enjoyment 
of  not  only  a  large  share  of  this  world's  goods,  but 
the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fellowmen.  Of 
late  years  he  has  operated  extensively  as  a  money 
loaner. 

Mr.  Smith  was  married  in  his  native  county,  in 
1857,  to  Miss  Rebecca  Shobe.  Mrs.  Smith  likelier 
husband,  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ky.,  and 
there  reared  to  womanhood,  receiving  a  common- 
school  education,  and  becoming  versed  in  all  use- 
ful household  duties.  The  twelve  children  born  of 
this  union  were  named  respectively:  Hersehel  P., 
Jesse  G.,  Moses  S.,  Carrie  C.  L..  Anna,  Golsen  N., 
Girdeii  1!.,  Walter,  Hannibal,  P.  V..  Talmadge  and 
Dudley. 


R.  S.P:WING  smith.  The  gentleman  with 
\]   whose  name  we  introduce  this  biographical 


record  is  recognized  as  the  leading  dentist 
of  Wellington  and  a  meraberof  the  profes- 
sion who  thoroughly  understands  his  calling  in  all 
its  details.  He  was  born  in  the  town  of  Princeton, 
Gibson  County,  Ind.,  and  is  the  son  of  Jesse  Smith, 
a  native  of  Glasgow,  Scotland  and  who  was  born 
in  1794.  The  latter  when  quite  young  emigrated 
with  his  mother  and  sisters  to  America,  locating 
with  them  in  Raleigh,  N.  C.  There  Jesse  was  reared 
and  educated  and  i-emained  until  1830.  That 
year  he  emigrated  to  Indiana  an'd  located  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Princeton.  This  was  before  the 
days  of  railroads  and  canals  and  the  removal  was 
made  overland  with  teams. 

Jesse  Smith  during  his  younger  years  had  learned 
the  trade  of  a  carpenter,  which  he  followed  after 


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removing  to  Indiana  until  1845.  Tliat  year  lie 
pushed  on  further  westward  into  Jefferson  County, 
III.,  nnd  purchasing  a  farm  near  Spring  Garden,  so- 
journed there  until  1876.  That  year  he  came  to  this 
State  and  settled  in  Wabaunsee  County,  near 
Alma.  His  death  took  place  at  the  home  of  his  .son, 
Alonzo,  in  1877. 

Tlie  mother  of  our  subject  bore  the  maiden  name 
of  Uhoda  V.  Dimmick.  She  was  born  in  Vermont 
and  was  the  daughter  of  Adam  Dimmick,  a  native 
of  New  York  .State,  who  removed  to  ^'ermont  and 
then  to  Indiana,  being  one  of  the  earliest  settlers 
of  Gibson  County.  He  cleared  a  farm  from  the  tim- 
ber and  there  spent  his  last  years.  To  the  parents 
of  our  subject  there  was  born  a  family  of  twelve 
children,  of  whom  the  record  is  .as  follows:  William 
died  at  the  age  of  ten  years  in  Indiana;  John  B., 
during  the  Civil  War  served  in  the  Thirty-sixth 
Illinois  Infiintr^'  und  died  in  the  army;OctaYia  be- 
came the  wife  of  James  Prigmore  of  Spring  Gar- 
di  n.  111. ;  Augustus  prai  ticed  dentisUy  in  Sedalia, 
j\Io.,  and  is  now  deceased;  B.  Frank  is  a  resident  of 
Weir,  Kan.;  S.  Ewing,  our  subject,  was  the  nest  in 
order  of  birth:  James  died  in  Lutesville,  Mo.: 
Delia  died  in  Kansas;  Halla  and  Matilda,  are  twins; 
the  first  mentioned  became  the  wife  of  Jonathan 
Casebolt,  the  inventor  of  the  curve  to  the  cable  car 
system  and  lives  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.;  Matilda 
married  George  Thomas  of  Linnville,  Ind.;  Thomas 
is  a  resident  of  Union.  Ind.;  Alonzo  resides  in  Wa- 
baunsee, this  State. 

After  the  remov.il  of  the  family'  to  Illinois  Di. 
Smith  made  his  home  for  a  time  with  a  sister,  Mrs. 
Prigmore.  Her  husband  was  a  wheelwright  with 
which  trade  Dr.  Smith  became  quite  familiar  and 
at  the  same  time  completed  his  studies  in  the  com- 
mon SI  hool.  In  1859  he  wmt  to  Philadelphia  and 
studied  dentistry, remaining  there  two 3ears.  At  the 
expiration  of  this  time  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil 
AVar  turned  his  attention  in  another  direction  and 
in  1861.  returning  to  Illinois  he  enlisted,  in  Febru- 
ary, 1862,  in  Comp.any  I,  Sixtieth  Illinois  Infantry, 
and  served  until  the  close.  The  greater  part  of  this 
time  he  w.as  under  the  command  of  Gen.  Thom.as. 
At  the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain  he  was  wounded 
and  sent  to  the  hospital  at  Madison,  Ind.  As  soon 
as  able  to  be  of  assistance  in  any  w.ay,  he  w.as  de- 


tailed to  the  hospital  service  and  remained  in  the 
army  until  the  e.vjjiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

We  next  find  Dr.  Smith  in  Philadelphia  where 
he  practiced  dentistry  two  years,  then  removed  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  sojourned  until  1876, 
having  his  office  at  No.  710  Broadway.  In  the  year 
above  mentioned  he  set  his  f.ace  toward  the  Great 
West  and  coming  to  K.insas  located  in  Council 
Grove,  Morris  County'.  In  1882  he  repaired  to  Kerr 
City,  Fla.,  and  in  the  fall  of  1883  he  purchased  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  at  Lake  Kerr  where  he 
planted  an  orange  giove.  In  1885  he  traded  three 
hundred  acres  of  this  land  for  the  Commercial 
House,  the  leading  hotel  in  Manhattan,  Kan.,  which 
he  still  owns.  In  1885  he  removed  hither  to  look 
after  his  property,  remaining  until  1888.  That  year 
he  came  to  Wellington  and  opened  an  office  and 
during  a  year's  time  has  built  up  a  large  practice. 
He  still  owns  seven  hundred  acres  of  his  Florida 
land  upon  which  he  h.as  exi)ended  large  sums  of 
money  in  improvements. 

Dr.  Smith  was  wedded  January  25,  1865,  at  the 
bride's  home  in  Indiana  to  Miss  Anna  Lund.  This 
lady  was  born  in  Madison,  Ind.,  and  died  in  Ore- 
gon in  1868,  leaving  one  child,  F.  Ewing,  eleven 
months  of  age  and  who  was  legally  adopted  b}'  S. 
D.  Ewing.  of  Ohio.  The  Doctor  contracted  a  sec- 
ond marriage  in  1872  with  Miss  Helen  Love. 

Mrs.  Helen  (Love)  Sm'th  was  born  near  Au- 
burn, N.  Y.,  and  is  the  daughter  of  N'olney 
Love,  a  native  of  Nilcs,  that  State.  Her  patern.-d 
grandfather  was  Capt.  Samuel  Love,  a  native  of 
Scotland  who  upon  coming  to  America  settled  in 
New  York  State.  He  served  in  the  AVar  of  1812  as 
commander  of  a  company  and  died  in  the  service. 
He  had  married  Miss  Sarah  Basselt,  who,  after  his 
death  became  the  wife  of  the  father  of  President 
Fillmore  and  spent  her  last  years  in  Aurora,  N.  Y. 
Volney  Love  was  reared  on  a  farm  and  later  con- 
ducted a  hotel  at  .Skaneateles,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Niles. 
In  1860  he  came  to  Kans.as.  settling  among  the  pio- 
neers of  Wabaunsee  County.  He  purch.ased  a  trjict 
of  land  and  engaged  in  farming  some  years  prior  to 
the  building  of  a  railroad  in  this  region.  Later  he 
removed  to  Alma,  Kan.,  where  he  was  in  the  I'nited 
States  mail  service  and  where  his  death  took  place 
in  the  fall  of  1876. 


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The  maiden  name  of  the  mother  of  Mrs.  Smith 
was  Lydia  Coon.  She  was  born  in  Seipio,  Onondaga 
County,  N.  Y.,  and  was  the  daughter  of  Eli  and 
Margaret  (Van  Auken)  Coon  and  was  married  in 
her  native  State.  She  is  still  living,  making  her  home 
in  Florida.  Her  two  children  living  are,  Mrs.  Smith 
and  Ida  May,  the  wife  of  Luther  Bovece  of  St. 
Augustine,  Fla. 

Mrs.  Smith  understands  the  profession  of  den- 
tistry nearly  as  well  as  her  husband  and  is  his 
efficient  assistant  in  his  business.  The  Doctor  be- 
longs to  the  Congregational  Church  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  Ancient  Order 
of  United  Workmen,  the  Knights  of  Honor  and  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 


^UDGE  .TAMES  A.  RAY,  .fudge  of  the  Dis 
trict  Court  of  Sumner  County,  estal)lished 
himself  as  a  resi<lent  of  AVellington  on  the 
2-2d  of  March,  1883,  and  with  the  exception  of 
one  year,  which  he  spent  as  Internal  Revenue 
Agent  in  the  emploj'  of  the  Government,  has  been 
continuously  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  He 
was  born  near  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  August  22, 
1848,  and  there  spent  his  boyhood  and  youth,  com- 
pleting a  practical  education  in  the  common  schools. 
He  commenced  the  reading  of  law  at  home 
and  later  entered  the  law  office  of  Halsell  & 
Mitchell  and  was  admitted  to  practice  in  1874.  He 
commenced  the  duties  of  his  profession  in  his  native 
town,  remaining  there  three  years  thereafter.  He 
then  removed  to  Cumberland  County,  Ky.,  and 
accepted  the  position  of  Deputy  Collector  of  Inter- 
nal Revenue,  still  continuing,  however,  his  law 
practice.  During  that  time  he  had  many  adven- 
tures with  the  Moonshiners  whose  oi)erations  had 
become  quite  extensive  in  that  region. 

In  1885  Mr.  Ray  w.as  appointed  .Judge  of  tiio 
District  Court,  the  district  then  comprising  four 
counties,  he  filling  a  vacancy  and  serving  one  year. 


He  has  always  been  an  active  supporter  of  the 
Republican  party,  and  was  at  one  time  the  City 
Attorney  at  Wellington.  Wiiile  a  resident  of  Ken- 
tucky he  was  active  in  politics,  but  since  coming 
to  Kansas  has  been  too  busy  with  the  duties  of  his 
profession  to  give  much  attention  to  public  affairs. 
His  religious  views  coincide  with  those  of  the  Pres- 
byterian Church,  and  with  which  he  is  conni'cted 
in  ^V^ellington.  He  bears  the  reputation  among 
his  fellow  citizens  of  an  honest  man  and  a  useful 
member  of  the  community. 

Judge  Ray  was  married  in  Berksville,  Ky., 
August  22,  1879,  to  Mrs.  Nana  (Dodd)  Eckles  who 
was  born  in  Adair  County  in  18.51.  Mrs.  Ra^- 
when  quite  young  went  with  her  parents,  Henry  and 
Sarah  J.  Eckles,  to  Cumberland  County,  where  she 
sojourned  until  her  marriage.  Of  this  union  there 
have  been  born  five  children,  viz :  Lawrence  W., 
Roscoe  C,  Anna,  Frederick  A.  and  Clifford.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dodd  there  was  born  one  son,  Charles 
B.  who  remains  with  his  mother. 

The  father  of  our  subject  was  Benjamin  Ra}^  a 
native  of  Warren  County,  Ky.,  and  who  married 
Mrs.  Louisa  E.  Chapman.  He  farmed  in  Kentucky 
until  about  1878,  and  then  retired  from  active 
labor.  Besides  our  subject,  there  are  living  three 
other  sons  and  one  daughter.  W.  D.  is  the  Re- 
[jublican  Postmaster  of  Russellville,  Ky.,  Charles 
L.  is  farming  in  Texas;  Joseph  W.  livesjin  Bowie, 
that  State;  Katie,  Mrs.  Ilobbs,  is  a  resident  of  the 
same^place. 


-J^H^- 


AVID  N.  GILBERT.^  Among  the  farmers 
and  stock  dealers  of  Falls  Township,  the 
above-named  gentleman  deserves  mention, 
bnlh  on  account  of  his  excellent  charac- 
ind  the  share  he  has  in  the  interests  of  the 
county.  He  has  been  a  resident  here  since  1875, 
his  home  being  on  one  of  the  best  improved  farms 
of  the  township,  the  estate  comprising  two  hun- 
dred and  forty  acres  on  section  12.  For  several 
years  after  his  arrival  here  he  dealt  largely  in 
sheep,  but  now  gives  his  attention  to  farming  and 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


cattle  dealing.  His  financial  success  proves  liis 
ability,  as  he  was  poor  when  he  began  his  career, 
and  he  has  made  all  that  he  possesses  and  is  now 
quite  well-to-do. 

From  a  long  line  of  honorable  ancestors  whose 
home  was  in  Virginia,  and  one  of  whom  settled  in 
that  State  in  Colonial  da3's,  iMr.  Gilbert  derives 
his  origin.  Prior  to  the  emigration  to  the  Colo- 
nies the  family  had  lived  in  England.  The  parents 
of  our  subject  were  Samuel  and  Melvina  (Crutcher) 
Gilbert.  Tlie  fatiier  was  born  in  Lincoln  County, 
Ky.,  about  the  year  LSOl.  but  spent  the  most  of 
his  life  in  Taylorsville.  Spencer  County,  where  he 
died  in  1877.  He  was  a  miller  and  mechanic,  and 
at  one  time  was  quite  wealthy  but  was  bankrupted 
through  paying  security  del)ts.  From  earl}'  man- 
hood until  his  death  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  Mrs.  Melvina  Gil- 
bert was  born  in  Spencer  County,  Ky.,  d3'ing  there 
when  our  subject  was  but  seven  years  of  age. 

Our  subject  was  the  only  child  of  his  parents, 
and  was  born  December  28,  1829.  at  Taylorsville, 
Spencer  County.  Ky.  He  was  reared  in  his  na- 
tive town,  receiving  a  common-school  education, 
and  in  early  life  doing  wool-carding  with  his  father. 
Li  1850  he  went  to  California,  but  a  year  later  re- 
turned to  the  States  and  located  in  15uclianau 
County,  Mo.,  where  he  lived  until  1856.  Ho  tlien 
located  in  Leavenwortii  County,  Kan.,  where  he 
was  successfully  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-rais- 
ing until  1873,  when  he  moved  to  the  city  of 
Leavenworth,  where  he  lived  until  1875,  when  he 
sold  out  his  interests  tiiere  and  became  a  resident 
of  Sumner  County.  Here  lie  has  since  resided, 
continuing  to  meet  with  success  in  his  chosen  vo- 
cation, and  adding  to  his  worldly  possessions. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Gilbert  belonged  to  the 
Kansas  State  Militia,  and  has  commissions  as  First 
Lieutenant  and  Captain.  He  has  held  various  minor 
township  offices,  among  them  that  of  Justice  of  the 
Peace.  Politicallj'  he  has  been  a  Greenbacker 
since  the  institution  of  that  part}'.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Farmers'  Alliance. 

The  first  n^arriagc  of  'Mr.  Gilbert  took  place  in 
Buchanan  County,  Mo.,  October  22,  1852,  the 
bride  being  Miss  ISIary  IMartin,  of  that  count3\ 
Siie  was  born  in  Washington  County,  Ky.,  in  1828, 


anil  lired  until  May  l,SiS2.  She  became  the  mother 
of  four  children — Martha  A.,  Samuel  J.,  William 
W.  and  Zula  V.— all  yet  living.  On  October  6, 
1884.  Mr.  Gilbert  contracted  a  second  matrimo- 
nial alliance,  being  on  this  occasion  united  with 
Mrs.  Filizabeth  J.  Alexander,  of  DeLand.  Fla. 
She  was  born  in  Taylorsville,  Ky..  January  15, 
1830,  and  was  the  widow  of  William  Alexander,  by 
whom  she  had  six  children — John  L.  Katie,  Will- 
iam, Anna.  Susie  and  Joseph.  Her  present  marriage 
has  been  childless. 

A  view  of  Mr.  Gilbert's  residence  will   l)c  found 
on  another  page. 


-  ,    r    Township  have  so  valuable  a  farm  or  so 
III  1*    pleasant  a  home  as  he  whose  name  intro- 
1^  du2es  this  sketch.     His  estate  consists  of 

one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  finely  improved 
land  on  section  17,  of  which  he  took  possession  in 
1885.  'J'he  dwelling  is  one  of  the  noticeable  ones 
of  the  vicinity,  and  all  the  buildings  upou  the  es- 
tate are  well  built,  affording  adequate  shelter  for 
crops  and  stock.  The  entire  attention  of  Mr.  Pan- 
ders is  turned  to  farming  and  the  stock  business, 
and  his  capability  is  being  abundantly  displayed. 
His  excellent  financial  standing  is  due  to  his  own 
efforts,  every  dollar  that  he  possesses  having  been 
made  b}'  himself. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Enders  occurred  in  Dauphin 
Count}',  Pa,,  August  15,  1842,  and  on  the  farm 
where  he  first  saw  the  light  he  was  reared  to  man's 
estate.  He  received  a  good  common-school  edu- 
cation, and  an  insight  into  the  business  he  is  now 
following,  his  father  being  a  life-long  farmer.  At 
the  age  of  twenty  one  j'ears  he  began  railroading, 
but  afterward  followed  mining  in  his  native  State 
three  j'ears.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of  a  stone- 
mason, working  at  it  until  1876,  when  he  turned 
his   attention   to    farming.     In    1884  he    came    to 


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this  county,  pui'cliased  the  land  which  lie  now  oc- 
cupies, and  in  a  short  time  moved  upon  it.. 

The  parents  of  our  subject  are  .Samuel  and  Leah 
(Etter)  Enders,  who  are  natives  of  Dauphin  and 
York  Counties,  Pa.,  respectively;  they  were  reared, 
married,  and  still  live  in  that  State.  The  father  is 
a  member  of  the  German  Reformed  Church,  wliile 
his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  United  Brethren  Cliurch. 
Socially  Mr.  Enders  belongs  to  the  Knights  of  Pyth- 
ias. His  family  consists  of  the  following  children 
— Isabella,  Aaron  A.,  Rebecca.  .lames.  Louisa, 
Charles  and  Ann  J.  The  Enders  family  is  of  Ger- 
man stoeli.  the  great-grandfather  of  onr  subject 
having  been  born  in  the  Fatherland. 

Aaron  Enders  and  Miss  Susan  A.  Miller  cele- 
brated their  marriage  rites  January  6,  1870.  The 
bride  was  born  in  the  same  county  as  her  husband, 
her  natal  day  being  February  5,  1845.  Her  parents, 
Christian  B.  and  Mary  (Wartle)  Miller,  now  live  in 
this  county.  She  is  an  estimable  woman,  looking 
well  to  the  ways  of  her  household  and  winning 
respect  from  all  about  her.  She  has  borne  li<n- 
husband  tiiree  eliildren — Otto.  Leedora  and  Claude. 
Mr.  Enders  is  a  member  of  the  Republican  paity 
and  of  the  Farmers'  Alliance.  He  is  a  man  of  in- 
telligence and  good  character,  whose  life,  though 
unmarked  by  any  remarkable  event,  is  well  worthy 
of  record  in  a  volume  of  this  nature.  On  another 
page  will  be  found  a  line  view  of  the  home  and 
surroundings  of  Mr.  Enders. 


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.lp\\OBERT  F.  INGRAM.  Although  not  yet 
''l-^'  thirty  years  of  age,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  may  be  called  an  old  settler  of  Kan- 
1^  sas,  and  in  her  borders  few,  if  anj',  men 
can  be  found  who  have  exhibited  more  energy  and 
capability  than  he.  He  was  born  in  West  Virginia, 
April  1,  1863,  and  was  about  four  years  old  when 
his  parents  came  to  Kansas,  settling  in  Johnson 
County,  near  Olathe.  After  remaining  there  some 
eight  years  a  removal  was  made  to  this  county,  and 


section  31,  Osborn  Township,  became  the  home  of 
the  family. 

AVhen  fourteen  years  old  young  Ingram  began 
life  for  himself,  and  for  some  years  prior  to  the 
death  of  his  father,  which  took  place  in  1882,  he 
had  sole  charge  of  his  father's  affairs.  When  he 
became  of  age,  he  purchased  and  removed  to  the 
farm  which  he  now  occupies  in  Ryan  Township. 
It  comprises  eighty  acres  of  section  25,  is  thor- 
oughly and  intelligently  cultivated,  and  about  sixty 
head  of  stock  are  carried  upon  it.  The  present 
residence  was  erected  in  18Ht),  at  a  cost  of  $1,600, 
and  is  as  fine  a  dwelling  as  can  be  found  in  the 
township.  Mr.  Ingram  also  owns  eight}-  acres  in 
Missouri.  Besides  carrying  on  his  homj  place  he 
runs  two  steam  threshers,  and  such  is  the  confi- 
dence of  his  fellow-citizens  in  his  judgment  that 
they  have  m.ade  him  Road  Overseer,  feeling  satis- 
fied that  the  interests  of  the  agriculturists  will  be 
safe  in  his  hands. 

On  January  27,  1880,  the  interesting  ceremony 
took  place  which  transformed  Jliss  Edith  P.  Waters 
into  Mrs.  R.F.  Ingram.  The  bride  was  born  on  the 
10th  of  Novamber,  1865,  to  Gardner  and  Sarah  Wa- 
ters, and  is  the  fourth  of  their  five  children.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Waters  were  natives  of  Missouri.  The  fatlier, 
who  was  a  farmer,  died  in  1870,  and  his  widow 
subsequently  married  F.  B.  Crigmore,  and  now 
lives  in  this  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ingram  were  the 
parents  of  two  children,  both  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy. 

Mr.  Ingram  takes  a  deep  interest  in  politics,  and 
exercises  the  elective  franchise  in  behalf  of  the  can- 
didates on  the  Democratic  ticket,  bis  judgment 
concurring  in  the  principles  which  they  are  ex- 
pected to  uphold.  He  and  his  wife  belong  to  the 
Christian  Church,  are  regular  attendants  at  the  Sun- 
day-school, and  their  intelligent  minds,  cordial  na- 
tures and  upright  lives,  endear  them  to  a  host  of 
friends. 

Tlie  parents  of  our  subject,  William  and  Eliza- 
betli  Ingram,  were  natives  of  West  Virginia,  and 
wer(^  married  in  that  State.  The  father  served  in 
the  Fiftieth  Pennsylvania  Infantry  during  the 
Civil  War,  and  his  death  was  occasioned  by  dis- 
ease contracted  in  the  army.  The  mother  died  in 
1868,  and   the   father    subsequently   married  Miss 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


Margaret  Fletcher,  who  is  now  living  in  Osborn 
Township,  this  count}'.  The  first  marriage  of 
William  Ingrain  was  blessed  b.y  the  birth  of  seven 
children,  six  of  whom  are  novv  living,  our  subject 
being  the  fourth  in  order  of  birth;  the  second  mar- 
riage resulted  in  the  birth  of  six  children. 


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EVAN  R.  JONES,  one  of  the   early  settlers 
of  Oxford    Township,  came  to  tliis  region 
'  in  March,  1871,  and   secured  a  quarter  sce- 

tiun  of  land  on  .Slate  Creek.  .Subsequently  he 
traded  for  that  which  his  widow  now  occupies.  He 
l)iit  up  a  good  frame  house  that  same  j'ear.  and  was 
joined  by  his  wife  in  February,  1872.  the  latter 
driving  from  Humboldt.  Together  the}'  lived  and 
labored  until  the  death  of  Mr.  .lones,  which  occur- 
red February  9,  1885. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Mer- 
ionethshire, North  "Wales,  November  8,  1821,  and 
lived  there  until  a  man  of  twent^'-nine  years.  He 
then  emigrated  to  the  Inited  States,  settling  in 
18.50  in  SLadison  County.  N.  Y.  From  there  he 
removed  to  D.ayton,  Ohio,  and  in  the  vicinity  of 
that  no«'  nourishing  city,  engaged  in  farming. 
There  also  he  married  Miss  Clara  Davis,  March  15, 
185G.  They  removed  to  East  Virginia  in  Ma}- 
following,  purchasing  a  farm  in  Loudoun  County, 
and  sojourned  there  until  the  outbreak  of  the  Kc- 
bellioii.  After  the  second  battle  of  IJull  Run  they 
removed  to  Washington.  Mr.  .lones  having  been 
taken  prisf)ner  and  held  for  four  months,  notwith- 
standing the  fact  that  he  was  neither  a  citizen  of 
the  I'nited  States  or  a  soldier  in  the  Union  Army. 
After  being  released  he  lived  with  his  famil}-  in 
Washington  until  1871,  and  then  they  all  came  to 
Kansas.  Mr.  Jones  was  reared  in  the  doctrines  of 
the  Church  of  England,  to  which  he  afterward 
loyall}'  adhered. 

Mrs.  Clara  (Davis)  Jones  was  born  at  Pompey 
Hollow,  Onondago  County.  N.  Y..  March  13,  1833, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  Allen  Davis,  a  native  of 
Cooperstown,  N.  Y.,  whence  he  removed  to  the 
above-mentioned  place.     He  was  there  married  to 


Miss  Chloe  Benson,  and  they  lived  in  Pompey  Hol- 
low until  the  death  of  the  mother,  which  occurred 
September  23,  1847.  Next  they  removed  to  Mad- 
ison County.  N.  Y..  where  Miss  Davis  remained 
with  the  family  until  her  marriage.  Allen  Davis 
met  his  death  b}' drowning  in  Oneida  Lake  in  June, 
1872.  at  the  age  of  sevent^'-two.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Jones  there  were  boru  six  children,  of  whom  but 
two  are  living:  Edward  R.,  the  main  stay  of  his 
mother,  was  born  in  Washington,  in  1866,  and  has 
charge  of  the  homestead;  Nellie  A.,  also  lives  with 
her  mother;  John  died  at  the  age  of  five  years; 
Molly  died  when  sixteen  months  old;  Robert  and 
Catherine  died  at  the  ages  of  three  months  and  six 
years,  respectively.  Mrs.  Jones  is  a  lady  highly 
respected  in  her  community,  and  a  consistent  mem- 
ber of  the  Episcopal  Church. 

At  the  organization  of  the  school  district  in 
which  they  lived.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  were  present, 
and  the  latter  w.as  the  onl}-  one  casting  her  vote  for 
a  schoolhouse  who  is  still  living  here.  Mr.  Jones, 
although  by  no  means  a  politician,  kei)t  himself 
well  informed  upon  public  events,  and  oHici.ated  as 
a  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  was  a  Greenbacker, 
with  Democratic  proclivities. 


UARREN  J.  WOLLAM  is  an  enterprising 
and  progressive  farmer  of  Green  Town- 
W^  ship. who  was  born  in  Columbiana  County. 
Ohio,  November  !l.  1851.  and  is  a  son  of  Alfred 
Wollam,  a  tiller  of  the  soil  in  the  Buckeye  State. 
In  1863  Alfred  Wollam  with  his  family,  which  con- 
sifted  of  a  wife,  seven  sons  and  two  daughters, 
removed  to  ^Mercer  County,  where  he  and  his  wife 
still  reside,  and  where  our  subject  grew  to  man- 
hood. 

Mr.  Wollam,  of  whom  we  write,  acquired  an  ex- 
cellent education,  and  early  in  life,  adopted  the 
profes.sion  of  a  teacher,  spending  the  winters  in  pro- 
fessional work,  and  during  the  summers  working 
upon  his  father's  farm  until  he  was  twenty-two 
years  old.     lie  taught  sixteen  terms  of  school  in 


PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALliUM. 


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Mercer  County,  seven  of  them  being  successive  in 
Ills  home  district,  and  since  coming  to  Kansas  has 
spent  one  term  in  similar  emplo3'ment. 

At  the  liome  of  the  bride  in  iMercer  County, 
Ohio,  August  16,  1873.  Jlr.  Wollam  was  united 
in  marriage  with  Miss  Elscina,  daughter  of  Wes- 
ley Copeland.  Tlie  bride  was  borii  in  Auglaize 
County*,  Ohio,  June  1.5,  1851,  and  lias  been  an  able 
assistant  and  loving  companion  since  their  mar- 
riage. After  that  event  the  young  couple  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  Mercer  County  until  the  spring 
of  1883.  when  the}'  removed  to  Kansas,  locating  on 
section  29,  Green  Township,  where  they  have  ever 
since  resided.  There  Mr.  WoUam  now  owns  one 
hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  fertile  and  productive 
land,  on  wliich  excellent  buildings  have  been 
erected  and  other  good  improvements  made. 
Since  coming  to  this  State  he  has  devoted  consider- 
able time  to  carpentering,  and  has  built  several 
houses  in  Green  Township.  He  is  a  good  work- 
man at  the  trade,  as  well  as  a  successful  farmer. 
The  famil}'  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wollam  comprises 
four  living  children — Nellie,  Alfred,  Oma  and 
Carl;  and  two  infant  daughters,  Eva  and  Gertie, 
were  removed  from  them'  b}'  the  reaper — Death. 

Mr.  Woliam  is  an  active  worker  in  the  Farmers' 
Alliance,  and  has  been  business  agent  since  the 
organization  of  the  body  here.  He  has  held  the 
office  of  Trustee  of  Green  Township  for  three  suc- 
cessive terms.  He  lakes  an  active  part  in  political 
matters,  laboring  earnestly  for  the  advancement  of 
the  Republican  part}'.  In  .Tul}',  1888,  he  was  sent 
as  a  delegate  to  the  State  Republican  Convention. 
In  the  fall  of  1889  he  was  the  Re|)ublican  candidate 
for  County  Clerk,  but  was  defeated  by  William  11. 
Carnes.  Few  men  of  his  years  within  the  bounds 
of  Kansas  possess  a  wider  fund  of  information,  a 
more  agreeable  manner  or  a  more  energetic  nature 
than  does  he,  and  his  reputation  among  his  asso- 
ciates is  that  of  an  upright  man  and  reliable  cit- 
izen. 


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ILLIAM  H.  LASSELL.     The  tasteful  and 
''     attractive  home  of    this  gentleman  is  lo- 


cated on  section  29,  Bluff  Township,  .and  its 
jippearance  and    surroundings  are  conclusive  evi- 


dences to  the  passerby  that  the  owner  is  in  a  condi- 
tion of  financial  prosperity-,  and  th:itthe  family  are 
possessed  of  refined  tastes.  These  indications  would 
not  be  belied  b}-  closer  investigation,  as  the  estate 
is  one  of  the  best  farms  in  the  township,  the  dwell- 
ing, bar^as  and  other  iiniirovements  being  excellent 
and  adequate,  and  the  entire  jjlaeo  pervaded  by  an 
air  of  neatness  and  order  highl}'  creditable  to  its 
owner  and  operator.  The  interior  of  the  residence 
presents  equal  signs  of  good  man.ageinent,  and  the 
famil}'  are  found  to  Vie  cultured,  cordial  and  agree- 
able. 

Mr.  Lassell  was  born  in  Clinton  Count}',  N.  Y., 
May  25,  1840,  tojiarris  and  Lydia  (Fisk)  Lassell. 
and  is  the  sixth  in  a  family  of  seven  children. 
The  eyes  of  his  father  first  opened  to  the  light  in 
Swanton,  ^'t..  March  8,  1803,  and  when  a  young 
man  he  took  up  his  abode  in  Otsego  County,  N.  Y. 
There  he  married  a  young  laily  of  that  county,  and 
engaging  in  the  mill  and  lumber  business,  con- 
tinued to  reside  in  the  Empire  State  until  1853,  at 
which  time  he  moved  to  Green  County,  Wis.  In 
the  latter  State  he  followed  farming  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  .Taniiary,  1885.  He  accumulated 
considerable  means  and  left  an  estate  worth  §1  2,000. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  and 
of  Republitan  [lolitics.  Mrs.  Harris  Lassell  was 
born  April  12,  1802,  and  died  in  Green  County, 
Wis..  February  11,  1873.  Slie  was  the  mother  of 
seven  children:  Ellen  .and  Lewis,  the  first  and 
fourth  born,  being  now  de.ad.  Of  the  survivors 
Eliza  is  the  wife  of  R.  W.  Button,  of  Colton,  Cal.; 
Luther  .T..  a  luinl)erinan  and  miner  in  Arizona; 
Lorenzo  II.,  a  lumberman  in  Washington;  and  Em- 
ily A.,  the  wife  of  Charles  Smiley,  a  farmer  in 
Albany,  Wis. 

The  gentleman  who  is  the  subject  of  this  biog- 
raphy was  reared  to  the  age  of  twelve  years  in  his 
native  county  in  the  Empire  State,  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  years  to  early  manhood,  in  Green 
County,  Wis.  In  1859,  when  nineteen  years  of  age, 
he  crossed  the  plains  to  California  and  remained  on 
the  Pacific  Slope  until  1868,  when  he  returned  to 
Green  County,  AVis.,  and  engaged  in  farming  there 
during  the  succeeding  eight  years.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Bremer  County.  Iowa,  and  in  1S7.S  came 
to  Sumner  County.  Kan.,  and  p;'c-ein[)ted  one  hiin- 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


fired  and  sixty  acies  on  sections  28,  21),  H2  and  33 
of  lUnff  Townsliip.  He  lias  since  made  ills  home 
here,  has  acquired  an  excellent  reinitation  among 
iiis  fellow  men  and  pi-ovcd  himself  a  useful  citizen, 
He  has  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace,  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  traternity  and  of  the  Republican 
party. 

The  marriage  of  Mr.  Lassell  was  celebrated 
March  11,  1874,  his  hride  being  Miss  Celia  Taylor, 
of  Avon,  Rock  County,  Wis.  Her  parents,  .lames 
H.  and  Caroline  (Conger)  Taylor,  are  natives  of 
Fairfield,  Vt.,  who  emigrated  to  Wisconsin  about 
the  year  1845,  and  are  still  residing  there.  Mrs. 
Lassell  was  born  in  Delevan,Wis.,  on  the  7th  of  Jul}', 
1848,  and  possesses  some  rare  accomplishments. 
She  was  graduated  from  the  White  Water  (Wis.) 
Normal  School  in  1872,  and  taught  school  several 
years  before  her  marriage.  Five  bright  bo^'s  and 
girls  cluster  about  the  fireside  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Lassell,  and  gladden  their  parents'  hearts  by  their 
growing  intelligence  and  youthful  courtesy.  They 
bear  the  names  of  Caroline  L..  Harris  J..  Ada  M.. 
Wallace  A.  and  Louisa  A. 


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OIIN  C.  WEBBER,  M.  D.  The  legal  j.ro- 
I  fession  of  Perth  and  \-iciiiity  linds  a  worthy 
re|)resontative  in  Dr.  Webber,  who. estab- 
lished himself  at  this  place  in  1886.  lieing 
equipped  with  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the  duties 
of  his  profession,  he  soon  established  himself  in  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  people,  and  is  now  in 
the  enjoyment  of  a  good  practice.  He  is  essentially 
a  Western  man,  and  was  born  in  Davis  County, 
Iowa,  March  17,  1857. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  is  the  son  of  David 
Webber, who  was  born  near  Vinccnnes,  Ind.,in  1836, 
and  who  died  at  the  early  age  of  thirlj'-seven  years 
in  Sibley  County,  Minn.  In  early  life  he  emigra- 
ted to  Missouri  and  thence  to  Davis  County,  Iowa. 
He  went  to  Minnseota  in  1870,  and  lived  but  three 
years  thereafter, dying  after  a  short  illness,  in  1873, 
from  the  effects  of  a  suddeidy-contracted  cold 
while  out  in  a  snow  storm.  He  was  a  chair-maker 
by  trade,  an  industrious  and  law-abiding  citizen, 
and    a   stanch  supporter    of   the  Republican  [larty. 


The  paternal  grandfather  was  Nathaniel  V<.  Webber, 
who  was  born  in  the  State  of  Maine  in  18('l.  and 
who  died  in  Texas  at  the  advanced  age  of  eighty- 
three  years. 

The  mother  of  our  subject,  who  bore  the  niaiilen 
name  of  Frances  S.  Kein,  was  born  in  South  Caro- 
lina, and  is  now  living  in  Davis  County,  Iowa. 
There  were  born  to  her  and  her  husband  six  child- 
ren, viz:  John,  Sarah,  I\[ary,  Ambrose,  Isaac  and 
David,  all  of  whom  are  living,  and  those  besides 
.lohn  C.,  making  their  homes  mostly  in  Iowa. 

Dr.  Webber  spent  his  early  years  in  a  compara- 
tively uneventful  mannei-  under  the  home  roof, 
atteniling  the  common  school,  and  being  variously 
employed  until  making  up  his  mind  to  adopt  the 
medical  profession,  he  spent  two  years  at  the 
Southern  Iowa  Normal  school,  at  Bloomfield.  After 
the  proper  time  spent  in  reading  medicine,  he  en- 
tered the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at 
Keokuk,  Iowa,  from  which  he  was  duly  graduated, 
and  commenced  the  regular  |)ractice  of  his  profes- 
sion in  Savannah.  Iowa,  where  he  met  with  good 
success  for  the  following  five  years.  He  was  mar- 
vied  May  10,  1884,  in  Iowa,  to  Miss  Florence  Brunk. 
He  then  came  to  Perth  where  he  has  since  re- 
mainetl.  This  lady  was  born  in  Grayson  Countj' 
Ky.,  August  0,  1803,  and  is  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Ann  ((iray)  Ibnnk,  who  were  like- 
wise natives  of  the  Blue  Grass  State.  lJ[)on  leav- 
ing that  region,  in  1870,  they  removed  to  Davis 
County,  Iowa,  where  they  now  live  and  where 
the  father  is  engaged  in  farming.  The  Doctor  and 
his  amiable  lady  are  the  [tarents  of  three  children, 
namely:  (iaillard.  Glen  and  an  infant  \innamed. 
The  family  residence  is  pleasantly'  situated  in  the 
southeast  part  of  the  city,  forming  an  atti'active 
home,  and  the  Doctor  and  Mrs.  Webber  enjoy  the 
friendship  ;uid  acquaintance  of  the  best  people  of 
their  community. 


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LDGE  JOHN  T.  SANDERS.     The  city  of 
\\'ellington  recognizes  in  Judge  .Sanders  one 
of  its  most    important  and  useful  citizens. 
J    lie   has    been   connected   with   many  of  its 
imi)ortant  enterprises  and    has  uniforndy  given  his 


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support  and  oncouragt'ment  to  whatever  would  as- 
sist in  its  advancement  and  welfare.  lie  was  at  one 
time  Ma3'or  of  the  city,  and  served  nine  years  as  a 
member  of  tlie  Board  of  Edncation,  being  Presi- 
dent of  the  same  for  five  years.  He  liolds  the  of- 
fice of  Probate  Judge,  having  been  first  elected  in 
i88(j,  and  after  serving  two  3'ears,  was  reelected 
in  1888.  Tlie  varied  duties  associated  with  the 
position  he  has  discharged  with  eminent  ability  and 
to  the  general  satisfaction.  Politically,  since  be- 
coming a  voting  citizen,  he  has  been  identilied 
with  the  Republican  party.  lie  was  a  charter  mem- 
ber and  the  first  Commander  of  James  Shields 
Post,  No.  57,  G.  A.  R.,  and  also  belongs  to  AVel- 
lington  Lodge,  No.  150,  A.  F.  ife  A.  M.,  Welling- 
ton Lodge,  No.  133,  I.  O.  ().  F..  and  Snmner  Chap- 
ter, No.  37,  R.  A.  M. 

A  gentleman  still  in  the  prime  of  life,  Mr.  San- 
ders was  born  June  20,  1842,  his  native  place  being 
Spring  Mills,  Richland  Count}',  Ohio.  His  father, 
James  Steel  Sanders,  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  born 
in  Frederick  County,  February  13,  1809,  while  tiie 
paternal  grandfather,  Isaac  Sanders,  was  a  native 
of  London,  England,  and  was  born  about  1765. 
Isaac  Sanders  came  to  America  when  eighteen  j'ears 
of  age  and  located  in  Frederick  County,  Va.,  where 
he  died  in  1822.  He  was  by  occupation  a  weaver, 
and  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  bore  him 
two  children,  Joshua  A.  and  William.  The  latter 
died  in  Virginia  when  young,  and  the  former  passed 
away  in  I\[ississippi  about   1833. 

Isaac  Sanders  contracted  a  second  marriage  with 
Elizabeth  Steel,  who  was  born  in  1776,  in  Freder- 
ick County,  Va.,  and  died  in  Richland  County, 
Ohio,  September  7,  1859.  Her  father,  Thomas  Steel, 
was  born  in  Ireland,  and  her  mother  in  Wales.  At 
an  early  day  they  emigrated  to  America,  and  lo- 
cated in  Mrginia.  Elizabeth  Steel  Sanders  had 
four  lirothers  and  two  sisters,  all  natives  of  the 
same  county  in  the  Old  Dominion.  She  bore  Mr. 
Sanders  seven  children,  as  follows:  Mary  Ann, 
Elizabeth,  Rebecca,  Thomas,  James  S.,  William 
C.  and  Sarah.  All  are  dead  with  the  exception  of 
James  S.  and  Sarah. 

After  spending  his  boyhood  in  Virginia,  James 
S.  Sanders  emigrated  to  Westmoreland  County,  Pa., 
in  1 825,  and  four  years  later  was  married  at  Greens- 


burg,  that  county.  In  1835  he  removed  to  Ohio, 
settling  in  Richland  County,  which  was  the  liome 
of  the  farail}'  for  a  number  of  years.  His  means 
were  limited  and  tlie  opportnnities  for  a  poor  man 
not  so  good  as  those  offered  further  West. 

Accordingly,  in  1846,  the  elder  Sanders  started 
with  his  family  for  Indiana  with  an  o.K-team  and  a 
covered  wagon.  The}'  carried  their  household  ef- 
fects, cooking  and  camping  b}- the  way-side.  Lo- 
cating in  Lake  County  the  father  took  up  a  tract 
of  Government  land  in  the  timber,  four  miles  from 
any  settlers.  The  family  lived  in  the  wagon  while 
a  log  caliin  was  being  erected,  this  being  cliinked 
with  chips  and  clay.  The  chimney  was  built  out- 
side of  eartii  and  sticks.  The  mother  had  no  stove 
and  did  all  her  cooking  by  the  fireplace.  They 
kept  sheep  and  raised  flax,  tiie  mother  breaking  ihe 
latter,  and  spinning  and  weaving  botii  flax  and 
wool.  She  thus  made  all  the  clothing  for  the  fam- 
ily, and  everything  required  for  tlie  household. 

There  then  roamed  in  the  wilds  of  Indiana,  deer, 
bear,  wolves  and  other  wild  animals,  and  whatever 
the  larder  lacked  in  other  provisions,  there  was  al- 
ways ple.ity  of  meat.  The  Sanders  family  were 
pros|)ered  in  their  labors  at  felling  the  trees  and 
tilling  the  soil,  and  the  father  .accumulated  land 
until  he  had  about  two  hundred  acres,  all  of  which 
they  cleared.  After  several  veai's.  selling  out,  they 
purchased  three  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  tim- 
ber, four  miles  distant.  The  greater  part  of  this  was 
also  cleared,  .and  an  orchard  was  set  out  and  good 
buildings  erected.  The  country  grew  up  around 
them,  peopled  by  a  happy  and  prosperous  commu- 
nity, and  the  Sanders  family  became  well-to-do. 

James  Sanders,  however,  not  yet  satisfied  with 
his  surroundings,  sold  out  .again,  but  now  wisely 
retiring  from  active  Labor,  left  the  farm  and  re- 
moved to  the  villiige  of  AVestville,  where  ho  and 
his  estimable  wife  are  still  living.  The  maiden 
name  of  the  mother  of  our  subject  was  Mary 
Haines.  She  was  born  April  4.  1808,  in  West- 
moreland County,  Pa.,  and  was  the  daughter  of 
Frederick  Haines,  of  German  descent,  who  was  born 
in  Northampton  County,  Pa.,  where  he  married  Jo- 
anna Jarret,  of  English  ancestry.  Soon  after  their 
marriage  they  emigrated  to  Westmoreland  County, 
Pa. .where  were  born  to  them  nine  children,  four boAS 


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and  Hvo  girls.  riio  inoliier  died  about  1  K44,  and 
the  father  about  18.')7.  Three  of  the  cliildren  sur- 
vive. 

To  James  and  Mary  Sanders  there  was  born  a 
famih' of  eight  fhihlren:  "William  P.,  the  eldest  liv- 
ing, is  a  resident  of  Uremer  ('ouiit3-.  Iowa;  Catherine 
E.  married  .lohn  Shaw,  and  is  a  resident  of  West- 
vil!e,  Ind.;  Reuben  II.  lives  in  Door  Village.  Tnd., 
and  is  a  minister  of  the  IMetiiouist  Episcopal 
Church  ;  .lames  F.,  a  resident  of  JMcCallsburg,  Iowa; 
Johanna  M.  married  Lemiah  Shaw,  and  she  is  de- 
ceased;  Benjamin  F.  is  a  resi<lent  of  Chicago,  111.; 
John  T.  was  the  next  in  order  of  birth;  Rachel  J. 
is  the  wife  of  Sanford  Culbcrtson,  antl  lives  in 
Westville,  Ind. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  boy  of  six  years 
when  his  parents  removed  to  Indiana.  He  dis- 
tinctly remembers  many  of  the  incidents  of  the 
overland  journey,  and  of  pioneer  life  there.  His 
early  studies  were  conducted  in  the  old  log  school- 
house,  the  benches  of  whiidiwere  made  by  splitliug 
small  trees,  hewing  off  one  side  and  inserting 
wooden  legs.  He  usually  attended  school  three 
months  during  the  winter  season.  The  balance  of 
the  year  he  assisted  in  clearing  land  ami  tilling  the 
soil.  He  remained  nnder  the  parental  roof  until 
18G0,  and  then  commenced  working  out  by  the 
month,  being  thus  occupied  until  after  the  out- 
break of  the  Civil  War. 

Resolving  now  to  have  a  hand  in  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  I'nion,  young  Sanders,  a  youth  of  nine- 
teen years,  enlisted.  June  25,  18(il.  in  Company  B, 
Twentietli  Indiana  Infanlry,  for  three  3-ears.  or 
during  the  war.  This  regiment  itarlicipated  in  the 
most  important  battles  of  the  war,  namely:  the 
Chicknhominy,  Hampton  Roads.  Norfolk.  Oak 
Grove,  Peach  Orchard,  White  Oak  Swamp.  .Mal- 
vern Hills.  Kelly's  Ford,  the  second  battle  of  Bull 
Run.  Fredericksburg.  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg, 
the  \\ilderness.  S[)ottsylvania,  Cold  Harbor  and  Pe- 
tersburg, and  a  number  of  minor  engagements.  In 
the  fall  of  liS()2  Mr.  Sanders  was  seized  with  inliam- 
rnatorj'  rheumatism,  and  conveyed  to  the  hospital  in 
Philadclphi;i,  from  which,  there  seeming  little  hope 
of  bis  immediate  recover}',  lie  was  honorably  dis- 
charged Dec.  23,  18G2.  He  returned  home,  but 
.seven  days  later,  being    much   encouraged   by  the 


improvement  in  his  physical  condition,  he  re-en- 
listed in  Company  G,  Twelfth  Indiana  Cavalr}',  in 
which  he  served  until  January  7,  I8G,5.  He  then 
participated  in  the  battles  of  Franklin,  Nashville 
and  Hurricane  Creek,  near  Iluntsville.  Ala.  In  the 
latter  battle  he  w.as  wounded  in  the  side,  and  a  bul- 
let passed  through  both  arms,  completely  disabling 
him  forever  from  doing  manual  labor.  He  was 
taken  to  the  hospital  at  Iluntsville,  and  from  there 
to  Nashville,  later  to  Indianapolis,  and  in  due  time 
was  discharged  on  account  of  disability  and  re- 
turned home.  He  had  been  mustered  in  as  Ser- 
geant, in  which  capacity  he  served  until  retiring. 

Being  unable  to  perform  manual  labor  'Sir.  San- 
ders now  commenced  learning  telegraph}',  and  was 
soon  given  a  position  as  night  operator  at  LaFay- 
ette,  Ind.,  b}'  the  Louisville,  New  Albany  li:  Chi- 
cago Railroad  Company.  Six  months  later  he  w.as 
made  Station  Agent  at  Wanatah,  La  Porte  County, 
and  continued  thereafter  as  agent  and  operator  for 
a  period  of  thirteen  years.  He  resigned  his  posi- 
tion .as  station  agent  to  accept  one  as  a  traveling 
salesman"  with  the  firm  of  Walter  A.  Wood  &  Co., 
with  whom  he  associated  nearly  two  years. 

We  next  find  Mr.  .Sanders  occupied  as  Station 
Agent  on  the  St.  Louis  &  South  Eastern  Railroad, 
at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.  Two  3'ears  later  he  resigned 
this  position  also  and  accepted  one  with  the  Mis- 
souri Pacific  RailroacI  Company,  fiist  as  telegraph 
operator  at  Chamois,  Mo.,  and  shortly  afterwaril 
as  Station  Agent  at  Herman,  that  State.  Later  he 
was  with  the  Adams  Express  Company,  tempora- 
rily assigned  to  the  oflice  in  Dodge  City.  On  Ihe 
27  of  September.  18V9.be  arrived  in  ^Vellington 
and  oiiened  the  first  express  oHice  in  the  place  in 
the  interest  of  the  Adams  Express  Company.  That 
same  day  the  first  express  matter  was  lirought  to 
this  place  by  train.  When  the  Wells.  Fargo  Com- 
pany extended  their  route  to  this  point  their  oflice 
was  consolidated  with  that  of  the  Adams,  for  a 
time  Mr.  Sanders  had  charge  of  both.  He  con- 
tinued his  labors  as  agent  for  the  Wells,  Fargo 
Company  until  1886.  Then  having  been  elected 
Probate  Judge,  he  resigned  to  accept  the  latter 
oflice. 

'l"he  marriage  of  John  T.  Sanders  with  Miss  Hes- 
i-ie  E.  Crawley,  was  celebrated  at  the  bride's  home. 


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in  La  Porte,  Ind.,  in  April,  1868.  Mrs.  Sanders 
WKS  born  in  Greencastle,  Ind.,  and  is  tlie  dauglitor 
of  .lolin  and  Xullio  Crawley,  wiio  arc  now  deceased. 
()f  tliis  union  there  have  been  born  two  children,  a 
son  and  daugliter:  Claude  is  a  stenographer  and 
clerk  in  the  gener.Tl  office  of  the  Atchison,  Topeka 
&  Santa  Fe,  at  Topeka:  Maude  A.  will  graduate 
from  the  High  School  in  Wellington,  at  the  close  of 
the  spring  term  of  IS'JO. 


^^EORGE  W.  GELBACFI,  junior  member  of 
[|j  g—  the  firm  of  Dowis  &  Gelbach,  general  mer- 
^^JJ!  chants  of  Perth,  pursues  the  even  tenor  of 
his  way  as  a  man  giving  due  attention  to  the  details 
of  his  business,  and  is  held  in  general  respect  in  his 
community.  Like  many  of  the  substantial  citizens  of 
Sumner  County,  he  is  a  native  of  Pennsylvania 
and  was  born  in  Adams  County,  March  11,  1861. 
His  father,  Joseph  Gelbach,  likewise  a  native  of 
that  county,  is  still  living  there  on  a  farm  and 
is  now  about  flft3'-five  3'ears  old.  Honest,  indus- 
trious and  steady-going,  he  is  respected  by  his 
neighbors  and  uniformly  votes  the  Democratic 
ticket. 

The  ancestors  of  our  subject  originated  in  Ger- 
many, w^here  his  paternal  grandfather,  John  Gel- 
bach,  was  born  in  1771.  He  emigrated  to  America 
at  an  early  da^',  settling  in  Penns^'lvania,  where  he 
followed  blacksmithing  and  died  at  the  advanced 
age  of  ninety-four  years.  The  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject was  in  her  girlhood  Miss  Eliza  Raffensburger. 
She  was  born  in  Gett^-fburg,  Pa.,  in  1843.  and  died 
at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven  years.  Her  parents 
were  Jacob  and  Eliza  (Miller)  Raffensburger,  na- 
tives of  Pennsylvania  and  of  English  extraction. 

To  tiie  parents  of  our  subject  was  born  a  famih' 
of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living.  They 
bear  the  names  respectively  of  John,  Mary,  Jennie. 
Laura,  Allie,  Charles,  George  W.  and  Grace.  It 
will  thus  be  seen  that  George  AV.,  of  this  notice 
was  next  to  the  youngest  born.  He  was  reared  in 
his  native  township  c\iv\  completed  his  education  at 


the  Millersville  State  Normal  School.  After 
emerging  from  this  institution  he  commenced 
teaching,  whieii  profession  ho  followed  in  Pennsyl- 
vania until  1884.  That  year  he  came  to  this 
county  and  occupied  himself  as  before,  until  1887, 
in  the  meantime  also  serving  as  Postmaster  at 
Perth.  That  year  he  associated  himself  with  his 
present  partner,  and  has  since  given  his  attention 
to  mercantile  business. 

Mr.  Gelbach  was  marled  October  13,  1889,  at 
Perth,  to  Miss  Josie  Rosdall.  This  lady  was  born 
in  Kentucky,  September  11,  1869.  Mr.  Rosdall 
came  to  this  county  in  1877,  and  is  engaged  in 
farming  in  Downs  Township.  He  is  a  man  of  de- 
cided views  and  votes  the  straight  Democratic 
ticket. 

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"^l  ACOB  LEIGIITY.  Among  the  business  men 
of  Conway  Springs  none  stand  higher  in  the 
estimation  of  their  fellow-citizens  than  Mr. 
Lcighty,  whose  thorough  workmanship,  hon- 
orable business  metiiods  and  upright  character, 
alike  entitle  liim  to  their  respect.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  tiie  harness  business  in  this  place  since 
February,  18«.s.  prior  to  which  time  he  had  been  a 
resident  of  Wellington  for  two  years,  and  in  that 
place  also,  as  in  other  towns  in  which  he  has  lived, 
he  was  ranked  among  the  best  citizens. 

The  birth  of  Mr.  Leighty  took  place  in  Connels- 
viUe,  Fayette  County,  Pa.,  January  25,  1846,  and 
in  the  same  county,  his  father,  Daniel  S.  Leightj-, 
was  also  born.  The  latter  was  a  son  of  Jacob 
Leighty,  who  lived  in  the  section  of  Pennsylvania 
where  his  son  and  grandson  were  boru,  and  where 
he  breathed  his  last.  Daniel  Leighty  was  a  carpen- 
ter by  trade,  and  in  1856  removed  his  family  to 
Warren  County,  III.,  which  was  his  home  until  his 
death.  In  1861,  he  joined  the  Onion  arm3-  as  a 
private  in  the  First  Illinois  Cavalry,  was  captured 
by  the  Confederates  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  but  was 
afterwards  paroled  and  re-enlisted.  In  the  Eleventh 
Illinois  Cavalry  he  served  until  January,  1864, 
when  at  Vicksburg  he    was   stricken   down    with 


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PORTRAIT  AND  BIOGRAPHICAL  ALBUM. 


chronic  diarrhoja  which  caused  liis  dentil.  For  maiij' 
years  lie  was  a  nieinlier  of  tlie  United  Presbyterian 
Church;  his  iiolilical  adherence  was  given  to  the 
Republican  part}'.  His  wife,  in  her  maidenliood 
Miss  Rebecca  (Jiichrist,  was  alsoa  native  of  Fayette 
County,  Pa.,  and  belonged  to  a  notable  family  of 
Scotch-Irish,  who  emigrated  to  America  before  the 
RevoUilioii,  making  their  settlement  in  the  Key- 
stone State.  Her  death  occurred  in  Warren  County, 
111.,  March  12,  1874.  To  her  and  her  husband 
seven  children  were  born,  named  respectively, 
Joseph  W.,  Mathew,  Jacob,  Elizabeth  B..  Edward, 
Anna  and  Waller. 

The  gentleman  whose  name  initiates  this  sketch 
was  reared  to  iiis  tenth  year  in  his  native  county 
in  the  Ke3'Stone  State,  and  then  accompanied  the 
other  members  of  the  family  to  Illinois,  where  he 
continued  his  studies  in  the  common  schools,  ac- 
quiring a  good  understanding  of  the  branches 
taught  therein.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  a  farm, 
which  he  left  at  the  age  of  eighteen  to  begin  work 
at  the  liarness-maker's  trade  at  Galva,  111.  He  en- 
listed in  May,  18Gt,  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-eighth  Illinois,  was  discharged  the  14th   of 


October  of  the  same  year.  In  18G7  he  returned  to 
his  home  and  remained  there  two  years  after  which 
he  engaged  in  the  harness  business  in  Osage  City, 
Kan.  Some  three  years  later  he  returned  to  War- 
ren County,  111.,  established  himself  in  business  at 
Monmouth,  and  carried  on  the  establislinieiit  there 
until  August,  1882,  when  he  returned  to  Osage 
City  and  there  remained  two  years.  From  that 
lime  until  February,  1886,  he  had  no  permanent 
location,  but  at  that  date  he  estal)lisluMl  himself  in 
Wellington.  Kan.,  whence  he  subseijuently  re- 
moved to  Conway  Springs,  as  before  noted. 

Mr.  Leighty  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss 
Ida  II.,  daughter  of  Thaddeus  and  Octavia  (Shaw) 
Clarke,  of  iMonmouth,  111.  They  were  married 
January  20,  1880.  The  parents  of  Mrs.  Leight}- 
are  natives  of  Illinois  and  Ohio  respectively,  and 
to  them  were  born  seven  children:  E.  Joe,  Iila 
B.,  Elva  J..  Cora  M.,  Nellie  M.,  David  E.  and  Bes- 
sie E.  Her  father  was  an  enterprising  and  promi- 
nent journalist.  His  death  occurred  at  Monmouth, 
111.,  in  187;3.  iMr.  Leighty  belongs  to  the  Ancient 
Order  of  I'liiled  Workmen  and  is  a  stanch  member 
of  the  Republican  party. 


BIOGI^fll^r^^^^f^^- 


■»•  :r=s<g»<fflii>-$»^ :    «• 


Adams,  K.  M 37;! 

Adams,  John   23 

Adams,  John  Qiiincy 39 

Adams,  W.  P ^84 

AUrich,  W    H    2b(> 

Alhn,  J.  H 223 

Anderson,  R.A 281 

A  nlhony,  George  T 135 

Armstrons,  Capt.  G.  D 20j 

Arthur,  Chester  A gg 


B 


Haiii.  Saiiini:! 300 

Ball,  A.    I  417 

I'arnes  ,  .\  'SA^ 

Barnes,  Jesse 329 

Barrett,  H 290 

l-!:irtlett,  S.  C .299 

Ilaiim,  F.  W    236 

Bei let,  Henry  J 305 

Beller.  James  W 379 

Benedict,  H.  L 427 

Benton,  D.  W 335 

Billiter,  J.  D    351 

Blssell,  J.  E ..2yi 

Blackinon,  D.  S 366 

Bbir.  John  A    37?; 

Ul.impied,  W.  N 435 

Boatright,  William  T 262 

Bot'-cin,  John 431 

Bowers,  Henry 444 

Bozman.W.  E 290 

IJranaman,A 40'5 

Hrenem«n,  J.  T.,  M.  D 218 

Briggle,  M.  L    395 

Brown,  J.  Q 443 

Brown,  R.  A.,  M.  D 235 

Brown.  W.  H 418 

Brownback,  J.  B 296 

Buchanan,  Jame?; 75 

Burnette,  J.  A 213 


Burton,  Col.  George 177 

Butter  worth,  Samuel 211 


Campbell,  L.  S,,  M.  D 221 

Cann,  A 374 

Cuops,  Mrs.  M.  E 20?. 

Carnahan,  A     i63 

Carnes,  Williiim  H    274 

Carney.  Thomas 115 

Carpenter,  G.  C 334 

Chambers,  Hon.  W.  L 396 

Chapman,  J.  W 340 

Church,  J     T 342 

Clark,  George  W ?2o 

Cleveland,  Grover   103 

Cleveland,  P.  H.  D 306 

Clinard,  S.  F   200 

Coldwell.  W.  B 421 

Colson  ,  A.  M 20 [ 

Cooley,  D.  W 232 

Coombs,  Leslie 352 

Corbett.Capt.  J.  A ..441 

Corn  well,  T  -  N. ..    .  - .316 

Corzine,  W 304 

Covell,  M.  D 400 

Cox,  J.  n 390 

Cox,  W.  F, 294 

Cozad.  N.  S 367 

Crawford,  Samuel  J 119 

Crookham,  C  L 246 

Culbertson,  A.  K 357 

Cummings,  W.  C.  F 371 

Cushman.  C.  I i8g 

Czaplinski,  A 365 


D 


Darby,  William  A 320 

Davidson.  M 403 

Davis,  J.  C...   .    429 

Davis,  J.  H ..1S8 

Davis,  R.  B..      ..196 

Davis,  1".  A 312 


Donley,  T.   R 430 

Dorsctt,  D.  W 389 

Doughty,  Maj.  G.  W.^Sr 321 

Dowis.  Gale  S 212 

Dowis,  Stephen   4" 

Dunbar,  Thomas  --359 

Durham,  G.  W 260 


E 


Easter.  E    D.,  M-  D 279 

Eik lor,  John 190 

Ellis,  George  W 260 

Elsea,  J.  P 4'9 

Finders.  A.  A 45° 

Epperson,  Charles  G    263 

Epperson,  J.  S    233 


Fauchier,  G.  W 412 

Feugins,  Daniel 2811 

Fillmore,  Millard 67 

Fitz  Hugh,  William  H 439 

Folks,  J.  B 271 

Forney,  A.G   378 

Forney,  Hon.  J.  W 176 

Freeman,  A.  B 437 

Friend.  George  W 3^7 


G 


Gabbert,  I.  T..M.  D 216 

Garfield,  James  A 95 

Gelbach,  George  W 457 

Gideon,  James  R ibft 

Gilbert,  D.N 449 

Gilchrist,  Daniel , 315 

Glaize,  W.C 281 

Glick,  George  W 143 

Goad,W.  B 184 

Golightley,  John •  ■  -331 

Grant,  U.S. 87 


Greene,  Nehemiah 123 

Green  man,  J.  D ^it 

Grist,  Norman 354 

Gum,  Moses 294 


H 


Hackney,  Make 234 

Hacknev,  O.J 344 

Halsell,  Hon.  J.  E 405 

Hamilton,  B    F.,M.D 206 

Harbaugh,  H.  F 323 

Hard  man,  D.  M 386 

Harrison,  Benjamin .. , .  107 

Harrison,  William  Henry 51 

Hart  man,  A.  P 408 

Harvey,  James  M    127 

Hayes,  R.  B 91 

Heizer,  N.  E 402 

Henderson ,  George  W 182 

Hill.GeorgeS 186 

Hinckle.G.  M.D 195 

Holliday,  Daniel   K ■■•225 

Hollingsworth,  T.  J  .,  M.  D  .  .377 

Holmes,  M.  V 402 

Horner,  C.  F 193 

Horner,  Hon.  S.  H 404 

H  o  use  worth,  J  .  W 423 

Hubbard,  Hon.  T.  A 163 

Humphrey,  Lyman  U 151 

Humphreys,  George  G 162 

Hutson,  J-  E .226 


Ingrair.,  R.  F. 


Jackson,   Andrew. ... 

j2ckson,  M.  R 

Jacobs,  H.  H    

Janeuay,  Hon.  D.  F. 


■<3 
■.302 
•436 
.285 


INDEX. 


Jay,  Fred 3^9 

Jay,  John  C 405 

Jefferson,  Thomas 27 

Jeffries.  Edward  C 313 

Johnson.  Andrew 83 

Johnson,  Joseph  M 216 

Johnson.  L 34' 

Johnston.  J.  R 352 

Jones,  Evan  R   r...   .       452 


Kendrick.J.  W i03 

King,  Aaron 3^' 

Knowles,  Frank  E 240 

Knowles.  H 270 

Kubik,  Frank 269 


Lambe,  A.  C 207 

Lambdin.  J.  C 3^8 

I-ashley.  A 186 

T.assell,  W.  H 453 

La  Vance,  A  ,  M.  D   415 

Leighty,  Jacob 457 

Lemmon,  W.  W..  M.  D 413 

Lemond.  R.  W    385 

Lewis,  Ira  M 256 

Lewis,  S.  P.  G 293 

Lincoln,  Abraham 79 

Lingenfelter,  Hon   W.  J 409 

Linn,  George .  .229 

Logan,  F.  P 407 


M 


McAllister,  C.  K 187 

McChier.  J    T 178 

McDonald,  William  A 369 

McElhinny.  W.  P 574 

McLain.  William  A 180 

McMillan.  lohn  T    197 

Madison,  James 31 

Malaby,  William  B 179 

Manee,  J.  C 177 

Martin,  John  A i  47 

Malson,  L  J 211 


Meats.  John  L 185 

Miller,  (Jeorge  J 421 

Miller,  S 362 

Mills,  F.  M .249 

Monroe,  James 35 

Moore.  W.  D 425 

Moore,  W,  G 397 

Mordy,  Thomas  R 203 

Morrill,  A 133 

Morris,  E.  W 284 

Morse,  J.  C  O , 275 

Morton,  George 276 

M  uckley,  Emeline .283 

M  II  r  1  i  n ,  C .  E 2^2 

Myers,  Capt.  L.  K 239 

Myers,  T.  J 360 

Myers,  William   301 


N 


Neal,R   353 

Nice,  John  P 343 

North,  W.S 320 

Nottingham,  W.  H 4^5 

Nutt,  Samuel. 414 

Nyce,  John  W 3^3 


O 


Ogdcn,  T.  V ...  .242 

Omo,  A.  y 350 

Osborn,  Thomas  A i  ;i 

Osbiirn,  H.   B i 

Owens,  J.^.mes  H 


Paisley,  Hugh .261 

Parks,  J.  W 437 

Parks,!,.  A 409 

Fatten,  Z.  H 259 

Peckham,  John  C  - ...    407 

Pegram,  j.  L 322 

Persons,  C.  R 35  c 

Pfeifer,  George 3 

PhiUippi.  L.  N I 

Phillips,  F.  S 1: 

Pierce,  Franklin  


Polk,  James  K.. 
Porter,  John  H  . 


•   59 
.376 


Quick,  A.  R. 


R 


Randall,  Charles 249 

Ray,  Judge  J.  A 449 

Read.C  L 309 

Reese,  A.  M 439 

Rice,  A    2t)5 

Rice,  A.  B 250 

Richardson,  Thomas,  Sr 245 

Riffel,  E.  M 383 

Rinehart,  George 167 

Robbins,  F.  K 241 

Robertson.  J.  F.,  ^L  D 417 

Robinson,  Charles m 

Robinson,  George  E 2^$ 

Rockhold,  Edmund. 243 

Ruggles.  John  F 310 

Rumble,  Charles 194 


Salter,  I..  A      , :(»R 

Sanders,  Hon.  J.  T 454 

Seymour,  Rev.  R.  H 355 

Shaffer,  Charles  H 289 

Shearman,  A.  W 425 

Shull,  H.  H 253 

Simons,  J  ■  R     244 

Smith,  Hon.  A.  H 446 

Smith,  C.  W   372 

Smith,  Jacob 234 

Smi  h.  Nelson 214 

Smith,   R.J .339 

Smith,  S.E.,M.  D 447 

Snowden,  N.  H 35^ 

Sommerville,  G.  A 347 

Sparr,  A.  D   198 

Spaf  r,  John  R 441 

Stands,  J.  J 311 

Steele,  George  R  . ,    331 

Stephens,  David    433 

Stewart,  John  T 252 


S tiger,  John 368 

St.  John,  John  P 139 

Strange,  J.  L.  M 338 

Sturm,  J.  T »-r.~. .398 


T 


Taylor,  H.A 401 

Taylor,  Zachary 63 

Tbew,  Joseph 206 

Thrailkill,  J.  C 338 

Tilton.  A ,  .286 

Tilton,  W.  A 2ig 

Townsend.  Whitfield ifti 

Tracewell,  Thomas   380 

Tracy.  R.  J 230 

Trout  man.  M 219 

Tucker,  Truman 282 

Tyler,  John 55 


V 


Van  Burcn,  Martin...    47 

Vanciiren,  1 31Q 

Vickery,  I.  M .  .215 


w 


Walker,  Judge  W.  T   388 

Wallace.  Mrs.  Rebecca  R...  332 

Walh.ce,  W\  R 224 

Washington,  George 19 

Webber.  J.C,  M.  D 454 

Wendell.  J.  H 195 

Wengler,  .Anton 171 

Whealy.  W.  G..,    .    251 

Whiteside,  E.  D 424 

Wichern.  Charles 438 

Wiggins,  Edson 413 

Wiggins,  Volney  S... 4:0 

Willhoite.  W.  F.,  M.  D 379 

Williams.  J.  H 349 

Windell,  .-V 170 

Winsor,  George  H 370 

Winters,  L  R 175 

Wollam,  W.  J 452 

Wright,  Capt.  Joshua 181 

Wright,  R.  L 201 


Aldrich.  W.  H 267 

P*artlett.  S.  C 207 

Baum.  F.  W 237 

Brovvnback,  J.  B 297 

Corn  well.  r.  N 317 

Co.\.JohnJ 391 

Czaplinski, -A    ...     .,.    ..    ..-.36^ 


Darby.  W.  A    317 

Eiklor,  John 191 

Enders,  A.  A 390 

Gilbert,  D.  N 381 

Greenman,  J.  D 327 

Hutson.J.  E..,    ,..,, ?27 


Kubik,  Frank 267 

Lewis,  1  ra  M 257 

Lin  n ,  George 227 

Manee.   LC 173 

Miller,  S 363 

Patton,  2.  H..  1   257 


Shaffer,  C.  H 287 

Tilton,  A.  L 287 

Tracewell,  Thomas 381 

Vancuren.  Isaac 317 

Willhoite.  W.  F 327 

Winters,  I.  I^..,.  ...    ..,, 173 


INDEX. 


Adams,   John 22 

Adams,  John  Q 38 

Anthony,  G.  T 134 

Arthur,  Chester  A 98 

Diichanan,  James 74 

Butterworth,  Samuel    210 

Carney, Thomas 114 

Cleveland,  G rover  S.- ic2 

Crawford,  S.J 118 

Easter,  Edgar  L) 278 


Fillmore,  Millard 66 

Garfield,  James  A 94 

Glick,  George  W 142 

Green,  Nehemiah 122 

Grant,  Ulysses  S 86 

Harrison,  Benjamin 106 

Harrison.  William  H 50 

Harvey,  J.  M 126 

Hayes,  Rutherford  B go 

Humphrey,  L.  U 150 


Jackson,  Andrew 4^ 

Jefiferson,  Thomas .   26 

Johnson,  Andrew 82 

Lincoln,  Abraham 78 

Madison,  James 30 

Martin,  J.  A 146 

Mills,  F.  M 248 

Monroe.  James 34 

Osborn,  T.  A 130 

Pierce,  Franklin 70 


Polk,  James  K 58 

Read,  C.  L 308 

Robinson,  Charles 110 

Sommerville,  G.  A 346 

St.  John,  J,  P 138 

Taylor  ,  Zachary 62 

Townsend,  Whitfield 160 

Tyler,  John 54 

Van  Euren,  Martin 46 

Washington,  George 18 


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